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2018 Sun Journal All-Region Girls’ Cross Country Runner of the Year: Jillian Richardson won early, often

Jillian Richardson is the 2018 Sun Journal All-Region Girls’ Cross Country Runner of the Year. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) Not many runners defeated Jillian Richardson in 2018. In fact, on Maine soil, only two girls bested Richardson. Not bad for the Edward Little senior, who had the most successful season of her high […]

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Cross country: Edward Little's Jillian Richardson places 15th, earns All-New England honors

Jillian Richardson (Sun Journal file photo) Four girls and two boys from Maine earned All-New England honors Saturday at the 84th New England High School Cross Country Championships at Derryfield Park in Manchester, New Hampshire. Kate Wiser, a sophomore from Pomperaug, Connecticut, won the girls race by 38 seconds, covering a muddy 5-kilometer course in […]

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Edward Little's Richardson places third at Class A cross country championships

BELFAST — Lisandro Berry-Gaviria’s plan worked to perfection. As for Sofie Matson’s face-plant, that worked out as well as could be expected. In the end, both runners successfully defended their Class A cross country state championships on a raw Saturday morning, with times faster than any others who followed in the other meets at Troy […]

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Cross country: Edward Little's Jillian Richardson improving, peaking at right time

Jillian Richardson stetches before practice at Edward Little High School to warm up. Richardson is heading to the Class A XC state championships in Belfast on Saturday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Jillian Richardson finished eight seconds behind Falmouth sophomore Sofie Matson at the Festival of Champions meet at the end of September. Nearly a year earlier, […]

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Festival of Champions: Edward Little's Richardson picks up pace, takes second

Edward Little’s Jillian Richardson runs the course on her way to finishing in second with a time of 18:29.87 at the Festival of Champions on Saturday in Belfast. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) BELFAST — The story of the girls’ race at the Festival of Champions cross country meet Saturday was who was going to challenge Sofie […]