Upper girls, Baldwin advance to regionals Posted on October 21, 2024 0 Daily Chief-Union/Lonnie McMillan Regional qualifiers Upper Sandusky’s Jocelyn Leightey (3470) runs just slightly ahead of teammate Shiloh Shasteen on Saturday in the Division II race of the regional meet at Amann Park in Galion. The Rams were third as a team to qualify for regionals. GALION — Upper Sandusky’s girls team and Abe Baldwin qualified for regionals in the district cross country meet Saturday at Amann Park. The Rams girls finished third with 83 points, only 10 behind runner-up Shelby. Lexington won with 54 points. Bellevue was the final of four team qualifiers with 122 points. Three Upper Sandusky girls finished well enough to qualify individually if they had not advanced with their team. Hope Morris took fifth place in 19:58.70, Jocelyn Leightey finished 12th in 20;42.54, and Shiloh Shasteen was 15th in 20:57.14. Rounding out the team score were Abbi Ault in 28th place in 22:28.88 and Macie Clark in 30th place in 22:40.37. Port Clinton’s Morgan Wiechman was the winner in 18:55.52. Daily Chief-Union/Lonnie McMillan Working together Upper Sandusky’s Andrew Leightey (left) and Jameson Reile run Saturday in the district meet in Galion. Leightey and Reile finished 30th and 31st as the Rams were fifth. Upper Sandusky’s boys missed advancing as a team by one place, finishing fifth with 128 points. Bellevue took the final spot with 116 points. Lexington dominated with all five of its scoring runners in the top seven for just 19 points, while Ontario was second with 88 points and Edison third with 107 points. Baldwin cracked the top 16 to qualify for regionals by taking 14th place in 17:11.91. The team’s next four runners were within six places of one another. Henry Minehart finished 26th in 17:52.12, one spot in front of Franklin Arnold, who finished in 17:52.65. Andrew Leightey was 30th in 18:00.87, and Jameson Reile finished 31st in 18:03.50. Lexington’s Latrell Hughes was the winner in 15:33.96. In Division III, with 20 individuals and five teams advancing, Wynford’s Briana Westrick was 30th in 22:19.79, while Allie Bessinger took 33rd place in 22:31.13. Kolbie Allgyre finished 74th in 27:28.13. Danbury’s Emma Redett was the individual winner in 19:08.69. Huron was the Division III girls champion with a 40-71 margin over Ashland Crestview. Norwalk St. Paul edged Edison for third 131-135, and Mansfield Christian took fifth place with 153 points. Daily Chief-Union/Lonnie McMillan Good career Wynford’s Briana Westrick runs Saturday in the district meet at Amann Park. Westrick was 30th in 22:19.79 in her final race. Wynford’s boys were 12th in the team standings with 296 points. Colonel Crawford won the championship 46-64 over Huron, with Bucyrus (88 points), New London (97) and Ashland Crestview (117) also advancing to regionals. Brennen Westrick paced the Royals with a 49th-place finish in 19:47.63. Seth Pope (20:52.14) and Drew Pope (21:41.79) were 60th and 69th, respectively. Clay Lusk took 74th place in 21:57.51, and Ashton Tarbert was 76th in 22:26.52. Huron’s Sage Edgerly-Bork won the Division III boys race in 16:02.39. The regional cross country meet starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, with the Division II boys and girls races set for 12 and 12:45 p.m. at Hedges Boyer Park in Tiffin. Division II girls Team results 1. Lexington 54, 2. Shelby 73, 3. Upper Sandusky 83, 4. Bellevue 122, 5. Ontario 137, 6. Galion 153, 7. Perkins 158, 8. Clyde 191, 9. Willard 227. Individual results Upper Sandusky: 5. Morris 19:58.70, 12. Leightey 20:42.54, 15. Shasteen 20:57.14, 28. Ault 22:28.88, 30. Clark 22:40.37, 45. Wengerd 24:00.17, 57. Cundiff 25:58.13. Winner: Wiechman (Port Clinton) 18:55.52. Division III girls Team results 1. Huron 40, 2. Ashland Crestview 71, 3. Norwalk St. Paul 131, 4. Edison 135, 5. Mansfield Christian 153, 6. New London 156, 7. Buckeye Central 159, 8. Crestline 183, 9. Western Reserve 201, 10. Colonel Crawford 239, 11. Plymouth 243. Individual results Wynford: 30. Westrick 22:19.79, 33. Bessinger 22:31.13, 74. Allgyre 27:28.13. Winner: Redett (Danbury) 19:08.69. Division II boys Team results 1. Lexington 19, 2. Ontario 88, 3. Edison 107, 4. Bellevue 116, 5. Upper Sandusky 128, 6. Perkins 128, 7. Vermilion 164, 8. Clyde 257, 9. Shelby 266, 10. Galion 273, 11. Port Clinton 289, 12. Willard 337. Individual results Upper Sandusky: 14. Baldwin 17:11.91, 26. Minehart 17:52.12, 27. Arnold 17:52.65, 30. Leightey 18:00.87, 31. Reile 18:03.50, 38. Pohlman 18:32.91, 50. Miller 19:13.35. Winner: Hughes (Lexington) 15:33.96. Division III boys Team results 1. Colonel Crawford 46, 2. Huron 64, 3. Bucyrus 88, 4. New London 97, 5. Ashland Crestview 117, 6. Mansfield Christian 157, 7. Norwalk St. Paul 193, 8. Buckeye Central 216, 9. Western Reserve 227, 10. Plymouth 248, 11. Danbury 263, 12. Wynford 296. Individual results Wynford: 49. Westrick 19:47.63, 60. S. Pope 20:52.14, 69. D. Pope 21:41.79, 74. Lusk 21:57.51, 76. Tarbert 22:26.52, 79. Porter 22:54.00, 88. Assenheimer 26:07.83. Winner: Edgerly-Bork (Huron) 16:02.39.
