Twelve-year-old Eloise de Landevoisin Campbell, who attends Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School (LOLMS), placed third in the A race at the Connecticut Middle School Cross-country State Championship last Saturday, Nov. 1, at Wickham Park in Manchester, Conn. She was running for her triathlon team, the Nutmeg Youth Triathlon Team, since LOLMS no longer competes in this race. Eloise ran the 2.3 mile course in 14:20.60 (6:15 pace).
This result is an outstanding achievement for Eloise since more than 80 middle schools were competing in the state championships and the number of runners totaled over 3,000. Six races were held, three for boys and three for girls. The fastest 350 – 400 runners then ran in the A Races (the Girls’ A Race had 354 runners.) There were also two B races — one for East of the river boys and girls, and the other for West of the river boys and girls.)
Eloise has also been achieving significant success in Triathlons this year. She won the Toughkids Championship in Croton on the Hudson this past August. In addition, she placed second at the Westchester Super Sprint in September and first at the Westfield Wave Triathlon in Massachusetts last June, racing against adults in both events.
Eloise also went to USA Triathlon (USAT) Nationals, where she placed 22nd for her age group.
Congratulations, Eloise!
Visit http://mysportsresults.com/Results/Results/22ndCTMSXCChamps-20141101.htm to view the full results of the State championship.