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2018 Sun Journal All-Region Boy’s Cross Country Runner of the Year: Mark D’Alessandro overcame obstacles for fantastic finale

Mark D’Alessandro of Saint Dominic Academy is the 2018 Sun Journal All-Region Boys’ Cross Country Runner of the Year. (Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham) Mark D’Alessandro crossed the finish line at the Festival of Champions at the end of September in 76th place. All D’Alessandro said after the race was, “I will come back.” […]

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2018 Sun Journal All-Region Girls’ Cross Country Runner of the Year: Jillian Richardson won early, often

Jillian Richardson is the 2018 Sun Journal All-Region Girls’ Cross Country Runner of the Year. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) Not many runners defeated Jillian Richardson in 2018. In fact, on Maine soil, only two girls bested Richardson. Not bad for the Edward Little senior, who had the most successful season of her high […]

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2018 Sun Journal All-Region Girls Cross Country Teams

First Team Runner Team Grade Jillian Richardson, Edward Little, Sr. Kahryn Cullenberg, Mt. Blue, Jr. Olivia Ouellette, Poland, Jr. Emma Charles, Mt. Blue, Fr. Zaid Teklu, Lewiston, Sr. Kaitlin Hunt, Monmouth, Jr. Erica Schlichting, Gray-NG, Sr. Second Team Runner Team Grade Lily Vincent, Edward Little, So. Brynne Robbins, Mt. Blue, Fr. Brooke Cloutier, Lewiston, Sr. […]

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Cross country: Edward Little's Jillian Richardson places 15th, earns All-New England honors

Jillian Richardson (Sun Journal file photo) Four girls and two boys from Maine earned All-New England honors Saturday at the 84th New England High School Cross Country Championships at Derryfield Park in Manchester, New Hampshire. Kate Wiser, a sophomore from Pomperaug, Connecticut, won the girls race by 38 seconds, covering a muddy 5-kilometer course in […]

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York boys claim Class B cross country state championship

Fryeburg’s Alfie Walker celebrates his narrow first-place finish after a homestretch duel with Freeport’s Martin Horne, left, in the Class B state cross country championships race Saturday at Troy A. Howard Middle School. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald) BELFAST — A while back, Ted Hutch came across some microfilm of this newspaper that included a story […]

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Class C cross country championships: St. Dom's Mark D'Alessandro comes in second

Lisbon’s David Schlotterbeck leads a line of runners through the woods during the Class C boys’ state chamionship race Saturday at Troy A. Howard Middle School. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald) BELFAST — When organizers decided, in light of an ominous forecast, to hold the cross country state championship earlier Saturday than originally scheduled rather than […]

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Edward Little's Richardson places third at Class A cross country championships

BELFAST — Lisandro Berry-Gaviria’s plan worked to perfection. As for Sofie Matson’s face-plant, that worked out as well as could be expected. In the end, both runners successfully defended their Class A cross country state championships on a raw Saturday morning, with times faster than any others who followed in the other meets at Troy […]

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Cross country: Edward Little's Jillian Richardson improving, peaking at right time

Jillian Richardson stetches before practice at Edward Little High School to warm up. Richardson is heading to the Class A XC state championships in Belfast on Saturday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Jillian Richardson finished eight seconds behind Falmouth sophomore Sofie Matson at the Festival of Champions meet at the end of September. Nearly a year earlier, […]