Agawam defeats Ludlow in opening meet!


The 2003 XC season kicked off Tuesday 9/9. The boys were lead by Kevin Clark who finished 2nd overall. The winner, Jesse Regnier of Ludlow, broke the course record with a time of 17:22. He beat Mike DeFilippi's course record by 1 second.

Ludlow also had 3rd, 8th, 9th and 10th place to round out their top 5. Finishing in 4th place was sophomore Jay Olbrych in 18:29. Closely behind him in 5th was Chris Tierney at 18:32. Matt Zordani's XC debut garnered him a 6th place finish in a time of 19:24. Sophomore Zach Matys, holding off a Ludlow harrier, just squeeked until 20 minutes (19:59) to finish 7th. Round out the top 7 for Agawam were Brian Roberts and Scott Gates.

1. Jesse Regnier Ludlow 17:22
2. Kevin Clark Agawam 17:56
3. Santos Ludlow 18:24
4. Jay Olbrych Agawam 18:29
5. Chris Tierney Agawam 18:32
6. Matt Zordani Agawam 19:24
7. Zach Matys Agawam 19:59
8. Casimiro Ludlow 20:08
9. Muse Ludlow 20:26
10 Jorge Ludlow 21:35

The girls team won 27-29. Catherine Andrews finished first in 22:55.. Ludlow got 2nd and 3rd. Ashley Velosky finished 4th and Kristen Pfau finished 5th. Ludlow got 6th and 7th places and Agawam rounded out the rest of the top 10.

1. Catherine Andrews 22:55
4. Ashley Velosky 25:42
5. Kristen Pfau 25:44
8. Amy Lowndes 26:10
9. Lauren Learned 26:35
10 Elizabeth Molina 26:37