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  "id": 13209992,
  "title": "43rd Wickham Park XC Invitational: Girls runners to watch on Saturday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/43rd-wickham-park-xc-invitational-girls-runners-to-watch-on-saturday",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-09T20:46:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/43rd-wickham-park-xc-invitational-204655430.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 43rd annual Wickham Park XC Invitational will take place Saturday at Wickham Park in Manchester. The boys races will start at 2:15 p.m., followed by the girls races at 2:45 p.m. Here is a list of 10 girls cross country runners to watch based on their fastest times to date:\n\nLauren Parrett, a junior from Glastonbury, holds the state's fastest time of 17:29.5 at the Varsity Large Division. She set that record at the Maine XC Festival of Champions in Belfast.\n\nMadison McGarry, a freshman from Avon, has an impressive first season with the state's second-fastest time of 18:15.1 at a CCC home meet.\n\nHarper Shirley, a senior from Manchester, recorded the state's third-fastest time of 18:16 during a CCC meet against Windsor, RHAM, and East Catholic.\n\nMolly Chien, a junior from Hall, ran the state's fourth-fastest time of 18:29.7 during a CCC meet.\n\nAshley Brining, a freshman from Hale Ray, has impressed as a first-year runner, with the state's fifth-fastest time of 18:41.6 at the Connecticut River Valley Invitational.\n\nBriana Belanger, a senior from Thomaston, also ran her best time of 18:44.1 at the CT River Valley Invite.\n\nEdie Ranta, a sophomore from RHAM, recorded the state's eighth-fastest time of 18:57.7 at the CT River Valley Invite.\n\nRebecca Langlais, a senior from Tolland, ran her top time of 19:05.6 at the 14th Harry Geraghty XC Invitational.\n\nCarolyn Kamp, a junior from Glastonbury, has an impressive state ranking of 10th with a time of 19:07.7 at the Maine XC Festival of Champions.\n\nCallie DeLuise, a junior from Oxford, ran her best time of 19:13.9 at the 67th Nonnewaug XC Invitational.",
  "summary": "Here are some girls cross country runners to watch during Saturday's 43rd Wickham Park XC Invitational.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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