District qualifiers that are advancing from this area include Brandon Laney and Jake Ryan.
District competition for high school cross country took place this past weekend. One such contest was at Ottawa Memorial Park. Antwerp boys placed third as a team in Division III District 1 this day, which advances them to the Regional competition in Findlay on October 28th.
Team results:
1st Minster, 2nd Parkway, 3rd Antwerp
Top area runners:
1st Matt Gaerke, Parkway, 17:02.9; 2nd Kyle Roth, Parkway, 17:16.9; 3rd Jake Ryan, Antwerp, 17:21.4; 4th Jon Albers, Minster, 17:21.7; 5th Andrew Broering, Minster, 17:28.6; 6th Luke Barga, Minster, 17:29.2; 7th Carter Pohl, Minster, 17:37.4; 8th Brandon Laney, Antwerp, 17:38.2
Other Antwerp finishers:
31st Brian Geyer, 19:08.1; 32nd Garrett Laney, 19:09.4; 33rd Drake Gerken, 19:10.2; 56th Josh Timbrook, 20:17.5; 60th Jason Geyer, 20:28.6
Other area finishers:
38th Austin Reed, Wayne Trace, 19:27.4; 50th Tyce Homier, Wayne Trace, 20:04.3; 71 Bryce Rosswurm, Wayne Trace, 21:31.0; 77 Carl Kueschall, Wayne Trace, 22:16.8
Paulding competed in the Division II Districts. The team placed 11th for the season. Their top runners were 35th Bailey Manz, 18:19.6; 47th Carson Shull, 18:42.3; 49th Marcus Miller, 18:44.7; 81st Michael Kohart, 20:26.7; 87th Joseph Reineck, 25:44.5
Hicksville raced in the Division III of District 2. The team took the 5th place spot ending their season run. Top runner finishes included: 4th Michael Myers, 16:59.4; 22nd Miciah Ankney, 18:45.8; 23rd Arman Haver, 18:46.0; 30th Nathan Sullivan, 19:15.3; 62nd Gabe Bland, 22:04.2
In the Girls competition, Wayne Trace, Hicksville, Paulding, and Antwerp all ran their respective races.
Paulding and Antwerp ran in the Division III of District 2. Team finishes were 5th place for Antwerp and 7th place for Paulding ending both their seasons.
Antwerp finishers:
20th Chloe Saul, 22:11.6; 32nd Kortney Smith, 23:17.0; 35th Julia Steiner, 23:31.7; 36th Chelsea Johanns, 23:33.5; 39th Siera Octaviano, 24:07.0; 53rd Aleyah Cline, 25:18.7; 60th Brooke Hatlevig, 26:44.7
Paulding finishers:
14th Elyse Manz, 21:23.4; 45th Jacee Harwell, 24:36.3; 55th Savannah Shepherd, 25:33.9; 58th Sidney Kohart, 26:27.2; 64th Abbie McMichael, 27:51.9; 65th Miah Coil, 28:04.2
Wayne Trace and Hicksville did not have qualifying teams this year, but several competitive runners.
Area top runners:
6th Makayla Sullivan, Hicksville, 20:10.1; 27 Tiffany Chiappetta, Hicksville, 22:07.4; 43rd Gracie Laukhuf, Wayne Trace, 23:59.7; 50 Maddy Laukhuf, Wayne Trace, 25:19.4; 64th Emma Payne, Hicksville, 27:46.3; 66th Morganne Butler, Wayne Trace, 28:02.8; 67th Celia Baker, Wayne Trace, 28:19.3; 73rd Alexa Michael, Hicksville, 39:25.9
