Cross Country Teams Shine at States, Earn Second
November 2, 2023
Cross country team's graduating seniors with coaches Joe Deffner and Emily Silver. Photo by Dan Grossman. Thetford Academy hosted more than 30 teams and 250 runners for Vermont's cross country championship on Saturday. The unseasonably warm day was a huge success for the Panthers, with both the boys and the girls teams earning second place division titles. Senior Ben Mattern took first place in the Division III race, leading the 88 runners with a time of 17:51. He was followed by junior Brady Sloop in 3rd (18:06), freshman Sebastian Perdrizet in 6th, senior Jasper Jones in 18th, and sophomore Wendell...