Daniel Byrne led Nashua South to a third place finish in the Divison I cross country championships in Manchester on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Nashua Huddle)

It was a good day for local high school cross country runners at Manchester’s Derryfield Park, but a great day for Bishop Guertin’s Matt Giardina, who was the Division I boys individual champion, while the Souhegan and Nashua South boys had the best finish of any local teams in all three divisions, boys or girls.

Here’s a look at a fantastic day for high school cross country:

DIVISION I

BOYS

Nashua South (154 points) had a strong finish to the day ending up in third place behind the champions from Pinkerton (80 points). The Panthers top runners were Daniel Byrne (16:40.1) in sixth, Camdon Brien (17:17.5) in 25th, Andrew Byrne (17:21.0) in 28th, Aidan Besada in 44th and Connor Theodore in 51st.

Giardina won the race with a 16:00.0 finishing time. The Cardinals finished fourth overall totaling 164 points. Carson Fischer (17:08.6) was 21st, Samuel Prescott (17:20.0) was 27th, Noah Guarrera was 31st and Theodore Bond was 85th helping BG to a top five finish. Merrimack had 298 points landing them in 13th place. Cameron Fredette (16:59.8) led the Tomahawks finishing in 13th, Tyler Safstrom was 53rd and Nathan Beauregard was 63rd.

Alvirne finished 14th with 342 points. Nick Marcotte (16:55.8) had finished 11th on the day, Brent Dunning was 66th and Leo Bunkartas 83rd. Nashua North ended their day in 15th place with 365 points. D’Sean Coffie and Andrew LaFlamme placed 35th and 36th respectively.

GIRLS

Local runners had a tough day keeping up with Pinkerton who would win the championship with 66 points. Bishop Guertin finished seventh with 177 points. Anna Fondanowski (20:37.9) was 15th, Lyla Masson (20:53.2) was 22nd, Audrey Pyles finished 45th, Shea Carpenter was 46th and Bella Dawson was 49th. Alvirne totaled 218 points landing them in eighth place. Anna Simpson (20:55.1) was 23rd, Paige Boudreau (21:58.7) was 39th, Brynna Anderson (22:04.5) was 41st, Sophia Berube was 54th and Jennifer Herbert was 61st. Nashua North finished in 10th place with 261 points. Laura White (20:37.7) led the Titans in 14th place, Annika Hayden was 51st, Camus Kutschke was 60th and Erin Sung was 63rd.

Nashua South finished in 13th with 317 points. Emely Melendez finished 52nd and Rebecca Hiscock was 55th. Merrimack struggled ending in 16th with 396 points. Melanie Bedard led the Tomahawks with a 29th place finish.

Nashua North’s Laura White, right, finished 14th and Anna Fondanowski 15th for Bishop Guertin in Saturday’s Division I Cross Country championships in Manchester. (Photo courtesy of Nashua Huddle.)

DIVISION II

BOYS

Souhegan had a strong day with 72 points finishing in the runner up position, but it was Coe-Brown who took home the hardware with 28 points.

Leading the Sabers were Taloosh Anderson (16:53.7) in ninth, Jaren Noorda (17:01.6) in 11th, Finley Irvine (17:14.1) in 15th, Dallen Noorda in 17th and Owen Stine in 20th. Milford had a sixth place run with 181 points. Daniel Sixon (17:03.7) was 12th, Logan Korthals (17:22.9) was 21st, Will Whitley (17:56.1) was 34th, Adam Holodowski was 41st and Cooper Cote was 73rd. Hollis Brookline finished 10th with 303 points. Ryan Burgher and Marcus McCammack finished 35th and 40th respectively for the Cavs.

GIRLS

After a good race, it was Hanover that grabbed the championship with a 57 point total. Souhegan finished their race in fourth with 115 points. Emma Jamagin (20:35.5) finished 10th, Stephanie Svendsen (20:53.3) was 16th, Audrey Littlefield (21:21.2) was 18th, Sarah Bryson was 26th and Riley Devine finished 45th.

Hollis Brookline had 281 points finishing in 12th. Quinn Hardy and Edith Butler ended the race in 35th and 47th respectively for the Cavs. Milford’s Anna Philbrick ran to a 89th place finish and Ella Herner was 95th.

DIVISION III

BOYS & GIRLS

Trinity picked up the boys championship with 61 points and Hopkinton won the girls trophy with 66 points. Campbell finished 22nd with 580 points. Devin Lencki was the highest finishing Cougar with a 32nd place finish. In the girls race Campbell finished in 13th with 350 points. Amelia Silver placed 37th for the Cougars.