PICKERINGTON — Mount Vernon’s Calvin Heithaus and the Centerburg boys team are headed for the state cross country championships Nov. 7 at Fortress Obetz.
Heithaus placed second Saturday at the regional cross country meet in Pickerington, finishing in 15:28.7 in Division 2. The Centerburg boys’ eighth-place finish in D3 was enough to qualify also for the state meet.
Utica’s boys’ team placed seventh and is also state-bound in Division 3.
Mount Vernon’s Owen Petrie placed 63rd with a time of 17:10.8, followed by Zachary Cramer with a time of 18:35.0. Jonah Eggert (18:38.2), Anderson Seng (18:40.7), and Nathan Jose (19:02.5) rounded out the Yellow Jackets squad.
Samuel Dickhof led the Centerburg team, placing 45th with a time of 17:20.4. Carter Netting ran 17:42.2 for 60th place. Bram Hodge (18:01.1), Mason Shaw (18:14.2), Cameron Riley (18:49), Lane Kloss (18:49.4) and Corbin Netting (20:03.8) rounded out the Trojan qualifying team.
Making the trip to state for the Utica Redskins are Andrew Bebout (16:58), Sam Krueger (17:44.8), Blake Lewis (17:45.5), Holden Quinif (18:26.1), Matthew Prince (19:00.0), Elijah Green (19:12.7) and Cash Christian (20:49.3).
In D2 girls competition, Mount Vernon’s Callie Peugh and Cora Stetler ran a personal best. Peugh turned in a 21:32.9, and Stetler ran a 22:44.3. Amanda Misarti ran a 24:03.4.
Here’s how other Knox County regional qualifiers fared.
Division 3 Boys
Fredericktown: finished 13th in the team standings
Lincoln Snyder 17:50.5
Allen Swartzentruber 18:04.4
Trace Armstrong 18:12.6
Gideon Rashley 18:15.7
Jonas Bostic 18:26.9
Wyatt Payne 18:54.4
Anson Wenger 19:09.4
Division 4 Girls
Danville: finished 18th as a team
Hazel Doup 22:19.1
Claire Ashman 22:38.6
Raegan Malone 23:47.4
Brooklyn Bruff 24:08.5
Hailey Colopy 26:22.5 (personal best )
Nahtali Ramos-Rios 26:49.3
Brooklyn Ashman 26:54.0
Fredericktown: finished 9th in the team standings
Gwen Lavin 20:35.6
Madi Shade 21:34.8
Ella Flynn 21:42.6 (personal best)
Jenna Aurand 22:25.5 (personal best)
Olivia Overholt 23:18.4
Gabby Redmond 28:07.4
Haley Thompson 23:50.4
Centerburg
Olivia Schaller 23:06.9 (personal best)
Molly Henry 23:51.0
Ella Jackson 24:09.0
East Knox
Cloe Tucker 23:41.7
Division 4 Boys
Danville
Jonathan Stephens 19:05.8
Click here for a full list of results.
(Below are Cheryl Splain’s photos from the meet.)
