New Top Team In Boys XC Poll; 2 New Entries In Girls Top 10

A new leader has moved into the top spot in the latest Connecticut high school boys cross country coaches poll, while two new entries, including a top 5, made the girls poll. Tolland collected 12 of 15 first-place votes to move into the pole position for the boys, while Hall also had a dozen top nods to continue to set the pace for the girls.

Here are the top 10 teams in both boys and girls divisions, with first-place votes and previous ranking in parentheses, as well as all other teams collecting votes.

BOYS

1. Tolland (12) (lw: 2)
2. Conard (3) (lw: 1)
3. Staples (lw: t-3)
4. Xavier (lw: t-3)
5. Ridgefield (lw: 6)
6. Danbury (lw: 5)
7. Glastonbury (lw: 7)
8. Hall (lw: 8)
9. Haddam-Killingworth (lw: 9)
10. Southington (lw: 10)

Also receiving votes: Trumbull, Bristol Central, Avon, East Lyme, New Milford, Bristol Eastern, Guilford.

Coaches voting: Richard Andreozzi, Notre Dame-West Haven; Sean Astle, Greenwich; Jeff Billing, Hall; Brandon Elliott, Tolland; Connor Green, Southington; Ron Knapp, Conard; Bryan Kovalsky, Ridgefield; Richie Kremer, Simsbury; Laddie Lawrence, Staples; Robert Murray, Danbury; Erik Petersen, Simsbury; Christopher Stonier, Xavier; Jaclyn Sullivan, Norwich Free Academy; Adam Zylberman, Ellington.

GIRLS

1. Hall (12) (lw: 1)
2. Ridgefield (1) (lw: 2)
3. Trumbull (lw: 3)
4. Simsbury (1) (lw: NR)
5. New Canaan (lw: 7)
6. Glastonbury (lw: 6)
7. Immaculate (lw: 4)
8. Danbury (lw: 5)
9. Newtown (lw: NR)
10. E.O. Smith (lw: 9)

Also receiving votes: Pomperaug, Guilford, Wilton, Tolland, Haddam-Killingworth, Thomaston, Amity, Old Saybrook, Southington, East Lyme, Woodland.

Coaches voting: Jeffrey Brentson, New Canaan; Brian Collins, Glastonbury; Mike Flynn, East Lyme; Ellis Gill, Lauralton Hall; John Goetz, Ridgefield; Connor Green, Southington; Jorge Guerra, E.O. Smith; Ron Knapp, Conard; Richie Kremer, Simsbury; Bill Mongovan, Greenwich; Steve Norris, Darien; Jaclyn Sullivan, Norwich Free Academy; Giles Vaughan, New Milford; Adam Zylberman, Ellington.