One year after seeing its 12-year reign halted, the Champlain Valley girls reclaimed the Division I title at Saturday's Vermont high school cross-country running state championships at Thetford Academy.

And the Redhawks did so in emphatic fashion.

Behind individual winner Alice Kredell, CVU occupied half the spots in the top 10 — with two more runners finishing in the top 22 — to tally 27 points and easily out-distance runner-up Essex (75) and defending champion Burlington (95).

The U-32 girls cruised to their second D-II crown in three years, while the Thetford girls went back-to-back in D-III. On the boys side, St. Johnsbury (D-I) retained its title from a year ago, U-32 (D-II) held off Montpelier for a seventh straight crown and Craftsbury (D-III) pulled off a three-peat.

[Editor's note: See below for top 10 individual results and team scores from each division].

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Kredell, a sophomore, toured the Thetford's 5k course in 19 minutes, 49 seconds to edge Scarlet Stimson of Essex (19:51.1), Mount Mansfield's Tess Drury (19:54.2) and teammate Estella Laird (20:14.4). Gillian Fairfax paced defending champion BHS with a fifth-place showing.

Led by Kredell and Laird, CVU also saw Audrey Neilson (seventh), Amelie Scharf (eighth) and Lydia Donahue (10th) claim top-10 finishes. Charlotte Crum nabbed 14th and Ava Rohrbaugh placed 22nd to round out the Redhawks, who should contend for the New England title.

In D-II, Ginger Long raced to the individual victory (20:38.9) and beat Madeline Harris of Burr and Burton by nearly 15 seconds.

After Long, Amy Felice (third), Claire Serrano (fourth), Jane Miller-Arsenault (seventh) and Avery Ryan (12th) helped the Raiders to a 27-point championship total. Middlebury took second with 81 points.

And in D-III, Anita Miller of White River Valley claimed the state crown over Thetford's Madelyn Durkee (20:42.6 to 21:01.3). Durkee's Thetford Panthers placed five runners in the top 15.

Matthew Servin stormed to the individual championship in the D-I boys field. The senior churned out a 16:36.7, finishing ahead of runner-up Porter Hurteau of BFA-St. Albans (17:05.2) and St. Johnsbury's Andrew Thornton-Sherman (17:06.8).

The team title, though, belonged to St. Johnsbury for a second straight year. Despite the graduation of last year's champion, Evan Thornton-Sherman, the Hilltoppers gobbled up five spots in the top 15: Thornton-Sherman (third), Carson Eames (seventh), Charlie Krebs (ninth), Nathan Lenzini (12th) and Nathaniel Bernier (13th).

Two more runners finished in the top 20 (Ari Leven in 16th, Isaac Lenzini in 17th) for SJA, which totaled 44 points in the narrow four-point win over CVU. Essex took third behind Luke Miklus' fourth and Kelton Poirier's sixth.

In D-II, U-32's seven-peat came down to the wire. U-32's Taggart Schrader nipped Montpelier's Noah Rivera in a photo finish for sixth in what proved to be the difference in a two-point triumph over the Solons (52 to 54).

Additionally for U-32, Cyrus Hansen ran to runner-up honors (17:07.6), Sargent Burns took fifth and Wilder Brown finished eighth. Montpelier's Avery Smart cruised to the individual crown with a time of 16:55.6.

And in D-III, Craftsbury rolled to a third straight crown, tallying 18 points to Stowe's 49. Craftsbury's Charlie Kehler won the individual race (17:30.2) as Craftsbury nabbed five top-10 finishes.

Team scores: 1. Champlain Valley 27; 2. Essex 75; 3. Burlington 95; 4. Mount Mansfield 104; 5. St. Johnsbury 125; 6. BFA-St. Albans 154; 7. South Burlington 175; 8. Brattleboro 234; 9. Mount Anthony 253; 10. North Country 293; 11. Colchester 314.

Top 10: 1. Alice Kredell, CVU 19:49.0; 2. Scarlet Stimson, Essex 19:51.1; 3. Tess Drury, MMU 19:54.2; 4. Estella Laird, CVU 20:14.4; 5. Gillian Fairfax, BHS 20:29.2; 6. Erin Geisler, Rut 20:40.6; 7. Audrey Neilson, CVU 20:48.1; 8. Amelie Scharf, CVU 20:53.8; 9. Kaitln Lumbra, BFA 21:13.5; 10. Lydia Donahue, CVU 21:18.9.

Team scores: 1. St. Johnsbury 44; 2. Champlain Valley 48; 3. Essex 73; 4. BFA-St. Albans 129; 5. South Burlington 141; 6. Burlington 143; 7. Mount Mansfield 206; 8. Rutland 213; 9. Mount Anthony 255; 10. Colchester 271; 11. Brattleboro 321.

Top 10: 1. Matthew Servin, CVU 16:36.7; 2. Porter Hurteau, BFA 17:05.2; 3. Andrew Thornton-Sherman, SJ 17:06.8; 4. Luke Miklus, Essex 17:08.6; 5. Jack Crum, CVU 17:14.8; 6. Kelton Poirier, Essex 17:16.6; 7. Carson Eames, SJ 17:16.9; 8. Dan Knight, CVU 17:21.1; 9. Charlie Krebs, SJ 17:23.4; 10. Sky Valin, SB 17:40.5.

Team scores: 1. U-32 27; 2. Middlebury 81; 3. Harwood 94; 4. Burr and Burton 99; 5. Lyndon 127; 6. Spaulding 156; 7. Woodstock 156; 8. Lamoille 168; 9. Mount Abraham 227; 10. Hartford 291.

Top 10: 1. Ginger Long, U-32 20:38.9; 2. Madeline Harris, BBA 20:53.3; 3. Amy Felice, U-32 20:56.9; 4. Claire Serrano, U-32 21:23.5; 5. Beth McIntosh, Midd 21:24.4; 6. Mary Harrington, Midd 21:24.6; 7. Jane Miller-Arsenault, U-32 21:44.0; 8. Julia Thurston, Har 22:07.3; 9. Ava Schneider, Midd 22:20.6; 10. Emily Harris, BBA 22:35.0.

Team scores: 1. U-32 52; 2. Montpelier 54; 3. Middlebury 75; 4. Burr and Burton 112; 5. Harwood 120; 6. Woodstock 176; 7. Lamoille 220; 8. Vergennes 227; 9. Hartford 246; 10. Mount Abraham 270; 11. Missisquoi 282; 12. Springfield 332; 13. Lyndon 340.

Top 10: 1. Avery Smart, Mont 16:55.6; 2. Cyrus Hansen, U-32 17:07.6; 3. Matheo Gallazzini, BB 17:35.1; 4. Zed McNaughton, Wood 17:36.0; 5. Sargent Burns, U-32 17:36.3; 6. Taggart Schrader, U-32 17:53.4; 7. Noah Rivera, Mont 17:53.4; 8. Wilder Brown, U-32 17:53.7; 9. Isaac Vernon, BBA 18:10.6; 10. Ezra Merrill-Triplette, Mont 18:17.5.

Team scores: 1. Thetford 21; 2. Stowe 46; 3. Rice 73; 4. White River Valley 74; 5. BFA-Fairfax 76; 6. Lake Region 95; 7. Bellows Falls 105; 8. Twinfield 124.

Top 10: 1. Anita Miller, WRV 20:42.6; 2. Madelyn Durkee, Thet 21:01.3; 3. Anya Young, WRV 21:24.6; 4. Beatrice Lake, Rand 21:49.5; 5. Ava Hayden, Thet 22:00.1; 6. Lydia Matson, Stowe 22:00.6; 7. Hattie Mitchell, Stowe 22:01.8; 8. Mckenna Knapp, Northfield/Williamstown 23:20.0; 9. Lilley Anderson, Dan 23:39.2; 10. Alyssa Roberts, Mid Vermont 23:44.0.

Team scores: 1. Craftsbury 18; 2. Stowe 49; 3. Thetford 64; 4. Randolph 95; 5. BFA-Fairfax 128; 6. Danville 130; 7. Lake Region 131; 8. Northfield/Williamstown 132; 9. Long Trail 157; 10. Richford 176; 11. Oxbow 200; 12. Peoples 200; 13. Rice 216; 14. Mill River 238.

Top 10: 1. Charlie Kehler, Craft 17:30.2; 3. Matthew Califano, Craft 17:53.7; 3. Enzo Delena, Stowe 18:05.9; 4. John Viens, Rich 18:14.8; 5. Ben Mattern, Thet 18:21.5; 6. Brady Sloop, Thet 18:28.7; 7. Cormac Leahy, Craft 18:30.5; 8. Alexander Califano, Craft 18:33.2; 9. Alan Moody, Craft 18:40.9; 10. Peter Searls, Dan 18:52.3.

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