La Salle coast to win at Festival of Champions

La Salle Academy took four of the top five placements to coast to the team title at the Maine Festival of Champions on Saturday. The Rams defeated second-place Orono, Me, by a convincing score of 30-120. Cumberland was third with 141 points.

La Salle senior Eliza Rego earned individual honors with a time of 18 minutes, 5.58 seconds. She was followed by Karina Tavares (second, 18:29.27), Grace Connolly (third, 18:36.60) and Emily Kane (fifth, 18:50.33).

In the boys' competition, defending champion Cumberland was second with 162 points. Scarborough, Me., won with a score of 120. Ben Drezek paced the Clippers, taking third overall with a time of 16:12.25.

Coming soon, MileSplit RI will have a complete story of the race.