By Bobby Black – Staff Reporter

As Jonathan Law’s fall sports get underway, the boys and girls cross country are ready to compete against other high schools throughout the season. 

Both the boys and the girls teams from Jonathan Law have had multiple meets being successful in most. There are very exciting meets to come in the future such as Jonathan Law against Amity and Foran on Wednesday, October 21. 

“As a team, we will be competitive against a majority of the SCC teams. With a little more improvement in our times, even more success will be possible,” head coach Mr. Phillips said.

On October 2, sophomore Liam Fedigan finished first in the team’s meet against East Haven, Platt Tech, and West Haven. Fedigan finished second overall against Shelton and Wilbur Cross on October 7 and senior Amir Elhelw finished eighth overall.

Both of the teams’ players have to wear masks on the bus there and back from the meets and the players have to wear a mask whenever they talk to their coach.

“The captains, Amir (Elhelw), Charles (Wang), James (Marino), and I have done our best to bring the team together by staying positive and doing our best to keep things as normal as possible during these difficult times,“ captain Luke Pleimann said. “ A sense of normality helps the team to forget about the additional stresses from this year.” 

The cross country boys team has guaranteed five regular season meets with the possibility of an additional meet for SCCs. 

The practices are very safe with the new regulations the teams have due to COVID-19. When the runners arrive they have to be wearing a mask but when the running starts they can take it off as long as they remain in a single file line. 

“Improvement takes time and we need to want to improve,“ runner Kaylee Brotherton said. “Our team puts time and effort into every practice, we don’t give up during practices and we push each other.” 

At practice, the Jonathan Law girls cross country team will normally run a 7-mile road around Milford, do intervals on the track, or run hills. 

So far this season, the girls are 5-1 overall. Senior Jenna Wasserman finished sixth overall at the team’s opening meet against Sacred Heart, East Haven, and West Haven on October 2. Kaylee Brotherton finished 8th, Jordyn Davis finished 9th, and Lauren Davis placed 10th.

On October 7, the girls team beat Wilbur Cross and Shelton. The top five finishers were Wasserman, Davis, Jordyn Konlian, Allison Gachi, and Elizabeth Roos.

Cross country is a sport that is considered a low risk activity with barely any contact so COVID-19 may be a little bit easier to control. 

“The new rules are disappointing, but we are happy to be able to have a season this year,” runner Jenna Wasserman said. “We miss not being able to compete in invitationals and our regular SCC meets but understand that the new protocols are necessary to keep us safe/healthy. “

The Jonathan Law cross country team has already been successful in their meets and is looking for more success to come.