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By Joe McConnell
After winning their first four meets of the season, the Everett High School boys’ cross-country team dropped its final two Greater Boston League (GBL) encounters against Somerville (20-40) at 7-Acres on Oct. 15 and Lynn Classical (25-30) on the road around the Classical campus on Oct. 22.
But the Tide boys’ recovered somewhat in the annual GBL Meet at Medford’s MacDonald Park on Oct. 29, where they finished fourth overall. This meet brings all of the GBL schools together in one place every year to determine among other things the all-star teams over the 5,000-meter Medford course.
“We had a good showing at the GBL championships,” said coach Brendan Hahesy. “Lucas Nunez (17:37) once again led the way for us with a fourth-place finish, and by finishing fourth, Lucas earned his second consecutive GBL all-star (selection). It was a nice way to conclude a highly successful (cross-country) running career in the Greater Boston League that included many individual wins. Lucas is definitely the fastest runner that I have ever coached, and he’s also an outstanding leader and teammate.”
On the girls’ side, Shashi Pokhrel (26:50) placed 25th among her GBL varsity counterparts, while Nathalia Cesario (30:01) ended up 31st overall.
Jeremy Whitlow (19:35, 19th), Christopher Portillo (20:16, 27th), Carlos Pagan (20:32, 31st), Dominico Delle Rose (21:01, 33rd), Wilmer Fuentes (21:01, 34th) and Bryan Lewis (21:32, 37th) followed Nunez across the finish line in the GBL boys’ varsity meet.
Hahesy also entered a bunch of runners to participate in the JV Meet. It was a shorter race that stretched over 1.75-miles, which helped the coach get a look into the future.
Dante Gell (11:25, 11th), Raakin Shrestha (11:29, 13th), Pratyush Darai (11:38, 16th), Anthoid Khanal (11:41, 19th), Michael Lemus (11:56, 21st), Bresesh Maharjan (13:28, 36th), Oseas Erazo (13:32, 37th) and Lina Serrer (15:12, 50th) were the Everett JV participants.
