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Nitehawks Soar to 2006 USATF Nationals

November 19, 2006 -- Queensbury, NY

The Nitehawks capped their local cross-country season today in Queensbury, New York at the USATF Region 1 Junior Olympic Cross-Country Championships.  At this meet, Bantam Runner, Max LaChance of Lunenburg, ran to 1^st place over the 3000m course in a time of 10:50.13, seven seconds ahead of 2^nd place, to lead the Nitehawks Bantam Boys team to a surprising 3^rd place team finish and qualifying for the JO Nationals in Spokane, Washington on December 9^th.

“We were all pleasantly surprised at the outcome today,” grinned Coach Ivanov. “We figured we would probably come in fifth as a team but, Max, Matthew, Eli, Anthony and Lucas all stepped it up today and qualified for nationals.”

The bantam boys were led by Max LaChance who went out front early and never looked back winning this race the same way he won the New England meet at Freestyle Farm in Amherst, NH on November 12^th and the AAU District Championships on November 5^th in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Finishing 4^th in team scoring (and 10^th overall) was Matthew Fischetti of Groton, who surged past three runners in the last 200m with a huge kick.  He was followed closely by Eli Bucher of Wayland (6^th in team scoring and 15^th overall) and Anthony Aguirre of Lexington (29^th in team scoring and 53^rd overall).  The youngest member of the team, Lucas Aguirre (age 6) of Lexington closed out the team scoring for the club, running to 32^nd in team scoring (71^st overall) and clinching the 3^rd place finish for the team.

The next step for the Nitehawks Bantam Boys team is to fly to Spokane for the USATF Junior Olympic Nationals where Max LaChance is a returning All-American (from 2005) in that race.

Two other Nitehawk runners ran in the Midget Boys division later that morning: Erik Cedrone (32^nd) and Arthur Whitehead (52^nd), who ran in a field of over 100 registered runners.

For More Information Contact:

Nitehawks Sports Club
24 Blaisdell, Carlisle, MA 01741
Tel: 978-505-8318
FAX: 508-650-4717
Internet: alex_ivanov@raytheon.com

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