Nicholas Beatty from Springboro became a GWOC XC Champion for the first time. He was the only athlete in the field to crack the 16-minute barrier, running 15:53.60. This was made even sweeter when he found out that Springboro (33 points) took the six point win over Beavercreek (39 points).
It was a battle to the finish, and Alianne Boehm from Centerville took the win running 18:37.90. Last year's GWOC champion, Ella Smith from Springboro, ran 18:39.90 to take the runner-up spot. Springboro completed their varsity sweep as they took a four point win over Centerville.
The depth of Westlake is what allowed them to take the CWC win. They put five in the top 15 and had an impressive 35-second spread. Evan Kascak and Andrew Shaver built the momentum up front for the Demons. Lakewood (69 points) and Buckeye (70 points) had a footrace for second. Porter Gilliland from Lakewood ran 16:11.60 for the individual title. His teammate Will Schuldt took third. The Buckeye duo of Dimitry Pshonyak and Joseph Stahl took second and fourth respectively.
Maya Gonzalez from Bay blazed to the finish line to claim her third CWC cross country title. There was no one to catch her as she ran 18:29.07. Westlake then packed a 2-3-4 punch en route to their team victory, led by two freshmen, Jayna Less and Sheila Snyder. Bay took the runner-up spot with Rocky River placing third.
Five in the top seven. Seven in the top ten. That's exactly how dominant the Mentor boys were at the GCC Championships. Their 36-second spread was led by Carter Schaubert who took the top spot in 16:06.20. Luke Weiland from Strongsville took the runner-up spot.
The girls race came down to the wire. Mentor and Shaker Hts. could not have made the race any tighter. Ultimately, it was the Cardinals who took the win by one point with 48. Kassadi Thompson from Cle. Heights continued her impressive season and took the top spot running 18:30.20.
Austin Benedict from New Albany put the hammer down and dominated the field, running 15:38.50. He is currently one of five athletes who has broken the 15-minute mark this season. But Gah. Lincoln controlled the team race from the start, led by Beckett Anderson who took the runner-up individual spot. They put all five in the top eight and solidified their team score at 25 points.
It was a very similar team story on the girls side. Gah. Lincoln packed a 1-2-3 punch up front, led by Abigail Young who took the individual title by over a minute, running 18:02.30. They ended the day with 20 points. Pick. North also put themselves in the mix and finished second with 50 points.
The boys National Division was led by Matthew Scipione from Solon, running 16:20.80. But it was Medina that put five in the top 12 to take the overall team win. Zach Sohar helped things up front for the Bees, taking the individual runner-up finish in a time of 16:38.10.
Kenston ran away with the team title in the boys American Division. Tyler Cingcade, Matthew Collins and Ian McCallin all put themselves in the top five to lower the team score to 30 points. Aiden Flynn from Nordonia took the individual win in a close battle, running 16:26.70.
Wow, things were close in the girls National Division. Probably the closest team score anyone could ever get. Wadsworth and Stow Munroe-Falls each had 64 points. The sixth runner came down to a singular place between these two teams. Wadsworth won it on the spread with 52-seconds. Katherine Schuler made her mark as an individual, running 18:33.50 for the win.
The Aurora girls are not going anywhere anytime soon. They scored 33 points to win the team title in the American Division. Audrey Miller is back in full force and took the individual win in 18:22.20, building solid momentum for Aurora. Kaylee Ingratta from Copley took the runner-up spot.
