Knights win local cross country invite

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Crestview’s top four runners finished the top eigiht and the Knights cruised to the boys’ title at the 27^th annual OhioHealth Invitational on Saturday, while Ottawa-Glandorf captured the girls’ title.

Leading the Knights was Lincoln Smith, who finished second overall with a time of 16:11. He was followed by Derek Young in third place (16:18), Kale Vining in seventh (16:53), and Hudson Perrott in eighth (17:03). Andy Heth finished in 14th (17:28), followed by Caleb Thomas in 17th (17:35), and Drayden Hoffman in 36th (18:15). Crestview finished with 33 team points.

Van Wert (100) finished as the runner-up and was led by Harrison Sloan, who finished ninth overall (17:04). Johan Gemmer finished 14^th (17:26), followed by Alex Bauer (21^st, 17:43), Owen Bates (27^th, 17:56), Calvin Byrum (34^th, 18:11) and Jayden White (40^th, 18:24).

Lincolnview finished eighth out of 15 teams and the Lancers were led by Max Hammons, who finished 16^th (17:32). Noah Peters finished 24^th (17:51), followed by Aaron Sawyer (32^nd, 18:09), Wyatt Polley (50^th, 18:40), Eliajah Martz (55^th, 18:58) and Oslo Ingledue (56^th, 18:58.1).

New Haven High School’s Bryan Garcia was the individual champion with a time of 15:55.

On the girls’ side, Van Wert’s Symphony Schuerman and Noelle Byrum finished third and fourth overall with respective times of 19:26 and 19:31. Ruby Dicke finished 11^th (20:45), followed by Jasleen Sharma (19^th, 21:33), Faith Stoller (23^rd, 22:04) and Harmony Schuerman (25^th, 22:18). The Cougars finished with 52 points, while Ottawa-Glandorf finished with 36.

Lincolnview finished with third with 83 points with Bryleigh Moody leading the way with a fifth place finish and a time of 19:42. Kassidy Hammons finished 18^th (21:30), followed by Josie Miller (20^th, 21:49), Elyssa Renner (24^th, 22:18), Kendall Hoffman (27^th, 22:24) and Keira Breese (29^th, 22:32).

Crestview finished sixth out of 11 teams. Leading the way for the Lady Knights was Emily Heth, who placed seventh with a time of 20:16. She was followed by Anna Gardner in 14th place (21:21), Kenzie Harting in 41st (23:44), Ava Motycka in 77th (27:08), Taylor Kittle in 86th (28:24), Marlee Temple in 98th (31:27), and Chloe Miller in 106th (32:51).

Full results can be found here.