ATTLEBORO — Allison Oram was the lone harrier to interrupt Rhode Island’s maintain on first place at Saturday’s Highland Park Invitational with a gritty efficiency on an ideal, autumn-like day.
Coming off a second-place end final weekend within the freshman race on the aggressive Martha’s Vineyard Invitational, the Bishop Feehan expertise was by herself by the half-mile mark of the grassy, 3K format. The chase for first was basically over as Oram was by no means challenged. She surged throughout the end line in 13 minutes, 19.2 seconds to take the freshman women competitors, properly forward of Brea Wood of East Greenwich, who clocked a 13:56.
Massachusetts did dominate the highest 10 because the Notre Dame Academy lineup of Chloe Doherty, Emma Collins, Rachel Glynn and Abigail Collins swept the fourth by way of seventh positions. Attleboro’s Alexa Frackelton additionally cracked the highest 10 together with her ninth-place end.
But the day was Oram’s as she took the beginning line believing she’d have a pack of runners to problem her. When that didn’t occur, she was content material to go at it alone.
“I planned on seeing how the pace was first, but then I felt like I could just go so I took off and ran faster,” stated Oram. “I thought there’d be a few people I’d have to watch out for, I just ran based on how I felt.”
A primary-year cross nation runner, Oram is trying to enhance because the season goes on.
“Our training during the week went really good,” she stated. “It helps our endurance and speed. I’ve really learned to like running. I didn’t think of doing it competitively before. My goal is just trying to win and do my best.”
The greatest efficiency of the day got here within the varsity 5K occasion, the place East Greenwich’s Nick Martin handed the mile by himself in 4:55 and lined the format in a fast 15:59.5.
Martin had the remainder of the sector for lunch in a race the place he might have run a lot sooner if he was challenged within the later phases. John Garvey of Catholic Memorial ran properly for second in 16:56.6, whereas teammate Dean Simmons took fourth. Noah Gomes D’Sa of Bishop Feehan was fifth.
Martin was assured he might seize a gold medal and a quick time.
“I knew there weren’t going to be a few of the top teams that were here last year,” he stated. “I planned on seeing how the pace was first, but then I felt like I could just go so I took off and ran faster. I thought there’d be a few people I’d have to watch out for, I just ran based on how I felt.”
Lauren Augustyn of Bishop Feehan was the lone Massachusetts runner within the high 10 of the varsity women’ race together with her fifth-place end in 19:59.6. East Greenwich’s Reese Fahys was a full minute forward of second place together with her 18:50.6 after she went by way of the mile in a swift 5:40.
Like Martin on the boys’ facet, Fahys thought she’d have firm within the early going.
“I thought I’d have one or two girls that would go with me the first mile,” she stated. “I felt good. That was kind of my strategy (to run alone). It’s tough at times (running alone), but I’m coming back from an injury and that kind of makes it tough. You just get used to it.”
The meet kicked off with David Hayes of East Greenwich completely destroying the sector within the freshman boys 3K. Hayes completed a whopping 1:04.6 in entrance of runner-up Tanner Silver of Attleboro. Bishop Feehan’s Jack Harris cracked the highest 5 with a strong fourth-place efficiency and teammate Zachary Fogg sprinted house to complete in tenth.
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