Local runners off to regionals

By ROB HAMILTON

A lot of Mor­row County dis­tance run­ners will be com­pet­ing in regional cross coun­try meets this Sat­ur­day — both in Pick­er­ing­ton and Troy.

Run­ners on the Card­ing­ton and High­land boys’ cross coun­try teams will be trav­el­ing to Troy for their regional meet, while all the qual­i­fiers from Mount Gilead, North­mor and Gilead Chris­t­ian will stay in cen­tral Ohio for the Pick­er­ing­ton regional.

In the lat­ter group are the Divi­sion III dis­trict cham­pion girls’ team from Mount Gilead. The Lady Indi­ans fin­ished with 44 points to edge Fredericktown’s total of 51 in the first of two Divi­sion III races.

Ray­chel Gress fin­ished fourth in 20:46.29, while Bryanna Bolha took sev­enth in 21:12.99 and Rachel Bush ran eighth in 21:18.47. Jenna Ship­man placed 10th in 21:36.58 and Taryn Chap­man ran 15th in 22:01.56 to give the team five run­ners in the race’s top 15.

Also, Sophia Friesen was 27th in 23:23.86 and Maken­zie McKir­gan placed 29th in 23:32.13.

Com­pet­ing in the same race was Card­ing­ton. The Pirates didn’t have a full team and no indi­vid­u­als advanced to the regional meet.

Shelby Brady led the squad by fin­ish­ing 25th in 23:12.75, while McKen­zie Smith took 31st in 23:51.95. Sami Ben­nett ran 43rd in 25:30.07 and MaKen­zie Coul­ter placed 47th in 26:28.81.

In the sec­ond Divi­sion III girls’ race, North­mor claimed sec­ond place to earn a trip to region­als. They were paced by dis­trict cham­pion Dani Blum, who won with a time of 19:51.62.

Kayla Duryea took sev­enth in 21:12 and Isabelle Dit­ul­lio ran eighth in 21:16.22. Kendall Fout fin­ished 20th in 22:24.72, Kelly Pope was 22nd in 22:31.34, Bri­anna Heminger placed 26th in 22:50.86 and Katie Bur­son was 43rd in 24:59.81.

Gilead Christian’s one run­ner also was in this race, as Kris­ten Mohre placed 50th in 25:43.69.

Also see­ing their sea­son resume at the Pick­er­ing­ton regional are the Mount Gilead boys’ team and Gilead Chris­t­ian run­ner Caleb Mosher. They com­peted in the first Divi­sion III boys’ race.

The Indi­ans fin­ished fourth with 112 points to take the final team qual­i­fy­ing spot by 10 points over Colum­bus Academy.

Tyler Beck took eighth in the race with a time of 17:33.11 and Jason Hea­cock was eighth in 17:34.8. Grant Picker was next for the team, plac­ing 26th in 18:29.26.

Also, Josh Wood­dell took 34th in 18:57.19, Nic Pomeroy ran 35th in 18:58.01, Logan Chap­man placed 36th in 18:59.37 and Cam­den West was 48th in 19:38.48.

Gilead Chris­t­ian fin­ished 10th as a team, but Caleb Mosher qual­i­fied for region­als by plac­ing 13th in 17:41.83.

Danny Bruce fin­ished 56th in 20:22.71 and Aaron Mar­tin was 59th in 20:39.38. Also, Brad Mohre ran 64th in 21:07.21, Lucas Stan­d­ley took 72nd in 21:47.62.

Northmor’s boys took sev­enth in the race. Jacob Hill missed regional qual­i­fi­ca­tion by three spots, as he was 19th in 18:08.36. Andrew Stiver fol­lowed, as he placed 29th in 18:42.17.

Joe Vitte was 47th in 19:36.21 and Chris Stiver placed 50th in 19:43.33. Also, Clint Crose took 68th in 21:31.24, Matthew Kimes fin­ished 78th in 23:06.98 and John Pfis­ter ran 79th in 23:24.36.

The Divi­sion II girls’ race also fed into the Pick­er­ing­ton regional, but no one from the 12th place High­land girls’ team was able to qualify.

Kayla Davies led the way, tak­ing 45th place in 23:14.13. Jena Buch­holz ran 47th in 23:27.73 and Saman­tha Thomp­son took 54th in 23:46.02.

Angel­ica Pres­ley ran 62nd in 24:09.93 to be next across the fin­ish line for the Scots. Also, Katie McClung took 68th in 24:16.73, Lydia Hock­en­berry ran 69th in 24:25.64 and Nic­hole Carter placed 70th in 24:27.83.

The High­land boys fin­ished third in the sec­ond Divi­sion II boys’ race to qual­ify for Troy’s regional.

Logan Eber­sole was sec­ond over­all in 17:36.74, while Kevin Jones was ninth in 18:03.14. Josh Irvin took 15th place in 18:29.02 and Devin John­son placed 17th in 18:37.24.

Also, Layne Bur­son ran 32nd in 20:06.75, Nick Parks was 42nd in 21:41.61 and Jonah Maggs took 52nd in 24:26.89.

In the sec­ond Divi­sion III boys’ race, both Card­ing­ton and Newark Catholic tied for first place with 64 points. How­ever, the Green Wave’s sixth run­ner placed higher than Cardington’s, which gave them the cham­pi­onship, while the Pirates took sec­ond place.

Jacob Long was a dis­trict cham­pion in 17:00.66, while Mitch Yake took fourth in 18:06.82 and Mike Queener was 10th in 18:29.93.

Josh Queener ran 25th in 19:39.46 and Seth Vaught took 30th in 20:01.86. Also, Jared Gan­de­lot was 33rd in 20:08.61 and Matt Queener placed 46th in 21:36.93.

Posted by Rob Hamilton on Oct 24 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.