Last weekend marked the culmination of the 2019-2020 Eastern Cup season and the naming of the 2020 Junior National Team. The Eastern Cup had four weekend-long stops from December through mid-February and not only provides the bulk of the Junior National team qualifying options but also high-level racing opportunities for junior, collegiate, and senior athletes. The final weekend was split between two locations in New Hampshire; the Dublin School in Dublin and the Holderness School in Plymouth. 

On Saturday, the Dublin School hosted the second annual Dublin Double, with a 3k freestyle prologue in the morning followed by a 1.5k freestyle sprint qualifier in the afternoon. In the results below, first is combined rank from the day, followed by morning prologue then afternoon qualifier result.

Women:

4. Abigail Streinz. 3,7 

13. Camille Bolduc. 14, 17

15. Adrienne Remick. 25, 8

23. Isabelle Serrano. 26, 15

28. Maggie McGee. 28, 39

41. May Lamb. 41, 45

58. Ayla Bodach-Turner. 58, 65

Men: 

5. Bjorn Westervelt. 4, 7

9. Griffin Wright. 7, 22

10. Jack Young. 15, 5

21. Greyson Davis. 21, 19

22. Aiden Casey. 23, 20

31. Cormac Leahy. 30, 42

44. Tzevi Schwartz. 43, 46

49. Makail Tipton. 34, 74

54. Orion Cenkl. 58, 49

60. Leo Circosta. 59, 78

78. Charlie Krebs. 76, 81

81. Linden Stelma-Leonard. 86, 78

The next day, everyone moved to Holderness for the Cheri Walsh Eastern Cup Final. Quick note, after many years of racing and writing about this race, I decided to act upon my curiosity about who Cheri Walsh was. Walsh was a Holderness student with the class of 1988, a member of the cross country running and skiing teams, and is remembered by her vivacious smile. The races at Holderness were classic interval starts, with 10k for men and women and 5k for U16’s. 

Women’s 10k:

11. Adrienne Remick

21. Isabelle Serrano

23. Camille Bolduc

24. May Lamb

Men’s 10K:

3. Griffin Wright

4. Finn Sweet

12. Jack Young 

19. Bjorn Westervelt

26. Makail Tipton

30. Aiden Casey

31. Jed Kurts

37. Greyson Davis

U16 Girls 5k:

9. Maggie McGee

18. Ayla Bodach-Turner

U16 Boys Classic:

7. Cormac Leahy

10. Tzevi Schwartz

12. Orion Cenkl

13. Luke Streinz

15. Leo Circosta

19. Charlie Krebs

23. Linden Stelma-Leonard 

See full results from Dublin Double and Holderness.

The conclusion of the racing brought the much-anticipated naming of the 2020 New England Junior National Team. This year’s Junior National Championships will take place in Truckee, California in mid-March. We had eleven athletes named to the team, with one as an alternate. This is the most we’ve ever sent to JN’s and CNSC is the New England club sending the most athletes! For the U18/U20 women, we have Abigail Streinz, Quincy Massey-Bierman, Adrienne Remick, and Camille Bolduc. For the U18/U20 men, we have Griffin Wright, Finn Sweet, Jack Young, and Greyson Davis as the second alternate. Maggie McGee is our lone U16 girl, and Tzevi Schwartz and Cormac Leahy are representing the U16 boy squad.