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Cross Country – Girls


PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Pomfret Girls Cross Country program is competitive, inclusive, and welcoming to athletes of all backgrounds and skill levels. Competing annually in the NEPSTA Division III Conference, our runners have garnered several individual and team achievements, including All-New England honors. Each season, runners build base mileage over the summer and continue developing endurance, speed, strength, mobility, and pacing strategies throughout the fall. Weekly runs vary in distance and format, including trail runs, hill repeats, fartlek (speed play), and easy recovery days, with cross training and yoga incorporated to support wellness. The team operates like a close-knit family of passionate “sister runners” who train hard, have fun, and support each other unconditionally. A highlight in recent history came in 2018, when the team achieved a historic second-place finish at the NEPSTA Division III Championships.
 

 

Choose a team to see the schedule, coaches, and roster below. 

 

SCHEDULE

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Team Opponent Date Time Location Details Result Score
Cross Country - Girls Varsity vs.
Marianapolis Preparatory, Mt. St. Charles, Wheeler School, St. Andrew's School, Rocky Hill School
Wheeler School - The Farm Details about Cross Country - Girls Varsity 2nd Place
Cross Country - Girls Varsity
Canterbury Invitational
Canterbury School Details about Cross Country - Girls Varsity 5th Place out of 11
Cross Country - Girls Varsity
Marianapolis Invitational
Marianapolis Preparatory Details about Cross Country - Girls Varsity 2nd out of 7
Cross Country - Girls Varsity
O'Connell Invitational
Cheshire Academy Details about Cross Country - Girls Varsity 6th out of 10
Cross Country - Girls Varsity
Suffield Invitational
Suffield Academy Details about Cross Country - Girls Varsity
Cross Country - Girls Varsity vs.
Mt. St. Charles, Kingswood-Oxford School
Pomfret School Details about Cross Country - Girls Varsity 2nd out of 3
Cross Country - Girls Varsity vs.
Frederick Gunn School
Pomfret School Details about Cross Country - Girls Varsity
Cross Country - Girls Varsity vs.
Marianapolis Preparatory, Hoosac School
Marianapolis Prep Details about Cross Country - Girls Varsity Win
Cross Country - Girls Varsity vs.
Cushing Academy, Worcester Academy, Wilbraham & Monson Academy
Wilbraham & Monson Academy Details about Cross Country - Girls Varsity 1st of 4
Cross Country - Girls Varsity
NEPSTA
Highland Park - Attleboro, MA Details about Cross Country - Girls Varsity 12th out of 22

 

COACHES

  • David Ring
    Head Coach
    David Ring holds a B.A. in English and an M.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he was a member of their varsity crew team, winning a gold medal at the New England Championships in 1991. David began his Pomfret career as the assistant library director in 2011 and was the school’s library director from 2014 to 2021. David returned part-time to the English classroom in 2018 and transitioned to full-time English faculty in the fall of 2021. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, David coaches the boys’ crew and cross country teams. Since 2010, David has also performed in several theater productions at local community theaters. He and his wife Linda have two children, Ruby and Max.
  • Victoria Dobbin
    Assistant Coach
    Tory has had a long-time appreciation for all things French and Francophone. Her travel to various Francophone regions cemented her love of the language and culture, and she is so excited to share her passion with students. Tory has taught, coached, and advised at the Cardigan Mountain School and White Mountain School in New Hampshire before coming to Pomfret, and attended Northfield Mount Hermon School as a high school student. Tory's husband, Cooper Hemphill, is a Math teacher here at Pomfret. They have an adorable corgi, Loon, who loves to greet new people with eager barks.
  • Sean Murphy
    Assistant Coach
    Sean Murphy joined the Pomfret English faculty in 2024, after previously working at Marianapolis Preparatory School and South Kent School.  Sean has aimed to share his passion for the written word and the natural world with his students since he became a teacher after his graduation from the College of the Holy Cross in 2008.  Outside the classroom, Sean has coached a variety of sports, including rowing, track and field, and Little League baseball.  He has also organized and led several hiking trips with students on trails both near and far.  Sean lives in the nearby farm town of Woodstock with his wife, Michelle, and two kids, Gabriel and Natalie, who keep him busy during his hours off campus.
  • Joshua Wildes
    Assistant Coach
    Josh attended Pomfret as a day student from 2000-2004. He then went on to Wesleyan University where he earned a BA in Mathematics. He started teaching math and coaching wrestling immediately afterwards at Salisbury School.  He eventually moved on to teach at Roxbury Latin.  During his eight years at Roxbury Latin, Josh taught math and was the head wrestling coach.  He also completed his masters in Math for Teaching from Harvard Extension School during that time period.  He began his Pomfret career in 2020 with his six year old son Wes, and his three year old daughter Zoe, and his wife Amber.

ROSTER

# Name Class Hometown
Melelani Appleton 2027 Chestnut Hill, MA
Beatrice Foronda 2027 Putnam, CT
Elle Hersman 2029 Hampden, MA
Angelin Ma 2026 Beijing
Serafina Moskowitz 2028 Miami, FL
Haenah Park 2029 Seoul
Fiona Roustan 2028 Redondo Beach, CA
Mariia Tarasiuk 2027 Dnipro
Sophie Wrobel 2028 Frankfurt
Jialu Wu 2026 Shanghai
Zixi Xu 2028 Westborough, MA