The Pioneer girls’ cross country team crossed the finish line in first place at the Jackson Invitational on Saturday. Pioneer finished with 71 points, well ahead of runner-up Romeo (102) and Saline (107). Two other local teams finished in the top 10 with Dexter taking sixth (222) and Skyline seventh (236) in the 23-team Orange Division race.
Junior Emily Cooper led the Pioneers with her third-place finish time of 18:17.3. Two other Pioneers crossed the finish line among the top 15: junior Natalie Mello was 10th (18:44.9) and junior Lydia Bowman was 12th (19:01.3). Junior Sylvia Sanok Dufallo was 20th (19:26.3), junior Katie Hume was 26th (19:34.4), freshman Hana Boggess was 46th (20:00.5) and senior Allison Nutt was 82nd (20:46.5).
A pair of sophomores led the Dreadnaughts across the finish line. Sophomore Alena Blumberg finished sixth in 18:40.4 Annabel O’Haver was 17th in 19:14.4. Junior Kate Varitek was 53rd (20:09.1), sophomore Addison Bruckman was 64th (20:23.9), sophomore Olivia Shaieb was 86th (20:49.8), senior Antonia Bruckman was 104th ( 21:19.7) and freshman Hannah Bougher was 108th (21:26.4).
Skyline senior Natalie Kessler led the Eagles with her seventh-place finish time of 18:41.8 while junior Allison Mayer finished 21st in 19:29.8. Senior Leah White was 42nd (19:54.4), senior Lydia Cocciolone was 63rd (20:21.3), junior Celia Begosso was 112th (21:34.1), senior Annalisa DeGuzman was 125th (21:55.6) and freshman Grace Hopkins was 140th (22:24.5).
