Staples' girls placed eight runners in the top 10 and swept a cross country meet against New Canaan and Fairfield Ludlowe Tuesday at Waveny Park. Staples' boys also won, and added wins over Harding and Brien McMahon.
In complete results, Staples won the girls race 15-50 over New Canaan and 24-37 over Ludlowe. The Falcons' Heather Moriarty won in 15:29 over the 4,000-meter course. Teammate Marisa Klein took third in 16:40. Staples took the rest of the spots in the top 10, led by Ingrid Johnson (16:09) in second place. Emily Hanrahan, Caroline Smith, Alexandra Popkin and Judy Feng followed Klein across the finish line. Staples is 10-3 heading into its final dual meet on Oct. 21 at Greenwich. Danbury and Wilton will also compete.
Staples won a tight race over New Canaan, 26-31, in the boys race. Staples beat McMahon, 19-44; Ludlowe, 21-38, Harding, 15-50 and Warde, 22-37. The Wreckers are 13-1 on the season.
Harry Warnick of Warde won the race, blazing through the 5-kilometer course in 16:35. Staples' Ben Aldrich took second in 16:45 and Chris Madaffari of McMahon was third in 16:53. Jack Roche (seventh overall), Kentaro Higuchi (ninth), Jeff Cafferty (10th) and Dean Hefnawy (15th) were the scorers for the Wreckers.
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