Upper boys 5th at Colonel Crawford

NORTH ROBINSON — Riverdale’s Allison Woodruff finished as runner-up to lead area runners Saturday in the Kip Kinn Invitational cross country meet at Colonel Crawford.

Times were impressive on a course that was believed to have been a little short on both the high school 5K and junior high 2-mile levels, but even so, Woodruff impressed for the second time in the early season by finishing in 18:29.37. She was topped by Colonel Crawford’s Cecelia Chase, who finished the race in 18:06.38.

The Falcons’ Annalese Woodruff was fourth in 19:27.47, while Addie Manns was 43rd in 22:37.25. Missing several dual-sport athletes, Riverdale settled for a ninth-place team finish with 205 points.

Led by Chloe Etzinger’s 11th-place finish in 19:54.82, Carey finished 11th as a team with 217 points. Abby Kurtz finished 35th in 22:13.44, with Grace Bianchi 65th in 23:52.09 and Gracie Luhring 68th in 24:46.03. Alexis Mattimoe was 80th in 25:45.34.

Upper Sandusky was short one runner for placing as a team but got a seventh-place finish from Hope Morris in 19:36.03. Jocelyn Leightey took 16th place in 20:27.64, and Abigail Ault was 32nd in 21:58.46. Emmilee Grafmiller crossed the finish line in 82nd place in 26:11.65.

Upper Sandusky’s boys finished in fifth place with 134 points. Mount Gilead was the winner with 72 points, followed by three teams grouped closely together: Northmor and Marion Harding both with 90 points, and Pleasant with 92 points.

Evan Hinesman came in eighth in 16:26.95, with Abe Baldwin taking 24th place in 17:33.30. Jameson Reile was 31st in 17:48.34, Elijah Robinson came in 40th in 18:13.13, and Henry Minehart completed the team total by finishing 55th in 18:43.77.

Riverdale finished just one spot and seven points behind Upper Sandusky and was led by Andrew Woodruff taking 10th place in 16:30.72. Kason Barnes (17:38.85) and Kolten Evans (17:41.29) were 27th and 29th, respectively, followed by Ethan Spitnale in 45th place in 18:21.23 and Gabe Donaldson in 57th place in 18:48.61.

Carey took 10th place as a team with 271 points, with Brayden Young leading the way in 15th place in 17:02.97. Riley Miller was 46th in 18:21.84, and Aaron Lortz took 78th place in 20:02.48.

Upper Sandusky dominated the junior high boys competition with just 25 points, putting six runners in the top 13. Andrew Leightey led the way as runner-up in 11:13.55, getting edged by less than a quarter second. Riverdale’s top finisher was Mike Penwell in 15th place in 12:57.33, while Carey’s only runner was Callen Lewis, who was 18th in 13:05.24.

Carey’s Emma Ritter was the top local girls finisher, taking third place in 12:32.39. Upper Sandusky’s Madison Miles was eighth in 13:29.80, and Riverdale’s Ava Brooks finished 21st in 14:38.10.

The Blue Devils run in the Columbus Grove Invitational at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The Rams compete in the Bucyrus Elks Invitational at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Crawford County Fairgrounds. The next event for the Falcons is the Riverdale Invitational at 5 p.m. Sept. 7.

Girls

Team results

1. Colonel Crawford 72, 2. Northmor 115, 3. Western Reserve 121, 4. Pleasant 130, 5. Mount Gilead 133, 6. Clyde 154, 7. Madison 183, 8. Galion 190, 9. Riverdale 205, 10. Buckeye Central 215, 11. Carey 217, 12. Margaretta 269, 13. Clear Fork 306.

Individual results

Riverdale: 2. Al. Woodruff 18:29.37, 4. An. Woodruff 19:27.47, 43. Manns 22:37.25, 107. Dement 29:14.48, 113. Clark 30:54.06, 115. Fowler 31:30.68, 117. Crum 32:11.57.

Carey: 11. Etzinger 19:54.82, 35. Kurtz 22:13.44, 65. Bianchi 23:52.09, 68. Luhring 24:46.03, 80. Mattimoe 25:45.34, 83. Bushong 26:19.11, 92. Walton 27:05.94, 98. Gery 27:40.51, 109. Crim 29:25.52, 118. Trausch 32:29.78, 123. Zimmerly 37:02.59.

Upper Sandusky: 7. Morris 19:36.03, 16. Leightey 20:27.64, 32. Ault 21:58.46, 82. Grafmiller 26:11.65.

Winner: Chase (CC) 18:06.38.

Boys

Team results

1. Mount Gilead 72, 2. Northmor 90, 3. Marion Harding 90, 4. Pleasant 92, 5. Upper Sandusky 134, 6. Riverdale 141, 7. Buckeye Central 180, 8. Madison 156, 9. Galion 257, 10. Carey 271, 11. Cardington-Lincoln 277, 12. Lucas 320, 13. Western Reserve 352, 14. Clear Fork 352, 15. Elgin 373.

Individual results

Upper Sandusky: 8. Hinesman 16:26.95, 24. Baldwin 17:33.30, 31. Reile 17:48.34, 40. Robinson 18:13.13, 55. Minehart 18:43.77, 76. Miller 19:54.72, 83. Roe 20:12.53, 85. Weyand 20:18.11, 97. Penwell 20:46.28, 136. Schoenberger 24:46.71.

Riverdale: 10. Woodruff 16:30.72, 27. Barnes 17:38.85, 29. Evans 17:41.29, 45. Spitnale 18:21.23, 57. Donaldson 18:48.61, 132. Shearer 24:05.67, 143. Schlarb 26:04.52, 146. Eaton 27:57.43.

Carey: 15. Young 17:02.97, 46. Miller 18:21.84, 78. Lortz 20:02.48, 108. Middleton 21:24.66, 111. Sidor 21:44.32, 115. Zimmerly 22:16.60, 129. Walton 23:30.58, 141. Prater 26:00.08.

Winner: Bartlett (MG) 15:29.89.

Junior high

Girls

Carey: 3. Ritter 12:32.39, 11. Arnold 13:37.05, 22. Crimm 14:50.14, 29. Phoenix 15:24.56, 40. Motter 15:57.61, 53. Hohman 18:00.74.

Upper Sandusky: 8. Miles 13:29.80, 27. Clark 15:16.79, 34. Niederkohr 15:49.83, 44. Alspach 17:05.51, 47. Thiel 17:15.23, 60. Rogers 20:20.25.

Riverdale: 21. Brooks 14:38.10, 28. Best 15:17.34, 36. Dailey 15:54.74, 45. Rall 17:06.62, 56. Miller 19:01.96.

Boys

Upper Sandusky: 2. Leightey 11:13.55, 3. Pohlman 11:22.43, 6. Arnold 12:01.04, 10. Craig 12:08.71, 13. Loverich 12:48.51, 28. Barrett 13:44.23, 34. Bacon 14:32.74, 41. Voorheis 15:47.61, 42. Inglis 15:49.32.

Carey: 18. Lewis 13:05.24.

Riverdale: 15. Penwell 12:57.33, 33. Alge 14:19.24, 63. Bash 22:34.21.