
By HockomockSports.com Staff
Attleboro senior Emilia Smith has been selected as the HockomockSports.com Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, for Oct. 21 through Oct. 27. Smith is the eighth athlete chosen as Player of the Week for the 2024-25 school year.
Smith put in a dominant performance on Saturday morning at the Wrentham Developmental Center, winning the girls title at the annual Hockomock Cross-Country Championships in a time of 17:59.7, which was more than 20 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. With Smith leading the way, Attleboro, which finished third in the Kelley-Rex during the dual meet season, took fourth overall with 124 points.
“Emilia had one goal this season and that one goal was to finish first at Hocks,” said Attleboro head coach Erin Bailey. “She was able to accomplish this by working hard during the regular season.”
One of several favorites coming into the league meet, Smith grabbed the lead early in the race and led almost from the start. She started to pull away from the pack, including North Attleboro’s Molly Galgoczy (18:20.0), Taunton’s Emersyn DePonte (18:35.9), and Canton’s Lauren Raffeto (18:54.7), with about a mile to go, building a sizable margin by the finish line. Smith, who finished second in 2023, was the lone female runner to break the 18-minute mark, bettering her time from last year by almost a minute. She is just the second female runner since 2016 to finish in under 18 minutes, joining Katie Sobieraj of Oliver Ames who finished in a time of 17:54.5 in 2022.
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The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at 8:00PM. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision.
Emilia Smith
Emilia Smith The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Emilia Smith The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Emilia Smith The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Emilia Smith The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Emilia Smith The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Emilia Smith The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Emilia Smith The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Emilia Smith The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at
midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the
decision.