12. Norwell
This season the clippers return five of their top seven from last fall after winning the Division 3A race. Freshmen Katherine Murray won that race and was third at the Meet of Champions and boasts a 18:26 5K PR. She won’t be alone as Norwell succeeded last year despite having one of the youngest teams. Murray is joined by fellow incoming sophomores Olivia Sowinski and Hadley Amon. Amon was 15th in the Division 3C race and Sowinski finished 60th at the Meet of Champions.
Junior Audrey Birtwell had a strong end to her sophomore season running 5:23 this spring and was the clippers number two runner at both the Divisional meet and Meet of Champions. Alongside Murray, they give the clippers a formidable 1-2 punch.
Norwell may be looking at an incoming freshman to bolster their squad. Their seventh runner last season was eighth grader Kalen Leblanc. If she can improve on her times from last year, Norwell should repeat as Divisional Champions.
Projected Top 5:
10. Katherine Murry 18:26
11. Audrey Birtwell 19:52
10. Olivia Sowinski 19:57
10. Hadley Amon 20:14
9. Kalen Leblanc 22:18
