Galion Cross Country Festival

By JON KLEINKNECHT

Inquirer Sports Editor

sports@galioninquirer.com

Six high schools claimed cham­pi­onship hard­ware in the Galion Cross Coun­try Fes­ti­val last Sat­ur­day at Amann’s Reservoir.

Boys’ teams doing so were: New Albany, Divi­sion I; Granville, Divi­sion II; and Seneca East, Divi­sion III.

Girls’ cham­pi­ons were: Brecksville, Divi­sion I; Lex­ing­ton, Divi­sion II; and Lib­erty Cen­ter, Divi­sion III.

Locally, the North­mor girls were the top per­form­ing team, plac­ing third in Divi­sion III out of 14 schools. Lib­erty Cen­ter had 32 points; runner-up Mount Gilead, 67; and the Lady Golden Knights checked in with 111.

Lead­ing Northmor’s charge was senior Dani Blum. She fin­ished sec­ond at 19:02.4. Lib­erty Center’s Brit­tany Atkin­son was the cham­pion with an 18:39.8.

Kendall Fout, 17th place, 20:57.54; and Isabelle Dit­ul­lio, 18th, 21:09.13 also placed in the top 20 for the Black-and-Gold.

In Divi­sion III, Colonel Crawford’s boys placed 10th out of 21 teams. Seneca East was tops with 52 points, while Colum­bus Grove placed sec­ond with 67.

The top run­ner for Colonel Craw­ford was Clay Mar­tin. He placed 23rd (24th actual) with a clock­ing of 17:12.09.

Northmor’s boys were 17th. Jacob Hill was the Golden Knights’ fastest run­ner, plac­ing 52nd (53rd actual) with an 18:04.16.

Jake Gra­ham of Colum­bus Grove crossed the fin­ish line first with a solid 15:49.71 — 17 sec­onds faster than the second-place runner.

In Divi­sion II, the Galion boys were 11th out of 28 teams, and the Lady Tigers, 17th out of 25.

For the Tigers, Chris McEl­lig­ott was the top per­former run­ning to a 20th-place time of 16:40.94. Dominic Erl­sten was next, fin­ish­ing 33rd with a 167:58.49.

Buckeye’s Ryan Gal­lagher grabbed the top spot indi­vid­u­ally with a 15:45.38.

Granville’s 100 points was good enough for the team title. Bay Vil­lage was sec­ond, 37 points behind.

For the Lady Tigers, Michaela Slone was the top run­ner, plac­ing 63rd (66th actual) at 22:12.5.

River Valley’s Han­nah Camp­bell ran her way to the top spot with a time of 18:35.92.

Lex­ing­ton scored 45 points for the team cham­pi­onship. Dover was runner-up with 68.

In Divi­sion I boys’ com­pe­ti­tion, Walsh Jesuit’s Brian Bren­nan turned in the fastest time of the day at 15:38.

New Albany won the title with 107 points. Walsh Jesuit was sec­ond at 112.

Claire Wiles — a sopho­more from Olen­tangy Lib­erty — was the fastest girl run­ner of the day, cross­ing the fin­ish line at 18:37.6.

Brecksville tal­lied 81 points for the team title. Olen­tangy Lib­erty was sec­ond with 95.

In mid­dle school action (two miles), St. Edward’s Andrew Stump won the boys’ “A” race with an 11:24.08; Austin Hal­labrin of Gilead Chris­t­ian was best in the boys’ “B” race at 11:11.82; Mackenna Curtis-Collins of Lex­ing­ton was tops in the girls’ “A” race with a 12:34.73; and Granville’s Des­tiny Braden placed first in the girls’ “B” race at 15:25.96.

Team cham­pi­ons were: Berlin-Milan, boys’ “A”; Dempsey, girls’ “A”; Perkins, boys’ “B”; and Lib­erty Union-Thurston, girls’ “B”.

Top run­ners for Galion were: Colin McCul­lough, boys’ “B”, 30th, 12:41.61; and Abby Barre, girls’ “B”, 28th, 13:51.69.

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