Tolland Boys Ranked In Top 5 of Cross Country Poll

TOLLAND, CT — Xavier High School collected first-place votes from six of eight participating coaches to head the list in the latest weekly boys cross country poll.

Hall snared the other two first-place votes to place second in the balloting. Staples, Danbury and Tolland rounded out the top five.

On the girls' side, Hall took top honors, followed by Glastonbury, Immaculate, Danbury and Greenwich.

Here are the top 10 for boys and girls, with first-place votes in parentheses, plus all other schools garnering votes.

BOYS

1. Xavier (6)
2. Hall (2)
3. Staples
4. Danbury
5. Tolland
6. Conard
7. Suffield
8. Glastonbury
9. Shelton
10. Haddam-Killingworth

Also receiving votes: Fairfield Prep, Pomperaug, New Milford, East Lyme, Bristol Central, Fairfield Warde, Amity Regional.

Coaches voting: Rich Andreozzi, Notre Dame-West Haven; Brandon Elliott, Tolland; Nick Fraticelli, New Fairfield; Connor Green, Southington; Laddie Lawrence, Staples; Erik Petersen, Simsbury; Christopher Stonier, Xavier; Adam Zylberman, Ellington.

GIRLS

1. Hall (5)
2. Glastonbury (3)
3. Immaculate (3)
4. Danbury
5. Greenwich
6. Trumbull
7. Pomperaug
8. Ridgefield
9. New Milford
10. Guilford

Also receiving votes: Southington, Fairfield Ludlowe, Old Saybrook, Avon, Haddam-Killingworth, New Fairfield, E.O. Smith, East Lyme, Staples, Tolland, Wilbur Cross.

Coaches voting: Brian Collins, Glastonbury; Mike Flynn, East Lyme; Nick Fraticelli, New Fairfield; Ellis Gill, Lauralton Hall; John Goetz, Ridgefield; Connor Green, Southington; Brian Hayes, Immaculate; Bill Mongovan, Greenwich; Steve Norris, Darien; Giles Vaughan, New Milford; Adam Zylberman, Ellington.

File photo credit: Tim Jensen

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