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DELPHOS — The Lincolnview Lancer cross country teams started their season off at the Blue Jay Invitational in Delphos on Saturday.\u00a0Both teams got off to a great start, with the girls team taking home the runner-up trophy with a second-place finish behind Liberty Benton and one point ahead of county rival Van Wert.\u00a0The boys placed third behind Division III No. 5 preseason-ranked Anna and Van Wert.<\/p>\n
Senior Anna Gorman, who placed eighth overall in a time of 20:53, led the girls\u2019 team.\u00a0She was followed by freshman Brayden Langdon, who placed 13th (21:13).\u00a0Rounding out the scoring for the Lady Lancers was Abbie Enyart (17th), Rylee Byrne (18th), and Alena Looser (31st).\u00a0 Madeline Snyder (34th) and Trinity Welch (57th) complete the varsity scorers for the Lancers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe girls had a tremendous start; they have been working extremely hard and we knew that we could compete at a high level,\u201d said Lincolnview Coach Matt Langdon. \u201cToday validated all of the summer miles and hard work.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe exciting part is that we have only scratched the service of our potential,\u201d Coach Langdon said. \u201cThree of my top six just ran their first varsity race, so it will be fun to watch them learn and improve.\u00a0Now we begin the process of learning how to win and stay consistent.\u00a0 The girls left the meet all smiles.\u201d<\/p>\n
The boys\u2019 team had a strong pack finish and was led by senior Trevor Neate, who placed 12th overall in a time of 17:43.\u00a0He was closely followed by teammates Karter Tow, a freshman who placed 14th (17:48); Austin Elick, 16th (17:51); Andrew Fickert, 20th (17:57); Alek Bowersock, 29th (18:19); Colton Snyder, 31st (18:23); and Jacob Keysor, 51st (19:11).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe boys had a good start to their season (but) we are a much different team than last year,\u201d said Coach Langdon.\u00a0\u201cLosing two individual state qualifiers in Bayley Tow and Alex Rodriguez is tough to replace; however, we have a strong pack and the boys have worked incredibly hard to get themselves to this position.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people counted them out, given the runners that did not return from last season, but I think that has just fueled them to prove everyone wrong,\u201d the Lancer coach added.\u00a0\u201cI have seen it all summer and it is good to now see it on the course.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t be more proud of them at this point.\u00a0 We have a lot of work to do, but it\u2019s nice to get off to a solid start.\u201d<\/p>\n