Barrington High School had a strong showing at the cross country freshmen state championship meets on Monday, Oct. 26, at Deerfield Park in Smithfield. 

The BHS girls team finished third overall with 63 points, just three points behind the top team, LaSalle Academy. Barrington actually had a faster average time — 17:24.44 — than first place LaSalle and second place East Greenwich. 

Elizabeth Van Hull was fifth overall and clocked the fastest finish for Barrington, crossing the line with a time of 16:09.96. Sarah Clegg finished in sixth place with a time of 16:13.37.

Other Barrington finishers were 12. Genevieve Frander, 17:12.49; 15. Vera Jordan Bublitz, 17:29.80; 51. Molly Maloney, 19:56.56; and 67. Jenna Rotondo, 21:17.48. All six Barrington girls had personal bests for a 4 kilometer race.

The Barrington High School boys teams finished fourth in the boys state meet. Finn Evans led the way for the BHS boys — he finished in third place overall with a time of 13:21.77. Eli Rome finished in 21st place with a time of 14:40.29, and Truman Lefort was 30th with a time of 14:55.30. 

Other Barrington finishers were 37. Brady Duenow, 15:13.96; 44. Ryan Anderson, 15:30.98; 58. Luca McFadden, 15:50.82; 61. William Anderson, 16:06.16; 62. Oliver Rosow, 16:09.30; 103. David Lesser, 17:24.72; 130. Sam Loerke, 18:44.74; and 153. Ben Victorica, 21:57.21.