BL girls and boys finish 2nd in CBC Mad River division
Bellefontaine’s boys cross country team finished second overall, with Hayden Maus winning the race Saturday during the Central Buckeye Conference meet at Graham.
Maus, who won with a time of 16:03, became the first BHS boy to win a CBC title since Justin Clayton in 2016.
“Hayden’s tremendous year-round work has paid off,” said BHS boys head coach Ben Davis. “He pulled away on the hills the very thing he trained on all summer. Five runners had run 16:12 or below coming in. It was a very competitive race up front.”
Jonathan Alder finished first overall and won the CBC Kenton Trail division
with 37 points. The Chiefs had 57 points to finish second overall and second in the Kenton Trail.
London was third overall and third in the KT with 65 points, Tecumseh was fourth overall and fourth in the KT with 151 points, Graham was fifth overall
and first in the Mad River division with 166 points and Urbana was sixth overall and fifth in the KT with 175 points.
Benjamin Logan took seventh overall and was second in the MR division with 200 points.
Indian Lake’s boys finished 11th overall and fifth in the MR division with 253 points.
In addition to getting the first-place finish from Maus, the Chiefs saw Jake Moreland finish sixth (17:01), Oliver Grandstaff 11th (17:30), Will Myers 17th (18:02), Elias Abrego was 22nd (18:22), Landon Gerwels placed 29th (18:38), Ryan Alexander was 47th (19:51), Brenden Murray was 56th (20:00), Zerek Longbrake was 81st (21:04), Tristyn Wilson was 94th (22:14), Zeke Finch was 99th (22:56) and Freddy
Hernandez was 100th (22:56).
Maus and Moreland earned first-team Kenton Trail division picks. Grandstaff and Myers earned second-team honors, Abrego was honorable mention and Grandstaff received the sportsmanship award.
Tyler Shoopman led Ben Logan by finishing sixth in the MR (18:41). Landon Zehner was seventh in the division (18:57) and Eric Hughes was eighth in the MR (19:03). All three earned first-team CBC awards.
Also running for the Raiders (finishes are in the MR division) were Holden Zehner (18th, 19:53), Maxwell Troth (20th, 20:01), Greyson Butler (28th, 20:45), Gabe Elsasser (32nd, 21:01) and Michael Berry (39th, 21:50).
Holden Zehner and Troth received honorable mention all-CBC awards.
For the Lakers, Titus Kelly was 38th overall (19:22.6) to lead the way. He was followed by Will Faler in 41st (19:40.8), Bryan Mohler in 42nd (19:41.2), Cason Lacher in 62nd (20:17.7), Caleb Altstaetter in 90th (21:40.6) and Daniel Wahl in 98th (22:31.9).
Brown wins girls race
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