AC Girls Cross Country Team Remains Undefeated

– Allison Goldsberry

The Arlington Catholic Girls Cross Country team continued their winning ways by defeating Bishop Fenwick (27 to 29) and Lowell Catholic (15 to 45) at Fenwick’s 3 mile home course on Tuesday.

The Lady Cougars improved their record to 6-0 and are two wins away from completing their sixth consecutive undefeated season in the Catholic Central League, according to Head Coach Jack Dempsey.

Sophomores Veronica Seguin (Bedford, 20:40) and Lesha Kay (Melrose, 20:52) finished in second and third place, followed by senior captain Kathleen McLaughlin (Waltham, 21:06) in fourth place. Junior captain Olivia Bowman (Melrose, 22:26) finished in seventh place, freshmen Lauren Anthony (Medford, 23:19) placed eleventh, and Bella Rich (Medford, 25:00) was thirteenth. Kara Fahey (Melrose) rounded out the top seven harriers for AC, finishing fourteenth with a time of 25:05.

The AC boys lost a pair of close races to Bishop Fenwick (27-29) and Lowell Catholic (26-30), and now stand at 2-4.

Sophomore Kevin Hickey (Arlington) was the overall winner with a time of eighteen minutes, followed by freshman Shawn Brown (fourth) with a time of 19:24. Sophomore James Cordero (Woburn, 19:59) placed 6th, freshman Brian Morgan (Medford, 21:34) was twelfth, and Junior Paul Reiss (24:15) finished fifteenth.

The Cougars’ next meet is at Austin Prep on Wednesday, October 15th.