State Champs Again!!

Pictured above, l to r: Ryan Petrella, Patrick McGowan, Shayne Collins, Brendan Boyle, Jeff Boyle, and Matt Hernon; front: Matt Cioe

Once again, the MHS Boys Cross Country team is the State Division I champions! On Saturday, November 21 the team traveled to western Massachusetts to the hilly Northfield Mountain course. The team edged out Methuen 133 points to 137 points. Leading the way was senior Pat McGowan, who was the individual state champion, with the winning time of 16:5.4 on the challenging 5K course. Also in the top ten were senior Brendan Boyle (8th place) and junior Shayne Collins (9th place) with great times of 16:25.6 and 16:29.3, respectively. Rounding out Mansfield's top five were junior Matt Cioe (69th place) and senior Matt Hernon (105th place).

The MHS harriers were also the state champs in 2008. Congratulations to these outstanding athletes and their fine head coach Julie Collins!