The 2018 Deer Isle-Stonington Cross Country running team includes, from left, Benjamin Penfold, Ariel Larrabee and Henry Penfold. Courtesy of Mary Penfold
Deer Isle—Cross country coach Mary Penfold has three runners at the present. They have been training for a couple weeks at this point to build their conditioning. Because they hadn’t been running during the summer, she feels that it will be conditioning now and then trying to find personal success as the season progresses.
Ariel Larrabee and Ben Penfold ran last year, and Henry Penfold is a freshman starting off this year. Last year we were led by Brendon Penfold’s stellar times, yet he is off to college to continue his running career.
In the Ellsworth Invitational on September 1, Ariel Larrabee ran 19th of 27 in the JV race. Henry Penfold ran 57th of 77 and Benjamin Penfold ran 71st of 77 in the varsity race.