Senior Night
on the home course

Before the first race

Senior portraits and handmade photo boards lined the fence at the Mansfield Soccer Complex. Illuminated MHS letters stood on a green-covered table. Along the field, several runners held red roses, with time for pictures before the racing began.

Mansfield’s October 13 home meet with Oliver Ames was also Senior Night for Morgan Ferrari, Sarah Farley, Audrey Puleo, Emily Taber, Walter Stock and Jacob Hyre.

The seniors on the course

Jacob Hyre ran a 5K personal best of 17:35.0, nearly 15 seconds faster than his October 3 Twilight Meet time. He finished tenth; Walter Stock was eighth in 17:06.0, one second ahead of Bobby Stock.

Audrey Puleo led Mansfield’s senior girls home. She finished fourth overall in 21:40.0, giving Mansfield its second finisher behind race winner Leanna Levesque.

Emily Taber placed 13th at 25:09.0. Sarah Farley finished 16th in a season-best 25:49.0, and Morgan Ferrari was 20th in 26:10.0, taking 44 seconds off her previous season best.

Levesque leads the girls home

Leanna Levesque won the girls varsity race in 20:09.0, finishing 30 seconds ahead of Oliver Ames’s Katie Beaulieu. Audrey Puleo was Mansfield’s second runner home, fourth overall in 21:40.0.

Evey Snyder followed in ninth at 23:13.0. Neila Igo placed 12th in a season-best 25:00.0, and Emily Taber finished 13th in 25:09.0 to complete Mansfield’s scoring five.

Oliver Ames won the girls team competition, 23–37. Mansfield’s seven finishers included three runners with new season bests.

New bests for the boys

Nikita Cherapukha led Mansfield’s boys in third at 16:00.0, another personal best after his breakthrough at Twilight. Freshman Barrett Reynolds finished sixth in 16:58.0, his first recorded 5K under 17 minutes.

Mansfield’s next three finishers were Walter Stock, Bobby Stock and Jacob Hyre. Everett Foster completed Mansfield’s six-runner varsity lineup in 12th at 17:57.0. Oliver Ames won the team competition, 19–36, with Devon McStowe taking the individual win in 15:46.0.

JV opens with two Mansfield wins

The JV runners opened the meet on the 1.5-mile course. Sam Dancey broke nine minutes in 8:57.0, winning the boys race by 14 seconds over Oliver Ames’s Ethan Cohen.

Freshmen Benjamin Penesis and Wolfgang Snyder finished fifth and sixth in 9:41.0 and 9:48.0. Jonathan Adejumo was Mansfield’s fourth finisher, placing 12th in 11:52.0.

Emmanuelle Ofori and Kayla Nicoletti gave Mansfield a one-two finish in the girls JV race. Ofori ran 11:01.0, with Nicoletti four seconds behind in 11:05.0; both finished more than a minute ahead of the third-place runner.

Danielle Ng placed sixth in 12:43.0, and Audrey Bennett finished ninth in 13:27.0, completing Mansfield’s four-runner girls lineup.