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Girls' Cross Country - Varsity
Overview
Overview
The Taft girls' cross country program aims to be an inclusive program for both competitive and beginning runners. The coaches work to develop each runner to her fullest potential and foster a strong sense of teamwork in what is often perceived to be an individual sport. Workouts are stratified to meet the training needs of each runner, challenging those who aim to be collegiate athletes and encouraging those who are new to the sport. Our daily runs vary in their format, including distance runs, hill repeats, track workouts, and fartlek running, and the team takes one day per week to cross train with weights, yoga, or Zumba. The coaches' overall goal is to instill a life-long love of running in each graduate of the program.
Email Head Coach Andrew Houghtalen
Where we train:

Schedule
Schedule
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Miss Porter's School
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Choate Rosemary Hall
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Phillips Exeter Academy
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Northfield Mount Hermon School
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Williston Northampton School
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Kent School
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Kent School | Away | Details about Girls' Cross Country - Varsity | ||||
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Founders League Tournament
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Westminster School | Away | Details about Girls' Cross Country - Varsity | ||||
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New Englands
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All Day
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Phillips Exeter Academy | Away | Details about Girls' Cross Country - Varsity |
Roster
Roster
| # | Name | Position | Class | Hometown |
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| Veronica Antov | 2027 | Oxford, CT | ||
| Lucy Atwood | 2028 | Nashville, TN | ||
| Sadie Borken | 2030 | Middlebury, CT | ||
| Natalia Canarozzi | 2029 | Sandy Hook, CT | ||
| Karina Flaherty | 2029 | Middlebury, CT | ||
| Colette Forshaw | 2030 | Middlebury, CT | ||
| Julia Hendler | 2030 | Mamaroneck, NY | ||
| Saeeun Jeon | 2030 | McLean, VA | ||
| Electra Kazanas | 2027 | Locust Valley, NY | ||
| Vi Lapham | 2027 | Waterbury, CT | ||
| Ada Lu | 2028 | Hong Kong | ||
| Estelle Magnan | 2027 | Litchfield, CT | ||
| Leah Obenshain | 2029 | Goshen, CT | ||
| Sadie Rothfleisch | 2027 | Bedford Corners, NY | ||
| Isha Sahoo | 2029 | Southington, CT | ||
| Vlada Samchuk | 2028 | Lokachi | ||
| Eleanor Williams | 2027 | New York, NY | ||
| Maya Woodhall | 2027 | Bethlehem, CT | ||
| Karen Xu | 2029 | Shanghai | ||
| Bernice Zhang | 2027 | Farmington, CT | ||
| Chloe Zhang | 2030 | Sai Ying Pun | ||
| Sophia Zhao | 2027 | Shanghai | ||
| Wilmi Zhao | 2028 | Beijing |
Coaches
Coaches
About Head Coach Andrew Houghtalen
Drew earned his BA in English literature from Sacred Heart University, where he ran cross country and indoor and outdoor track, and his MAT from Union Graduate College. He spent six years at the Canterbury School where he taught third form English and upper form electives, coached cross country and outdoor track, and served as a dorm parent. Most recently, he spent two years teaching ninth, eleventh, and twelfth grade English at the Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware.
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