Ritchie Invitational
HS Boys get their 2nd win of the week, knocking off Bridgeport and Ritchie among others. Carter Lipscomb scores a dominating win, this time getting it by over a minute. His 15:48 is 10 seconds faster than last year despite the course being a good 100 meters longer. Trent Gola picks up a strong 4th in 17:09 and finishing much closer to the Wheeling Central kid than he did at Magnolia. Brennan Miller gets 16th in 17:56. We’re getting close here. He was well inside the top 10 through 2 miles. Another 4 weeks of training, and we’re going to be in business. William Atkinson turns in his 2nd strong run in a row with a 20th place finish in 18:12. Joshua Berke adds a 40th place finish in 19:15 in his best run of the season. Kaden Smith adds a 132nd place finish in 24:02. Jimmy Berke turns in his best race of the season for 152nd in 25:57. Logan Currey gets 159th in 26:41. Again, some of these times are different than what I told you at the meet because the waves didn’t start exactly 5:00 apart. HS Girls pick up a solid 3rd, just 8 points off 2nd place East Fairmont. Alexis Lamb led the way with a 4th place finish in 20:48. Emily Gola has by far her strongest run of the season with an 8th place finish in 21:10, which is faster than her time here last year, even though the course was maybe 100 meters longer this year. Maria Bee battled back to a 13th place finish in 21:34. Hailey Keith has one of her best runs of the season for 25th in 22:42. Nora Sias continues to trend in the right direction with a 25:22 for 74th. Audrey Smith is close behind in 79th with a 25:35. Jocelyn Atkinson has a solid run in 92nd in 26:31. Cloe Tallman gets 99th with a 27:00. Gabby Gogan gets 109th in 28:30. Lacey Shepherd gets 114th in 28:46. Some of these times may not match what I told you at the meet because they didn’t start the waves exactly 5:00 apart. MS Boys also take another win in convincing fashion, by 28 over Williamstown. Trey McDonough battles for the win the entire way but settles for 3rd in 11:03. Carter Sias puts together an excellent run for 6th in 11:16. Jerod Trent adds a solid 8th in 11:22. Cory Swentzel wins the 2nd wave and gets 13th overall in 11:51. Luke Rokisky takes a really tight battle for 14th in 11:58, running down and edging past a Williamstown kid right before the line. Noah Bodkin gets 28th in 12:33, overcoming a late fall. Isaac Johnson grabs 42nd in 13:02. Samuel Gola gets 54th in 13:26 just getting edged out at the line by a kid who cut him off multiple times in the finishing stretch. MS Girls take another win and in dominating fashion 64-130. Catherine Cottrill scores a 3rd place finish in 11:44. Bailey Holden is right behind in 4th in 11:58. Marley Sias has a strong run in winning the 2nd wave to finish 13th in 12:45. Cassidy Cumberledge has a solid outing for 14th in 12:49. Payton Trent gets 30th in 13:38. Payton Currey has a strong run (taking down a few competitors in the last 400 meters) to get 34th in 13:50. Aleigh Cheeseman adds her best run of the season with a 93rd place finish in 16:13. Marley, Payton, and Payton took a wrong turn early in the course and lost probably 7 or 8 seconds getting corrected or their times and place would have been even better.
