Ponies run at PVC championships

OLD TOWN — The Foxcroft Academy cross country team took part in the 2016 Penobscot Valley Conference Championship Meet on Oct. 15 at Old Town High School. The Pony boys finished with a score of 229 points to place eighth of eight teams in the Class B standings.

Sophomore Nicholas Daneman led Foxcroft by placing 60th in an overall field of 116 runners from the Class B and C schools. Daneman covered the 5K-route in 20 minutes, 16.30 seconds. Senior William Casey was the next Pony across the finish line, placing 65th at 20:24.20.

Senior Ethan Poland placed 80th at 21:22.70 and junior Kazuyuki Kawashima was 96th at 23:00.20. Rounding out the Foxcroft top five was senior Max Santagata, who came in 101st with a time of 23:44.50. Sophomore Yuseok Ko also ran and he finished 105th at 24:01.20.

Junior Jordan Thomas represented Foxcroft in the girls’ race. Thomas finished 50th out of a field of 102 runners with a time of 23:50.20.

Dexter Regional High School William Strauch ran on Saturday, and he placed 37th overall among the 116 boys. Strauch covered the course in 19:12.50.