LOCAL SPORTS

Area cross country runners participated in several meets last week throughout the Dayton area. Tecumseh, Northwestern, Bethel, Tippecanoe, Troy and Troy Christian all saw their runners compete and run well.

Miamisburg Invitational- Northwestern finished ninth overall last weekend at the Miamisburg Invitational, while Tecumseh placed 21st and a group from Tippecanoe finished 28th.

Ryan Cleland was the highest finisher for the Northwestern Warriors, placing 22nd overall with a time of 17:16.6. Teammate Liam Randall finished 36th with a finish of 17.40.6, and Keith Kaiser ran an 18:47.2, placing him 101st overall. Levi King also ran under 19 minutes, finishing at 18:56.8 good enough for 107th overall, while Jake Boop finished 107th.

Garrett Gemmaka was the highest placer for the Arrows with an 81st place finish, running an 18:27.4, with Jack Dague placing 126th (19:18.4) and Caleb Ricks 134th (19:24.2).

Fairborn Invitational- Tecumseh finished second overall in the girls’ race at Fairborn, led by Emma Hoover, who was tenth with a 23:41. Placing 11th was Natalie Allen (23:47), Morgan Crowley 13th (24:12), Danielle Franklin 17th (24:42) and Breanna Crowley 18th (24:45).

In the boys’ race, Tecumseh placed sixth overall, while Tiipp’s group finished tenth.

Garrett Gemmala was tenth overall with a time of 19:19, while Dague was 39th (20:57) and Ethan Adams also finished in the top 50, placing 42nd (20:59). Tipp had three runners in the top 50, led by Josh May who was 15th (19:41), while Garon Cruz was 48th (21:19) and Michael Gross 49th (21:20).

Covington Invitational- Troy Christian ran at the Buccaneer Invitational with the ​boys team coming in 8th. Nick Pratt led the team with a solid race dropping his best time by 23 seconds on a tough course finishing in 18:56.7 for 16th place. He was followed by Isaac Flora 22nd, Zach Davidson 36th, Nick Flannery 59th, and Noah Davidson 69th.

Bethel boys’ finished tenth, led by Conner Whelan 55th overall (21:48.7), followed by Benton Wright (22:20.8), Brian Pencil (22:53.1), Max Schell (23:34.4), Sam Pencil (26:43.5), Brandon Gilbert (27:18.5) and Joel Ricker (20:09.3).

For the girls, Kaylee Baugh was the best finisher for the Bees with a 45th place finish (25:48.4), followed by Kaitlyn Balkcom (27:09.6), Morgan Jergens (33:10.1) and Olivia Norris (33:33.3).

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