By Michael Letendre

BRISTOL – The annual boys Bristol Middle School Cross Country championship, held this past Wednesday from the course at Page Park, was another competitive bout.

And this time around – on an unusually warm November afternoon – Noah Pellerin from Greene Hills won the individual title.

The outstanding eighth grader took the event in 13:06 – seizing the championship and establishing the course record in the process.

But the team title went to West Bristol as five of the top 12 spots in the showdown belonged to that particular middle school program.

For West Bristol, Dean Stark (3rd, 13:37) was the top finisher of the winning program.

Stark, a talented seventh grader, led the West Bristol squad while sixth grader’s Caleb Sokołowski (5th, 14:020 and Michael Bastiaanse (8th, 14:25), along with eighth grader Kamil Rutkowski (11th, 14:38) and seventh grader Izayiah Odum (12th, 14:58) led the victorious outfit.

St. Joseph was the runner up of the event with 46 points – keeping the winning program in doubt until the very end of competition.

Eighth grader Cody Wilson was the runner up of the race with a finish of 13:32 while teammate, seventh grader Lukas Dahn, crossed the line in 13:51.

Also placing among the top-10 at the Bristol Middle School championship was Chippens Hill eighth grader Elijah Dreiling (6th, 14:09) while St. Joseph seventh grader Hunter Dudzikowski was next in seventh place (14:24).

Northeast Middle School – who was third at the event with 79 points – was paced by sixth grader Luke Labriola (9th, 14:25).

Rounding out the top-10 was St. Joseph’s Gavin Fisch as the sixth grader placed tenth in a time of 14:29.

Here are the top results from the race at Page Park:

2022 Bristol Boys Middle School Cross Country championship

from Dewitt Page Park

Top Twelve Finishers 

Name Place School Time

Noah Pellerin 1st Greene Hills 13:06

Cody Wilson 2nd St. Joseph 13:32

Dean Stark 3rd West Bristol 13:37

Lukas Dahn 4th St. Joseph 13:51

Caleb Sokołowski 5th West Bristol 14:02

Elijah Dreiling 6th Chippens Hill 14:09

Hunter Dudzikowski 7th St. Joseph 14:24

Michael Bastiaanse 8th West Bristol 14:25

Luke Labriola 9th Northeast 14:25

Gavin Fisch 10th St. Joseph 14:29

Kamil Rutkowski 11th West Bristol 14:38

Izayiah Odum 12th West Bristol 14:58