{
  "id": 16145553,
  "title": "Thomaston, Shepaug claim BL cross country titles; Kociszewski, Belanger win individual crowns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/thomaston-shepaug-claim-bl-cross-country-titles-kociszewski-belanger",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-23T03:29:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/thomaston-shepaug-claim-bl-cross-032944228.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a final showdown of the Berkshire League cross country championships, Thomaston claimed its third boys title and a third consecutive girls title, while Shepaug secured its second girls title. Thomaston senior Beau Kociszewski won his first Berkshire League title with a time of 17:19.06, while senior Briana Belanger claimed her third title with a time of 19:37.44. Both athletes, who had faced injuries the previous year, were rejuvenated and astounded by their impressive performances.",
  "summary": "Belanger won her third league title as the Thomaston boys extended their team championship streak to five.",
  "key_points": [
    "Thomaston wins third boys title, Shepaug wins second girls title",
    "Beau Kociszewski wins first Berkshire League title with 17:19.06",
    "Briana Belanger wins third individual title with 19:37.44"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}