Mariner XC team on course for championship race Scott's Sports Spot

Deer Isle—The cross country team competed in the Hancock County Championship meet at Blue Hill last week. Brendan Penfold ran the course in 16:36 and came in third behind John Hassett and Ollie Dillon of George Stevens Academy at their home course. Ian Cust came in 34th overall of 40 …

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Festival of Champions brings out the best in cross country

George Steven's John Hassett

Belfast—The cross country team had a good outing at the Festival of Champions meet in Belfast. As expected, Brendan Penfold was the only runner we had in contention, but all 5 runners posted their best times overall. Brendan Penfold ran the 5K course in 16:55 coming in 28th place, which …

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Brendan Penfold takes first at Seacoast Invitational

Deer Isle-Stonington's Brendan Penfold

Sullivan—The cross country team went to the Seacoast Invitational and Brendan Penfold was the top runner of the meet with a time of 17:57, which now becomes the course and meet record, as this is a newly made course. Brendan’s rival John Hassett was not there, though George Stevens did …

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Eagles cross-country teams take Seacoast Invitational

Sullivan—The George Stevens boys and girls cross country teams took home firsts at the 10-school Seacoast Invitational in Sullivan on September 23. Eliza Broughton swept the 39 girl runners for a first-place win. Her 20:36 finish was “an excellent time on a challenging course,” Coach Erich Reed said. Zeya Lorio …

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Eagles cross country lands one-two finish at Searsport

Tyler Varnum

Blue Hill—The George Stevens Academy boys team took first place, and the girls second, at a varsity cross country meet on September 16 in Searsport. The boys won by three points over Mount Desert Island after shutting out the top scoring spots, while the girls were edged out by one …

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Mariners enter four varsity runners at cross-country meet Scott's Sports Spot

Deer Isle—The cross country team competed at Searsport with six other schools on a difficult 1.5 mile course that is run twice to make 3 miles. Brendan Penfold ran second to George Steven’s John Hassett. Ian Cust coming in 44th, Benjamin Penfold 48th, and Trevor Cochrane 50th of 57 runners. …

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Penfold strong in early cross-country season Scott's Sport Spot

Cross country winners

Deer Isle—The cross country team at present consists of three freshmen, Benjamin Penfold, Ian Cust and Trevor Cochrane, and juniors Brendan Penfold and Soozin Cha. The three freshmen have just started racing and have run in the JV races; Cha has yet to compete. Brendan Penfold has been running all …

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The 2016 Eagles Cross Country team

The 2016 Eagles Cross Country team

Photo by John Richardson

Front row, from left: Susanna Jakub, Eliza Broughton, Mary Richardson, Zeya Lorio. Second row: Berlioz Xu, Tess Williamson, Ivy Manner Weelden, Emma Larson Whittaker, Bella Cimeno, Riley LaMarre, Nyahm Wolf. Third row: Coach Erich Reed, Jiachen Wang, Mary Brenna Catus, Eric Cai, Cody Yang, Carlos Dai, Sean Schweizer, Caden Mattson, Tyler Varnum, Albert Yian Zhang. Back row: Daniel Li, Randy Yan, Ollie Dillon, John Hassett, Max Mattson, and Matt Billings.  Not present: Lanie Billings and Beckett Slayton.

Hassett, Penfold punch a one-two finish at Ellsworth Invitational

John Hassett leads the start

ELLSWORTH—The Ellsworth Invitational on September 3 opened the 2016 cross country varsity season for George Steven Academy and Deer Isle-Stonington, with GSA senior John Hassett taking first and DI-S junior Brendan Penfold second in the three-mile race. Hassett started strong and kept the pace for his 16:13.12 win  out of the 74-man field, …

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Celebrating a stand-out season

Eight members of the Eagles track team qualified for and competed at the New England Track and Field Championships in New Britain, Conn. on June 11. Front, from left, Zeya Lorio, Mary Richardson and Hanna Gutow. Back, from left, John Hassett, Eliza Broughton, Mazie Smallidge, Bella Cimeno and Morgan Dauk.

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