2025 MIAA Girls Cross Country Championships: Historic Wins for Boston Public Schools, Greater Lowell; Lexington Returns to Top of Podium

The Devens Willard Athletic Complex hosted the 2025 MIAA Girls Cross Country Championships on Saturday, November 15. A total of 23 teams qualified to run in each of the day’s three division races, in addition to 30 individual runners not on those qualified teams.

It was a breakthrough day for a pair of programs that hoisted championship trophies for the first time. Meanwhile, the third winner returned atop the podium for the first time in nearly a decade.

Here is a look at each of the three division races:

Division 1

Abigail Hennessy followed up her sectional victory with a dominant performance in the individual race, as the Westford Academy senior finished in a winning time of 17 minutes, 15.13 seconds.

Meanwhile, Lexington High School rode a pair of top-10 places – including a third from sophomore Jane Conrad (18:06.32) – and won the program’s first state championship since 2016. Lexington finished with 63 points for a comfortable margin over runner-up Billerica Memorial High School (89).

Needham High School senior Greta Hammer, the 2024 state champion, came in between Hennessy and Conrad in second place (17:56.65).

Sophomore Ella Tyson (18:43.99) placed 10th for Lexington, which also got scoring from juniors Erin Ehmann (17th, 18:57.29) and Alycia Charest (18th, 18:57.86).

Concord-Carlisle High School junior Maria Chopas (18:26.32) and Billerica sophomore Kylie Donahue (18:29.67) rounded out the top five. Next across the line were Framingham High School sophomore Daria Lamakina (sixth, 18:30.56), Newton North High School junior Esty Dudnik (seventh, 18:30.59), Westford Academy senior Emily Wedlake (eighth, 18:31.53), and Billerica eighth-grader Maya Niles (ninth, 18:37.14).

Concord-Carlisle was fourth in the team standings (148) and Westford Academy fifth (167).

Division 2

Whitinsville Christian School junior Emily Flagg defended her individual state championship, while the Boston Public Schools cooperative team made history by winning for the first time.

Flagg crossed the tape in 18:07.20, with her sister – junior Abby Flagg – right behind in second place (18:08.51). They have also combined for four consecutive Division 3C championships.

Junior Sara Blanco (14th, 19:23.01) was the top finisher for Boston, which is hosted by Boston Latin Academy. Anjuli Claire Szydlo (27th, 20:14.35), Maya Friedmann (29th, 20:19.55) and Neve Flynn (41st, 20:39.04) helped Boston finish with 115 points and atop the team standings for the first time.

Canton High School, led by a fifth place finish from junior Lauren Raffetto (18:28.08), was team runner-up with 149 points, just ahead of Westwood High School (154). Whitinsville Christian took fourth (190) and Amherst-Pelham Regional High School fifth (196).

Freshman Lucy Downin of Holliston High School was next behind the Flagg sisters in third place (18:24.92), with Northampton High School junior Mairead O’Neil fourth (18:27.53).

Others in the top 10 were: junior Quin Wilcox of Wakefield Memorial High School (sixth, 18:42.84); junior Kelsey Kwiatek of Saint Mary’s High School (seventh, 18:50.56); junior Reilly Powell of Melrose High School (eighth, 19:05.83); senior Marrietta O’Connell of Marblehead High School (ninth, 19:12.58); and junior Sophia Warnetski of Ashland High School (10th, 19:18.48).

Division 3

Rosie Bradley became Bromfield School’s first individual state champion in 17 years, and Greater Lowell Technical High School broke through for the program’s first team state championship.

Bradley capped her senior year with a winning time of 18:31.29 and is the first Trojans state champion since Emily Jones won three consecutive Division 2 titles from 2006-08. Millis High School freshman Emma Genovese was second (18:49.10) and Norwell High School sophomore Katherine Murray third (18:49.97).

Greater Lowell’s top runner was freshman Hannah Levesque in 17th place overall (20:16.17). But the Gryphons had a tight pack further back with Audrey Yann (30th, 20:32.44), Lillian Zurkus (20:37.85) and Teagan Galvagni (38th, 20:39.62), and followed up their first sectional title a week earlier with 136 points and a historic state championship.

Mount Greylock Regional School was second overall (146), just ahead of Norwell (148). Hampshire Regional High School took fourth place (158) and Lenox Memorial High School was fifth (174).

Rounding out the top five individuals were junior Grace Rich of Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School (fourth, 19:06.37), and junior Audrey Birtwell of Norwell (fifth, 19:08.31). A pair of Sutton High School teammates, senior Annabella Lamoreaux (19:31.98) and junior Vivien Bregman (19:32.24) were sixth and seventh, respectively.

A trio of juniors were next across the line: Olivia Coronella of Lunenburg High School (eighth, 19:37.39); Asa Labell of Hamilton-Wenham (ninth, 19:44.67); and Susan Wisniewski of Pentucket Regional High School (10th, 20:00.70).