Cross Country, Girls: Varsity vs. Brush Invitational

The girls’ cross country team started the season off with a bang (the actual bang of the starter’s pistol) on Saturday, 9/17 with dominant performances at the Brush Invitational. The girls 9^th and 10^th grade races were all Deerfield as the lady harriers finished with six runners in the top ten, including Victoria Patterson in 1^st, Jane Mallach 2^nd, Lilly Shuhda 3^rd, Ely Burke 5^th, Erin Howe 8^th, and Esme Benjamin in 10^th. The rest of the underclass squad was rounded out by Gemma Bishop 14^th, Nafi Sall 19^th, Mina Liang 20^th, Jerilyn Zheng 22^nd,  Nikki Pelletier 23^rd,  Anna Fu 24^th, and Fernanda Ponce in 25^th . The upperclass girls race was equally dominated by Deerfield, with five girls in the top ten, including Margot Genereux 3^rd, Nora Markey 4^th, Carolyn Melvin 5^th, Helen Downes 9^th, and Sofi Sintes in 10^th. They were quickly followed by Lily Fauver, 17^th, Lily Horowitch 21^st, Penelope Hough 23^rd, Cassie Deshong 24^th, and Julia Angkeow in 35^th.

The top seven combined runners get ready to take on a large and talented field of runners at the Canterbury Invitational this coming Saturday. Deerfield has a record of dominating at Canterbury so it should be exciting watching this new, young squad make their mark in the history books.