Oliver Wolcott Boys’ Cross Country -- 2007

     This year’s boys’ cross country team started out with double Berkshire League wins against Northwestern and Housatonic.  But, let’s step back and look at the reason for those victories.  Our team trained over the summer and came back in shape. Since they were in shape they were able to dominate two larger teams that lacked that conditioning.

     After those initial successes there was a gap before the next dual meet victory.  It came against The Gilbert School. Later at the Berkshire League Championships, we again beat Housy and Gilbert, but Northwestern bested us by three points.

     Turning to out-of –league dual meets, we ran against Wilcox Tech and won.  Then we faced Kaynor Tech and won for the first time in a twenty year rivalry.  Finally, we faced Torrington High School, an NVL team and a much larger squad.  When the dust settled, The Eye of the Tiger, as we call ourselves, had bested a team we hadn’t beaten in 15 years to become Torrington City Champions.

     At the Platt Tech Invitational, the boys run of success continued, posting wins against West Haven High, Sheehan High, Norwich Tech and again besting Wilcox.  Finally came the State Class M meet.  Behind us in the results were Windham High and Kaynor and Wilcox.

     The bottom line is that our dual meet record rests and six wins and seven losses, the best in years.  And total wins this season are fifteen, the highest ever achieved by Oliver Wolcott’s cross country teams.  The laurel wearers are:

                                          Captain Andrew Kanehl

                                          Captain Tyler Fredsall

                                          Captain Chris Flowers

                                          Barrett Donna

                                          Aaron Montgomery

                                          David Vold

                                          Adam Lagassie

     Our team was coached by Julian Nichols.