Prep Cross Country Earns NOAL Championship Titles!
The middle school cross country program entered two teams of 47 runners into the NOAL Championships on Wednesday at Lafreniere Park. This course is known to be difficult because of the steep little hills in the park, but the weather was perfect for a race. The girls ran this same course back in September so they looked forward to running it again and improving their time.
The first race of the day was the 5th/6th grade 1.5 mile race. The team went out fast and pushed themselves through the first mile. The girls came sprinting towards the finish line to bring home the first place title and defended their championship from last year. There were 31 Sacred Heart girls entered in this race. A score of 15 is considered a perfect score in Cross Country, and the Cardinals scored 19 points. Sacred Heart had five girls finish in the top 10.
The top 7 scorers for Sacred Heart were
Leah Varisco ’26,
Vivian Real ’26,
CeCe Pinkerton ’26,
McLaine Schlosser ’26,
Charlotte Johnston ’26,
Lilah Deynoodt ’26 and
Lily Varisco ’27.
The second race of the day was the 7th/8th grade 2-mile race. We had a total of 16 runners compete in this division. This is one very competitive group, and they are always pushing themselves to run a better time. There were a number of Sacred Heart pink jerseys leading the pack heading into the first mile. The runners were able to hold their pace and came sprinting towards the finish line. They finished in first place with four runners in the top 10 and scored a very impressive 20 points. The Cardinals came home as NOAL Championship!. The top 7 scorers were Caroline Mehaffie ’28, Katherine Benton ’28, Allie Landry ’28, Aimee Landry ’28, Maddie Do ’27, Mia Dreiling ’28 and Mary Schmidt ’28.
Top 7 Scorers and Place
Leah Varisco - 9:45 2nd overall
Vivian Real - 10:11 3rd overall
CeCe Pinkerton - 10:44 5th overall
McLaine Schlosser - 11:03 9th overall
Charlotte Johnston - 11:11 10th overall
Lilah Deynoodt - 11:23 12th overall
Lily Varisco - 11:36 15th overall
Caroline Mehaffie - 14:08 3rd overall
Katherine Benton - 14:17 4th overall
Allie Landry - 14:24 5th overall
Aimee Landry - 14:31 7th overall
Maddie Do - 14:37 11th overall
Mia Dreiling - 14:40 13th overall
Mary Schmidt - 15:28 16th overall