Brookline High’s boys cross country team won the Bay State Conference championship Oct. 31, placing five runners among the top 12 at Wrentham Developmental Center.
Senior Ibrahim Abdel-Dayem won the varsity 5,000-meter race in 15:23.9. Classmate Liam Hartmann followed just 1.3 seconds later in 15:25.2.
The published meet results show Brookline’s next three scorers finishing sixth, 10th and 12th. Their combined placements gave the Warriors 31 points, comfortably ahead of runner-up Newton North’s 63.
Junior Elias Thomasson finished sixth in 15:58.5, followed by junior Matthew Ritter in 10th at 16:09.0. Freshman Kieran Morrissey-Dhekne completed the scoring lineup in 12th at 16:11.2.
Just 47.3 seconds separated Brookline’s first and fifth finishers. Junior Nam Danh added a 17th-place finish in 16:21.9.
Bay State Running reported that the victory secured Brookline’s fifth consecutive boys’ conference championship.
The Warriors now turn to defending a separate streak at the state level. The MIAA’s championship history lists Brookline as the Division 1 state champion in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Another title would extend that run to five.
On the girls’ side, Charlotte Doench led Brookline with a 16th-place finish in approximately 19 minutes, 29 seconds.
The MIAA postseason schedule lists divisional championship meets for Saturday, Nov. 14. Teams and individual runners who qualify will advance to the state championships Nov. 21.
