Boys’ cross-country
ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Paul Bergeron
Division 1: Westford
The Stanford-bound senior repeated as the Division 1 champion in a dominant 19-second victory (15:06), and also won the Division 1B title (15:38.4). He placed third at Foot Locker regionals (15:01.9), and seventh at nationals (15:25.3).
Isaac Gross
Division 2: Marblehead
Gross saved his best for the end of his senior campaign, setting a personal best in his victory at the Division 2B title race (15:35.7). He placed second at Division 2 AllStates (16:04.5) and earned Northeastern Conference MVP honors.
Devin Moreau
Division 3: Greater Lowell
The UMass Lowell commit won the Frank Kelley Invitational (15:27.7), Bay State Invitational (15:32.7), and Twilight Invitational’s small school race (15:04.9). He also won the Division 3A title, and was second at D3 All-States (15:46.2).
ALL-SCHOLASTICS Kailas Ciatto
Brookline, senior
The two-time All-Scholastic helped anchor the Division 1 state champions, notching an eighth-place finish at All-States (15:53.7). The senior was fourth in the Twilight Invitational’s large school race, and second at the Bay State Invite.
Stephen Goehringer
Wellesley, senior
Goehringer climbed into the state’s upper echelon as a senior, finishing third in the Division 1B title race (16:10.0) and 12th at Division 1 All-States (16:00.4). He set his personal best in a runner-up effort at the Bay State meet (15:58.0).
Jack Graffeo
Westford, junior
The junior earns his second AllScholastic honor behind a thirdplace finish at Division 1 All-States (15:31.5) and a dominant 29-second win in the Twilight Invitational’s large school race (14:57.7). He was 30th at Foot Locker Nationals.
Paulino Guevara Mateo
Cambridge, junior
The junior established himself early with a second-place effort at the Frank Kelley Invitational (15:41.6). He placed fifth at the Division 1A meet (16:00.1), sixth at Division 1 All-States (15:47.6), and 19th at Foot Locker Regionals (15:56.2).
Ben Kasen
Brookline, senior
The senior’s seventh-place finish (15:52.48) at Division 1 All-States led Brookline to its second-straight state title. He also finished sixth in the Bowdoin Park Classic (16:17.0) in New York. He will run at Amherst College.
Chris Larnard
BC High, senior
The Penn-bound senior notched convincing victories at the Catholic Conference championship (15:39.4) and Division 1A meet , before finishing second at Division 1 All-States (15:25.3). He placed 24th at Foot Locker Regionals.
Ryan Leslie
Billerica, senior
The two-time Globe All-Scholastic earned Merrimack Valley MVP honors, claiming the Division 1C title and placing 15th at D1 AllStates (16:05.9). He finished 22nd (16:00.0) at Foot Locker Regionals, and will run at Northeastern.
Eli Merritt
Wellesley, senior
The senior rolled to a sixth-place finish at the Division 1B meet (16:28.8) and was 11th at Division 1 All-States (15:59.6). He also posted a 3-0 record in dual meets and finished fourth at the Bay State championship (16:00.7).
Sean Moore
Danvers, senior
After beginning his career near the bottom of the Falcons’ roster, Moore rose to become his team’s top runner as a senior, peaking with a fourth-place finish at Division 2 All-States (16:10.90), leading Danvers to its first state title.
Patrick Noonan
Lexington, freshman
Noonan was among the state’s top freshmen, winning three dual meets before finishing 14th at Division 1 All-States (16:05.2) and sixth at the Division 1A meet. He was also third at the USATF National Junior Olympic meet (16:24.9).
Joey Ryan
Lexington, senior
The Holy Cross-bound senior placed fourth at the Division 1A meet (15:59.1), 10th at Division 1 All-States (15:56.1), and 16th at Foot Locker Regionals (15:51.6). He set a school record (15:07.1) at the Middlesex championship.
Ilan Sherman-Kadish
Newton South, senior Sherman-Kadish led Newton South’s best season in recent memory, placing fifth at Division 1 AllStates (15:46.46) in the team’s runner-up finish. He placed second at the Division 1A meet (15:45.7), and was 11th at Nike Regionals.
Ethan Sholk
Lincoln-Sudbury, junior
Sholk broke out early in his junior season, setting a personal best in an 11th-place effort at the Ocean State Invitational (15:48.7). He finished taking 16th at Division 1 AllStates (16:07.1) and 25th at Foot Locker Regionals (16:01.1).
Pablo Tejedor Meyers
Brookline, senior
The senior placed ninth at Division 1 All-States (15:55.0) and was second at the Twilight Invitational (15:26.6). His 25th-place effort (16:33.8) at Nike Regionals was the Warriors’ best. He will attend Claremont McKenna College.
John Wilson
BC High, junior
Wilson took a leap into stardom as a junior, placing fourth at Division 1 All-States (15:38.5) en route to a third-place team finish. He also was third at the Division 1A qualifier and 13th at Foot Locker Regionals (15:41.9).
COACHES OF THE YEAR Mike Glennon
Division 1: Brookline
Brookline had one of its best seasons in Glennon’s 27 years, steamrolling to an unbeaten regular season and its second-straight Division 1 title, recording the lowest team score at All-States (54 points) since Glennon’s 2007 Warriors.
Jeff Bartlett
Division 2: Danvers
In his 10th year with the program and fifth year as head coach, Bartlett led Danvers to its first boys’ state title, winning Division 2 AllStates with 92 points. The Falcons also ran away with the Division 2B title by 24 points.
Matthew Murphy
Division 3: Greater Lowell
The fifth-year coach helped lead the Gryphons to a runner-up finish at the Division 3A meet and a fourth-place finish at Division 3 All-States. Greater Lowell also placed fourth at the Twilight Invitational’s small-school meet.
ALL-STARS
Bay State — Brookline: Altamo Aschkenasy, Kailas Ciatto, Lysander Duffield, Ben Kasen, Dasha Lefaivre, Michael Schroder, Pablo Tejedor Meyers. Natick: John Bianchi, Nick Bianchi, Sean Fleming, Jacob Tobin. Needham: Max Hammer, Sam Villa. Newton North: Gabriel Grove (MVP), Thomas Ruane. Walpole: Sean Kerin, Luke Zahurak. Wellesley: Robert Foster, Stephen Goehringer, Maxwell Hoffman, Eli Merritt.
Boston City — Latin Academy: Adem Ayed. O'Bryant: Ryan Collins.
Cape & Islands — Barnstable: Kevin Defeudis, Jaxson Merrill (MVP), Gabe Pichardo. Cape Cod Academy: Liam Jatzcak. Dennis-Yarmouth: Casey Fitzgerald, Pierce Johnson, Nick Terranova. Falmouth: Silas Gartner (MVP). Falmouth Academy: Nate Gartner, Erik Gulmann, Wylie Wakefield. Martha’s Vineyard: Broden Vincent. Monomoy: Chatham Gillis, Gareth Vos. Nauset: Will Crowell, Hunter Hunt, Ethan Koufus, Tim Sanders. Rising Tide Charter: Alex Garron, Petr Yekhtikian. St. John Paul II: Brandon Gomes. Sturgis East: Joel Kinkead, Dylan Moreno, Shane Stanghellini (MVP). Sturgis West: Cal O'Donnell, Owen Smith.
Cape Ann — Essex Tech: Christopher Cunha. Hamilton-Wenham: Jack Creilsen, Clark Glidden, Cole Regan, James Regan (MVP), Ben Rich. Manchester Essex: Finn O'Hara. Newburyport: Stephen D'Ambrosio, Alex Lisauskas, Michael Mohoric, Ben Perrone. Pentucket: Jackson Beauparlant. Triton: Zach Lyon, Duncan Macdonald, Cassidy McBee.
Catholic Central — Archbishop Williams: Nick Antonellis, Eamonn Fennell, Joe Mento, Nolan Stone. Bishop Feehan: Alex Calo, Nate Dion, Noah Gomes D'Sa, Jack Harris, Adam Johnson, Aidan O'Keefe, Declan Shannon. Bishop Stang: Lowell Copps, Conor Levesque, Brennan Vane. St. Mary's: Kyle Kwiatek (MVP), Matheus Menezes-Avendanha.
Catholic Conference — BC High: Chris Larnard, Shamus Larnard, Griffin McConville, Gregory McGrath, John Wilson. Catholic Memorial: Michael Upton. St. John’s (Shrewsbury): Thomas Robinson. St. John’s Prep: Mateo DeOrio, Tyler Navarro, Daniel Padley, Leo Seltenrich. Xaverian: Brady Armstrong, Samuel Keith, Marc Leimkuehler.
Commonwealth — Greater Lowell: Matthew Guerin, Ethan Levesque, Devin Moreau (MVP), Seamus Tully, Edward Yeboah. Innovation Academy: Avery Kearnan, Amadeus Papa, Sam Tudryn (MVP). Lowell Catholic: Sean Ouellette, Tyler Ouellette. Lynn Tech: Diego Espinoza. Minuteman: Alex Nikolaev. Mystic Valley: Liam Powers. Shawsheen: Will Biscan, Noah Brooks. Whittier: Torin Cattanach, Connor Hastings.
Dual County — Acton-Boxborough: Anthony Cronin, Chris Lin, Kyle Verner. Bedford: John Garraway. Boston Latin: Ethan Andersson, Bilal Elhaji, Colin Fisher. Cambridge: Daniel Bronstein, Jacob Bronstein, Nebiyu Demie, Paulino Guevara Mateo. Lincoln-Sudbury: Ethan Sholk. Newton South: Alex Flaig, Alex Friedman, Nathan Hamilton, Liam Sakakeeny, Ilan Sherman-Kadish. Wayland: Will Jackson. Westford: Paul Bergeron, Jack Graffeo (MVP), Davis Haines.
Greater Boston — Chelsea: Alex Flores. Lynn English: Eamonn McHale. Malden: Slade Harding. Medford: Adam Lewis, Nolan O'Keefe, Sacha Silvia. Somerville: Atticus Borggaard, Atticus Kaye (MVP), Robert Leoni, Henry Omura.
Hockomock — Attleboro: John Blaisdell, Owen Lacaillade. Franklin: Jonathan Pink. Mansfield: Talon Johnson. Milford: Andrew Fletcher. North Attleborough: Brady King. Oliver Ames: Alex Callanan, Oscar Feodoroff, Brody Lake, Landon Sarney, Jonah Sobieraj, Brendan Thomas (MVP). Sharon: Alexander Blumen, Matteo Lozano, Alex Pinnix, Karthik Pisupati, Jacob Slavsky, Isaac Tsymberov, Nicholas Yacoub.
Mayflower — Bristol-Plymouth: Daniel Keefe (MVP). Cape Cod Tech: Cole Rauch. Holbrook: Connor Belvin, Thomas Hoff (MVP), Hao Huynh, Jake White. Old Colony: Josh Gonsalves. South Shore Voc-Tech: Griffin Corrick, Jack Heywood (MVP), Mark MacPherson. Southeastern: Bodhi Jackson, Joseph Montall, Ben Pennington, Malcolm Zetrenne. TriCounty: Joseph Gillett, D.J. McGuire. Upper Cape: Lee Moors, Bryce Moulding.
Merrimack Valley — Andover: Jed Gallaudet, Kyle Haskell. Billerica: Patrick Hall, Ryan Leslie (MVP), Niles Mason. Chelmsford: Marco Lombardo, Xavier May. Lowell: Jack Courtney (MVP), James Kelly. North Andover: Dylan Cote, Emmett Larosa, Josh Pelletier.
Middlesex — Arlington: Jack Power. Belmont: Jared Rife. Burlington: Krish Almeida, Rohan Dutta, Colin Irwin. Lexington: Caleb Ford, Patrick Noonan, Joey Ryan (MVP). Melrose: Caleb Barnes (MVP), Adam Caldwell, John Strong. Reading: Chris Barbato, Tim Connolly, Graham Goodwin, Brian Ronayne. Wakefield: Michael Arria, Brandon Nett, Oliver Polster. Watertown: Max Bennett. Wilmington: Jameson Burns. Winchester: Erik Bergstrom, Owen Bernstein, Tyler Johnson, Wesley Kaukas-Quinn. Woburn: Zachary Bates.
Northeastern — Beverly: Calvin Barrett, Charles Bossler, Riley McGoldrick, Jason Provost, Ryan Whiting. Danvers: William Conklin, Charlie Garlin, Sean Moore, Jonathan Rooney. Marblehead: Nate Assa, Will Cerrutti, Isaac Gross (MVP). Masconomet: Tyson Arnold, Alexander Hamlin. Peabody: Ryan Falerta, Brian Stevens.
Patriot — Duxbury: Connor Earle, Jack Rubin, Griffin Ruttgers. Hingham: Brendan Burm, Niko Gibson, Aaron Roberts. Marshfield: Kyle Behan, Graham Heinrich, Tucker McNamee. Quincy: Ryan Aitsaid, David Schmidt. Pembroke: Joe D'Angelo, Parker Glass, Casey Motta, Nathan Palmieri, Luke Santoro. Plymouth North: Josh Bryant, Carter Pizano. Plymouth South: Christian Amaral, Noah Brilliant (MVP), Anthony Lyons, Mason McNulty, Nicholas McNulty, Owen Michelin. Scituate: Aidan Sheehan.
South Coast — Apponequet: Nathan Levesque, Ryan Levesque, Luca Rubini. Dighton-Rehoboth: Mason Morgado. Greater New Bedford: Danial Ward. Old Rochester: John Bowman, Nolan Bushnell, Aidan Silk, Tyler Young (MVP). Seekonk: Judiah Reich, Caiden Sears. West Bridgewater: Alex Kelley.
Southeast — Bridgewater-Raynham: Joseph Brand, Joshua Geer, Brian Peters. Brockton: Seamus Canniff (MVP), Aaron Corlette, Henry Tait. Dartmouth: Tyler Amaral, Luke Bloom-Glover, Jared Mendonca, Elaijah Monteiro. Durfee: Will Rumsey. New Bedford: Joseph Castelo.
Tri-Valley — Ashland: William Child. Dover-Sherborn: Maaz Alvi, Aidan Pearsall, Grant Sullivan. Hopkinton: Connor Dorfman, Sean Finnegan, Stephen Leighton, Darian Leo, Ben Scott (MVP). Medfield: William Boxmeyer, Jack Daley, Daniel Vazquez. Millis: Ben McCarthy. Norton: Christopher Guiney, Michael Katsikis, Stephen MacLennan, Andrew McConnell (MVP), Jacob Ollerhead, Sean Parham. Westwood: Greydon Gavin, Tony Maari.