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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 Ashley Deckert
Where we train:
Schedule
Schedule
Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Advantage | Type | Details | Result | Score | Status |
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Miss Porter's School
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Avon Old Farms School | Away | Details | ||||
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Choate Rosemary Hall
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Choate Rosemary Hall | Away | Details | ||||
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Loomis Chaffee School
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Loomis Chaffee School | Away | Details | ||||
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Hotchkiss School
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Loomis Chaffee School | Away | Details | ||||
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Williston Northampton School
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Williston Northampton School | Away | Details | ||||
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Kent School
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Founders League Tournament
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All Day
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Founders League Tournament | Away | Details | ||||
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New Englands
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All Day
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New Englands | Away | Details |
Roster
Roster
# | Name | Position | Class | Hometown |
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Farren Camp | 2026 | Los Gatos, CA | ||
Kate Cicchetti | 2024 | Prospect, CT | ||
Sydney Grogean | 2024 | Woodbury, CT | ||
Sally Higgins | 2025 | Yarmouth, ME | ||
Tatsha Kumthampinij | 2025 | Tenafly, NJ | ||
Rina Kurihara | 2024 | Shibuya-ku | ||
Vi Lapham | 2027 | Waterbury, CT | ||
Eleanor Lemon | 2026 | Singapore | ||
Estelle Magnan | 2026 | New York, NY | ||
Charlotte Murphy | 2025 | Southbury, CT | ||
Serena Patel | 2025 | Panama City Beach, FL | ||
Andrea Poon | 2027 | Hong Kong | ||
Louisa Prentice | 2026 | New York, NY | ||
Mehar Trehan | 2026 | Kingston | ||
Brooke Wilcox | 2024 | Southbury, CT | ||
Maya Woodhall | 2027 | Bethlehem, CT | ||
Molly Wynne | 2025 | New York, NY | ||
Bernice Zhang | 2027 | Farmington, CT | ||
Sophia Zhao | 2027 | Shanghai |
Coaches
Coaches
About Head Coach Ashley Deckert
Ashley joins Taft from Malvern Prep in Pennsylvania where she was a member of the English department. She also previously taught at the International School of Stuttgart. After completing her undergraduate work at Rutgers University, where she was a record-breaking member of the cross country and track programs, Ashley received her master’s in education from Temple University where she was part of the graduate assistant coaching program for their track and field team. At Taft, she will live in Congdon with her husband, Marc, and serve as the head coach of the girls’ cross country team and the track program.
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Head Coach