TROY, OH – There were several elite performances by WOAC athletes at the OHSAA DIV Regional Cross Country Meet, and they advanced to the state championship meet on Saturday November 1st at Fortress Obetz in Columbus.
Leading off with boys cross country none of the four boys teams competing at the Regional Meet advanced to state. Dixie placed the highest in 7th place followed by Tri-Village in 8th, Ansonia 12th and Newton was 16th.
There were several boys runners who would advance to the state meet with Ansonia’s Bennett Lehman winning the whole enchilada capturing back-to-back regional titles with a time of 15:31.70.
Dixie’s Collin Day also had a good day coming in 7th place with a time of 16:25.35 both turned in elite performances and gave the WOAC two runners in the top 10.
Dixie’s James McNew was 17th in a time of 16:53.52 and Tri-Village’s Coleman Trantham was 19th in 16:56.23 and National Trail’s Tucker Denlinger was 22nd (17:03.61) to round out the runners in the top 25.
Qualifying for state is Bennett Lehman, Collin Day, James McNew and Coleman Trantham.
Additional Individual WOAC Boys Placements up to 100
29 – Hunter Todd – Twin Valley South
30 – Evan Jackle – Dixie
31 – Samuel DeHart – Twin Valley South
39 – Carter Trantham – Tri-Village
41 – Oliver Kutter – Tri-Village
48 – Tanner Long – Newton
57 – Luken Longenecker – Ansonia
61 – Nick Staub – Newton
71 – Wyatt Unrast – Ansonia
80 – Charlie Stull – Franklin Monroe
81 – Chris Brinley – Tri-Village
89 – Eli Leingang – Newton
98 – Elizah McKeeth – Mississinawa Valley
None of the four girls teams competing at the Regional advanced to state. Newton was the highest placing team in 5th place. Also competing were Franklin Monroe, Ansonia, and National Trail
Just as the boys did there were some good individual girls performances led by Newton’s Michaela Flora who finished as Regional Runner-up. The sophomore runner was just shy of breaking 19 minutes in 19:00.93.
Ansonia freshman runner Anna Yeomans was 7th overall in a time of 19:39.28 and giving the WOAC two runners with elite performances and in the top 10 overall.
Rounding out the top 25 is Franklin Monroe’s Ella Eshleman in 13th in 19:58.92 and Claire Stull of Newton was 17th in 20:12.80 both qualifying to compete at the state meet.
Additional Individual WOAC Girls Placements up to 100
26 – Cole Thompson – Newton
49 – Olivia Creager – Ansonia
50 – Gentri Deaton – Newton
56 – Ella Warren – Arcanum
58 – Zoey Robinson – Newton
63 – Sadie Waldo – Arcanum
66 – Stella Fugate – Franklin Monroe
70 – Mia Brookey – Franklin Monroe
73 – Brynn Byers – Arcanum
86 – Rylee Judy – Arcanum
87 – Kayaa Mote – Mississinawa Valley
90 – Ioma Alavez – National Trail
92 – Madison Moore – Preble Shawnee
94 – Addison Gelhaus – Ansonia
95 – Ava Hughes – Newton
Congratulations to all who ran at the regional track meet and those who have advanced to the state meet. Best of Luck.
(Dale Barger photo)
