
When she defeated the defending Foot Locker Nationals champ Sydney Mascarielli in a mixed race against pros and post-collegiate runners at the Mayors Cup with a 17:14 personal best 5K at Franklin Park in Boston, Margot Appleton of Portsmouth Abbey gained national notice. However, she ironically probably is not as well known locally since she races at an independent Rhode Island private school which doesn't compete regularly against most schools in the state including the state association championship series and New England championships.
Check out the current top 500 girls cross country times run in Rhode Island as of November 11th.