The Xavier High School Cross Country Team won the 2026 Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference State Open Championship on Thursday morning at Wickham Park. The Falcons recorded 83 points to edge second-place Greenwich by five points.
The State Open title was the 14th in program history and the first since 2019!
Junior Holden Hines finished fourth with a time of 16:11.6 and classmate James Perrault came in eighth-place at 16:22.2. Junior Nolan O’Connor was 15th thanks to crossing the finish line at 16:33.3.
Hines, Perrault, and O’Connor all received All-State honors for their finishes.
Junior Alex Brown finished in 37-place with a time of 17:00.9 and classmate Jackson Gould rounded out the scorers for Xavier with a time of 17:23.8.
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