Somerville Cross Country opened up their Greater Boston League (GBL) title defense for the Boys team in a GBL meet against Revere, held at Somerville’s home course at the Mystic River Boathouse. Somerville won the Boys Meet 18-48, placing 8 Highlanders in the top ten finishers. Somerville standout runner Robert Leoni paced the Highlanders Boys, winning the race with a time of 14.28 for the 2.5-mile course.

Somerville also won the Girls race, narrowly besting Revere, 27-28, with Revere’s Olivia Rupp winning the Girls race in 17:42, and Lady Highlander Greta O’Sullivan placing 2nd with a time of 17:56.  

This Meet comes after Somerville’s impressive performance by both Boys and Girls teams at the MSTCA XC Relays held recently at Highland Park in Attleboro. The medal winning Somerville Freshman/Sophomore Girls of Maggie Cotter, Marlee Thrasher, and Aly Amin placed 8th out of 58 teams.