Cross country: Exeter girls win, Oyster River boys fourth at Hopkinton
Lexi Paterna placed first and the Exeter High School girls won Saturday's Hopkinton Cross Country Festival. Check how local teams fared.
On Saturday, October 10, the Exeter High School girls cross country team emerged victorious at the Hopkinton Cross Country Festival. Headed by senior Lexi Paterna, the Exeter team completed the 31-team event in first place, amassing 51 points. Paterna herself finished first overall with a time of 16 minutes, 54.6 seconds, edging out Hopkinton's Madeleine Lane by nearly five seconds.
Oyster River High School placed fourth in the girls' race with 152 points, while Winnacunnet High School and Dover High School rounded out the top five with 313 and 372 points respectively. In the boys' race, Oyster River claimed the fourth spot with 196 points, while Exeter High School secured the seventh position with 255 points.
Dover High School finished ninth with 340 points, and Winnacunnet High School placed 26th with 681 points. The individual boys' champion was Phillips Exeter's Bocelli Howland-Vlahakis, who finished in 14 minutes, 55.4 seconds, the only runner to break the 15-minute barrier.
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