James Mas leads Cadets at FCIACs

The St. Joseph High boys cross country team placed 13th at the FCIAC championships at Waveny Park in New Canaan on Oct. 17.

Sophomore James Mas earned second-team All-FCIAC honors, placing 21st overall in 16:52.

The Cadets had a tight pack of runners in the varsity race that included junior Evan Aldo (78th, 18:59), senior Jared Quigley (84th, 19:14), junior Kyle O’Brien (85th, 19:15), junior Will Gallagher (88th, 19:22), senior Aidan Quigley (93rd, 19:50) and senior Joe Capio (97th, 20:10).

In the junior varsity race, junior Jack Guman placed 110th overall in 20:32 and senior Jon Lemanski placed 118th overall in 20:45.

Additional finishers included: freshman Matt Conway (158th, 21:42), senior Anthony Salzillo (181st, 22:19), sophomore Nick Maltese (207th, 23:09), freshman Nick Russo (218th, 23:34) and freshman Dylan DeMoura (238th, 25:24).

St. Joseph will compete in the Class M state championship meet at Wickham Park in East Hartford at 11:25 a.m. on Saturday.