Chatham Boys Cross-Country Runners Valli, Valenzuela, DeCicco and Byrne Win 'Fastest Four' Race at Roxbury Invitational

ROXBURY, NJ – Chatham cross-country runners Finn Valli, Marcus Valenzuela, Dylan DeCicco and Brady Byrne combined to win the “Fastest Four” race at the Roxbury Invitational as the Cougars opened the 2024 season Saturday on the Horseshoe Lake course.

In the 5K “Fastest Four” race, the Cougars won with 40 points, followed by Columbia with 61 and Randolph with 69.

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Valli was second in 15:47, Valenzuela was fifth in 15:52, DeCicco clocked 16:23 to place 14th and and Byrne was 19th in 16:38.

Chatham placed fifth in the “Future Four” division and the Cougars placed second in the JV race. Chatham was 10th in the Novice division.

Chatham Individual Results :

Fastest Four :  Team:  1 ^st Place with 40 points (Columbia 2 ^nd at 61 and Randolph 3 ^rd at 69)-(5K)

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Finn Valli-2 ^nd place in 15:47

Marcus Valenzuela-5 ^th in 15:52

Dylan DeCicco-14 ^th in 16:23

Brady Byrne-19 ^th in 16:38

Future Four :  Team :  5 ^th place in a race won by North Hunterdon (5K)

Tyler Hale-13 ^th in 17:31

Leo Straka-17 ^th in 17:46

Bauti Gebara-33 ^rd in 18:37

Ted duRie-37 ^th in 18:48

JV : 2 ^nd place with 48 points:  Columbia won with 16. (5K)

Andrew Xu:   5 ^th in 18:15

Alex Wang:  8 ^th in 18:33

Luke Allison:  11 ^th in 19:09

Gaspard Marion:  15 ^th in 19:27

AJ George:  16 ^th in 19:28

Ahsen Kamran:  17 ^th in 19:34

Nick Fodoro:  20 ^th in 19:58

Novice :  1.6 miles:    Team 10 ^th place in a race won by Ridge

Josh Oosterheert-9 ^th in 8:42

Jeff Tavermina-39 ^th I 9:29

Jack Vogt-54 ^th in 9:45

Reed Tomishma-61 ^st in 9:53

Kyle Iovino-70 ^th in 10:02

Jackson Wang-73 ^rd in 10:07

Gabe Andrade-80 ^th in 10:25

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