Asics Hot Summer Bash - Will the Centerville Girls & Boys Make a Statement?

The Asic's Hot Summer Bash at Hilliard Davidson should be a telling early season meet. On the girl's side, of the nine teams entered, 4 are  Ohio D1 Top 10 ranked.  #1 Centerville leads a girl's field that includes: #3 Olentangy Liberty, #7 Gahanna Lincoln and #9 Hilliard Davidson.  On the boys side, Centerville also heads to Hilliard with the D1 #4 ranked boy's team.

GIRL'S RACE

Is this the weekend that Centerville lets us see just how good the girls team is?  They are the defending D1 State champions and the #1 ranked girl's team in the State.   Just two weeks ago the girl's dominated the OHSAA Early Season Invitational scoring 45 points to Liberty's 85.  The Centerville girl's went 2+6+8+12+17 (30+81).  The Davidson girls were 5th.  The Centerville girls will be challenged however,  by three very strong, improving, Central Ohio teams:  #3 Olentangy Liberty, #7 Gahanna Lincoln and #9 Hilliard Davidson.  



Emma Bower, Grace Kilroy and India Johnson in the OHSAA Early Season Inv. at 2800m.  (photo M. Stonecipher)

The girls individual race features Sr. Hilliard Davidson's India Johnson.  Johnson is one of the best, if not the best girl in the State.  She has a D1 #3 ranking at this time, but as we all know, times can be misleading in XC. Centerville So. Grace Kilroy, the D1 #4, OH #8 ranked girl in Ohio will challenge Johnson, along with Liberty's top two runners, Emma Bower (OH D1 #9) and Gracie Sprankle (OH D1 #12).  The girls all ran up front with Johnson in the Early Season Invitational through the two-mile.


PlaceAthleteYrTeamTimePoints
1India Johnson12Hilliard Davidson18:46.51
2Grace Kilroy10Centerville18:51.602
3Emma Bower11Olentangy Liberty19:05.603
4Gracie Sprankle10Olentangy Liberty19:09.244
5Savannah Lowe10Centerville19:38.105
6Claire Steigerwald11Gahanna Lincoln19:45.006
7Kerri Walsh9Centerville19:45.67
8Rachel Whitehead10Centerville20:01.708
9Dalia Einstein9Centerville20:11.509
10Maddie Larick11Gahanna Lincoln20:21.8310
11Linnea Kunesh--Olentangy Liberty20:23.6911
12Emily Matta10Olentangy Liberty20:28.912
13Lauren Marvin10Pickerington Central20:37.9013
14Natalie Clay9Gahanna Lincoln20:39.1414
15Kathryn Willette11Dublin Jerome20:39.2815
16Elizabeth Turley11Dublin Jerome20:39.4216
17Sydney Petersen9Hilliard Davidson20:39.817
18Amber Hamelin11Pickerington Central20:41.0418
19Sophie Lewis10Hilliard Davidson20:41.319
20Addison French--Olentangy Liberty20:44.7620


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Championship Meet - 8 Teams Team Scores

#TeamScore1234567
1Centerville3125789--
2Olentangy Liberty5034111220--
3Gahanna Lincoln76610142125--
4Hilliard Davidson92117192629--
5Pickerington Central1331318223743--
6Dublin Jerome1471516353942--
7Lakota East1482327313334--
8Reynoldsburg2524649515254--


BOY'S RACE

The Centerville Boy's are ranked D1 #4 and Pickerington Central is ranked D1 #10.  These are the only two Top 10 ranked teams.  Expect Centerville to win the team race, but they will be pushed by Pick. Central, St. Ignatius and Davidson.  Centerville's 4 & 5 runners may be to strong for Pick. Central, Ignatius and Davidson to overcome, but the race for 2nd should be exciting.  The Virtual meet shows Pick. Central and Ignatius with 72 & 74 points and Davidson with 89.

Dustin Horter leads Matt Scrape (left), Andy Payne of Thomas Worthington (center) and Louisville's Noah Chaplik through the 2800m mark at the OHSAA Early Season Inv. (photo M. Stonecipher)


In the individual race, a battle between two of the best juniors in the State, Dustin Horter of Lakota East and Matt Scrape of Pickerington Central.  Horter is ranked OH #7 and Scrape OH #8. They faced each other two weeks ago at the OHSAA Early Season Invitational with Scrape getting the advantage over Horter.  Scrape was 2nd and Horter 3rd with with just over a 4 second separation between the two. 


PlaceAthleteYrTeamTimePoints
1Dustin Horter11Lakota East15:53.501
2Matt Scrape11Pickerington Central15:55.302
3Jack Jaynes12Pickerington Central16:28.503
4Brady Johnson10Pickerington Central16:37.204
5Jack Welsh11Centerville16:41.905
6Matt Nerlinger11Centerville16:51.306
7Andrew Craig11Centerville16:56.007
8Liam Mcguire11St. Ignatius16:59.308
9Adrian Bostwick10Centerville17:02.909
10Collin Kelly12St. Ignatius17:06.5010
11Kellen Posacki11Dublin Jerome17:06.9011
12Ben Burkett10Centerville17:07.1012
13Andrew Biehl10St. Ignatius17:16.1013
14Andrew Tighe11Hilliard Davidson17:19.0014
15Andrew Taylor11Hilliard Davidson17:19.2015
16Jacob Jobe10Pickerington Central17:20.4016
17Christopher Egolf12Hilliard Davidson17:28.1017
18Max Sellers13Lakota East17:31.6018
19Brian Egolf12Hilliard Davidson17:34.2019
20Matt Blouch10St. Ignatius17:38.920


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Championship Meet - 9 Teams Team Scores

#TeamScore1234567
1Centerville39567912--
2Pickerington Central722341647--
3St. Ignatius74810132023--
4Hilliard Davidson891415171924--
5Lakota East130118293646--
6Dublin Jerome1571121404243--
7Olentangy Liberty1603031323334--
8Gahanna Lincoln1922227415052--
9Reynoldsburg2633845596061--