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WRENTHAM — North Reading coach Derek Dorval has a reputation for developing young runners and it looks like he’s doing it again with junior Nicole Roberts.

Roberts finished third overall in yesterday’s Eastern Mass. Division 5 meet at Wrentham with an excellent time of 19:02.1 on the 5K course.

Sarah Rothman ran one of her best races of the year, finishing 11th overall, as the Andover girls finished a strong third in the MVC meet behind Lowell and Chelmsford. Rothman was just one place behind Warrior standout Leila Aruri, who was clocked in 19:48 on Chelmsford's 5K course.

In a tri-meet at Winnekenni Park in Haverhill, Chelmsford's Ali Wood ran the second fastest time run on the course, a winning time of 18:03. Haverhill runner-up Jackie Solimine (18:13) and third-place finisher Riley Gilmore (18:19) ran the third and fourth fastest time ever by a Hillie. Senior Katherine Becker, who finished 10th for the Hillies, had her best time on the course by a whopping 1:26.

Haverhill's girls cross country team defeated Andover and Methuen in the rain to improve to 6-2.

Kristy Robertson had a personal-best 20:16 on Haverhill's 2.9-mile home course to highlight the Hillies' 17-43 girls cross country win over Tewksbury.Jackie Solimine (18:46) and Riley Gilmore (19:01) finished in the top two spots.