Girls cross-country team wins state championships

BY CHEYENNE DEARBORN

       For the fourth time in the past five years, the girls cross country team has won the Class A state championship. This year’s runners included sophomores Ami Baumier, Abbie Nelson, Kayla Raymond, and Christine Toy, along with freshmen Emma Abbott, Emma Noonan, and Maddy Thompson. Leading the way was sophomore Ami Beaumier who finished 9th. She was followed by Christine Toy, 11th, Kayla Raymond, 15th, Abbie Nelson 27th, and Emma Abbott 37th.
      Coach Andrea Johnson’s favorite moment was telling the girls the good news they were all waiting for. While she admitted that the girls may have not run their best times of the season,  it was enough to beat their biggest competition, Falmouth, who had beaten them at regionals, by six points. The final score was 83 to 77.  
      Being state champions, they were invited to the New England championship

meet the following weekend. Although they did not place in that event as a team, Coach Johnson said it was good for this young team of athletes to experience that level of competition.
      They plan to make it back to the championship meet next year.