Padua Academy senior Lydia Olivere claimed the Nike Cross Southeast Regional title on Saturday in Cary, North Carolina with a 6 second victory over Tennessee state champion Sasha Neglia of Dobyns-Bennett. Olivere's time of 17:21 was her third fastest performance of the season which has included a handful of sub 18 minute performances.
Olivere has had a nice progression over her four years competing at the NXN regional going from 13th (18:02) as a freshmen, 8th (17:45) as a sophomore, 3rd (17:34) as a junior, and taking first as a senior.
The Padua Academy girls squad led by Olivere finished 10th in the team competition with a score of 249 points and averaging 18:55 as a squad.
Meanwhile, the Salesianum School boys were able to finish even higher in 8th place in a very competitive team field. Michael Keehan was the team's top finisher as well as the state's fastest performer finishing 13th overall in a time of 15:32.
Tatnall boys were 21st and Charter School of Wilmington placed 31st in the team standings in the championship boys race.
Padua Academy senior Lydia Olivere claimed the Nike Cross Southeast Regional title on Saturday in Cary, North Carolina with a 6 second victory over Tennessee state champion Sasha Neglia of Dobyns-Bennett. Olivere's time of 17:21 was her third fastest performance of the season which has included a handful of sub 18 minute performances.
