Greenwich High School’s girls cross country team celebrated Senior Day with victories against multiple opponents to finish the regular season at 16-1

By David Fierro on October 12, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Contributed photo: Greenwich High School’s girls cross country team had an exciting and successful Senior Day on October 10, 2022, at Greenwich Point. The Cardinals topped five teams and finished the regular season as FCIAC West Division champions.

It was a successful Senior Day for Greenwich High School’s girls cross country team, which celebrated the special day by putting the finishing touch on a championship regular season.

The Cardinals outran five teams – Wilton, Ridgefield, Bridgeport Central, Bassick and Warren Harding – at Greenwich Point on Tuesday to finish their regular season with a record of 16-1. Greenwich finished their regular season as the FCIAC West Division champion, marking the third straight season it captured the division title.

Winning the 3-mile cross country race at Greenwich Point on Tuesday was Greenwich junior Esme Daplyn. Daplyn finished the race comfortably ahead with a winning time of 19:08.27.

“Every year we get to celebrate our seniors in a special way,” Daplyn said. “They set the example, serve as great leaders and deserve recognition for all they’ve done to contribute to the team. As a junior, the meet was especially bittersweet because these are girls I’ve been with for the past three years. As a team, we are so happy we got to cap off the regular season in such a dominant performance, beating five other teams.”

Grace Guglielmo, a Wilton sophomore, finished second in the race with a time of 19:48.69. Grace Hooker, a Ridgefield senior, was third in 19:53.51, followed by Greenwich’s Kate Friedman, a junior (19:57.72) and Elizabeth Anderson, a senior (20:02.91).

Contributed photo: From left to right: Greenwich’s Esme Daplyn, Elizabeth Anderson and Kate Friedman gather following the team’s final regular season meet at Greenwich Point on Oct. 11, 2022, in Greenwich. It was the team’s Senior Day.

Esme’s sister, Eliana Daplyn, a freshman, finished in 10th place, posting a time of 20:34.31, while teammate Lillian Shropshire, a junior, was 11th (20:39.17) for the Cardinals. Senior An Suzuki finished 12th for GHS (20:51.62), while sophomore Ellie Englund placed 14th (21:15.310 and Victoria Liu, a senior, was 15th (21:20.58) for GHS.

Junior Chloe Eberwein finished 18th (21:23.69) and junior Ava Eberwein was 24th (21:51.91) for the Cards.

Greenwich’s girls cross country team gathers together before competing in its Senior Day meet at Greenwich Point.

Also running for Greenwich in Tuesday’s meet at Greenwich Point were Cate Adorney (junior), sophomore Lindsay Schuler, Chloe Coviello (freshman), Kelsey Roth (senior), Joy Greco (junior), Averi Geary (sophomore), Megan Geiger (junior), Katy Wouters (junior), Helen Schwartz (junior), Meryl McCooe (junior), Emily Phillips (senior), Sophie Roth (senior), Theresa Dobbins (junior), Elizaveta McCauley (senior) and Catherine O’Brien (senior).

Also recently, Greenwich competed in the Wickham Invitational, placing second in the team standings. Esme Daplyn placed fourth in the 5,000-meter race overall, clocking in at 19:19. Friedman placed 21st with a time of 21:07.

Greenwich turned in a great performance on its Senior Day at Greenwich Point on Oct. 11.

Up next for Greenwich is the FCIAC Cross Country Championships, which takes place Oct. 19 at Waveny Park in New Canaan. The Cardinals will then test their skills at the CIAC Class LL Championships at Wickham Park on Oct. 29.

“The season is not over, but we are looking forward to the championship level races,” Daplyn said. “Senior Day sets us up to remember the strength and support in our team. I am excited to see how I can continue off my season’s momentum so far and contribute to the continual success of our team.”