Cross country: Dover girls win Bobcat Invitational

DURHAM – The Dover High School girls cross country team saw its top five runners all place in the top 20 and the result was a win at Saturday’s annual Bobcat Invitational. 

Dover junio Brooke Marshall covered the 3.1-mile course in 20 minutes, 12 seconds, placing first in the 94-person field. 

Dover won the meet with a team score of 52 points. Hopkinton (76), Concord (88), Exeter (88) and Oyster River (95) placed second through fifth, respectively. 

Dover’s Isabel McIntrye (21:08) placed 10th, while teammates Ashyln Smith (11th, 21:14), Alyson Bortz (12th, 21:20) and Brianna Haley (18th, 21:49) completed Dover’s scoring roster. 

Exeter’s Caitlyn Murphy placed fourth overall in 20:35, while teammates Ali McFarland (ninth, 21:02), Meadow Gregory (14th, 21:28), Sydney Lavelle (28th, 23:09), and Maddie Welch (33rd, 23:21) all competed. 

Oyster River’s MacKenize Cook was second overall in 20:15. She was followed by teammates Haley Kavanagh (fifth, 20:42), Erin Carty (22nd, 22:21), Talia Banafato (25th, 22:39) and Denise Nadig (41st, 24:10). 

Concord won the boys race with 49 points, and was followed in the top five by Oyster River (64), Exeter (113), Sanborn (144) and Dover (155). There were 14 teams in the race. 

Oyster River’s Chris Jernigan was ninth overall (17:34) and was followed by teammates Henry Hagen (12th, 17:51), Amani Harvey (13th, 17:56), Dillon Labonte (14th, 18:00) and Keane Swiesz (16th, 18:09). 

Exeter’s Matt Allen was 10th overall in 17:34. Teammates Brennan Gregoire (20th, 18:30), Willard Hoffmaster (22nd, 18:33), Gavin Malark (29th, 19:02) and Spencer Mann (32nd, 19:10) made up Exeter’s scoring five. 

For Dover, Tyler Sheedy placed sixth (17:14), and was followed by teammates Zach Pelletier (15th, 18:02), Jeremiah Payeur (25th, 18:39), George Lawton (46th, 20:16) and Ethan Fiorenza (63rd, 21:18).