The Notre Dame Boys Cross Country Team turned in impressive performances at this past weekends’ 44th annual McQuaid Invitational at Genesee Valley Park in Rochester . The team raced in the prestigious seeded race going against the State Champions from Pennsylvania and state ranked teams from New York , Ohio and Canada and placed 11th out of the 20 teams. Quin O’Connor (16:17) clocked the fastest time for any freshman in all races posting a 21st place finish with Kevin Pawlak (16:49) following in 43rd. Matt Jackson (17:16) finished 66th, Eric Shormann (17:33) 81st, Taylor Alexander(18:23) 105th, Marshall Argenta (18:57) 118th, and Andrew Fischer (19:00) 120th for the Irish. In the Varisty B race, Matt Sausner (20:25) placed 112th and Vince Stadler (20:26) 114th. Conlan Edwards made the two mark in 17:45.
The Girls Cross Country Team also turned in some fast performances this past weekend at the McQuaid Inviational. Ashley Calarco (19:48) came across the line in 7th place to lead the Irish to a 16th place finish. Jill Marshall (21:58) was 59th, Meghan Zickl (23:16) 102nd, Rachel Berggren (24:18) 138th, and Teresa Jackson (26:19) 187th. Tia Arnold (19:33) raced to the two mile mark along with Kate Spadaccia (22:25).
