Good Luck to Tino and Amber tomorrow at the Ohio High School State Cross Country meet tomorrow at Fortress Obetz.
They will be racing at 2pm & 2:45pm.
Make sure to wish them luck!
The State Championship XC meet will take place at Fortress Obetz, just south of Columbus.
Congrats Amber & Tino. Good Luck! Run Fast!
There is good news too!
Tino Diligente will be making his second straight appearance after finishing in 23rd.
Amber Kemmann, finishing 21st, will be making her 3rd state meet appearance. 1 as part of a team, and her 2nd year as an individual as well.
Updates from Saturdays Youngstown Regional Meet in Boardman.
It was a slightly disappointing day on the for the Blue Devils.
The Boys team finished in 11th place of 24
The girls team finished in 12th place of 23
Both not placing high enough to advance to the State Meet
We had 4 boys who placed high enough to be individual regional qualifiers:
Tino Diligente - 3 - 16:39
Anthony Petitto - 24 - 17:25
Luca Brusco - 26 - 17:26
Tommy Strippy - 27 - 17:29
Rounding out the Varsity:
Noah Jarold - 38
Corbin Klein -50 (Tie Breaker)
Ryan Hershbine - 79
Congratulations to the Boys team for finishing as your Lorain District runner-ups!
The Boys tied for 2nd, and took the spot in a tie breaker. Finishing only 2 points off being District Champs.
Three of the ladies finished high enough to be individual qualifiers:
Amber Kemmann - 4th -19:48
Olivia Komperda - 5th - 19:50
Abby Morgan - 30th - 20:57
Rounding out the varsity:
Elise Juchnowski - 44th
Olivia Petitto - 46th
Reese Nolan - 51st
Kylie Lockwood - 52nd
Updates from yesterday's District Championship meet at Lorain County Community College!
The Girls took one of the 8 qualifying spots to regionals by finishing 4th overall.
Boys 9th/10th Grade Race. 11th out of 27.
Top Finishers:
Talon Wickes, 28, 18:23 (PR)
John Abraham, 67, 19:00 (PR)
Alec Willette, 95, 19:24 (PR)
Girls Open. The Underclass squad finished 8th out of 18.
Top Finishers:
Lyla Snider, 10, 22:36 (PR)
Natalie Hamm, 36, 23:43 (PR)
Ellie Kunesh, 55, 24:20 (PR)
Averie Hotchkiss, 74, 24:50 (PR)
Boys Varsity B. This all Junior and Senir squad finished 11th out of 25.
Top Finishers:
Ryan Hershbine, 15, 17:12 (PR)
Brady Joyce, 46, 17:49 (PR)
Brayden Senn, 87, 18:25 (PR)
Brady Roth, 88. 18:26 (SB)
Girls Varsity B. The all Junior Senior Squad finished 15 out of 18.
Top Finishers:
Abby Karim, 79, 23:04 (SB)
Julia Hilke, 82, 23:11 (PR)
Maddie Kolman, 87, 23:18
Boys Varsity, 12th out of 30 team. Also having at least 10 teams who had been ranked in the state at some point this year.
Top Finishers:
Tino Diligente, 35, 16:09 (Season Best)
Anthony Petitto, 46, 16:19 (PR)
Luca Brusco, 65, 16:34 (PR)
Starting off with the Girls Varsity who finished 9th out of 28 team. In a meet that featured 10 teams who have been ranked in the State of Ohio at some point this season.
Top Finishers:
Amber Kemmann, 17th, 18:53 (PR)
Liv Komperda, 26th, 19:10 (PR)
Updates from this past Saturday's Berlin Bear Den Dash!
A lot of updates as this weekends invitational featured 6 different races compared to our regular 4.
This was the race with the most competition the team has seen all year.
19 of 22 boys had PRS
15 out of 25 Girls had PRs
Girls Open: Ellie Kunesh
Ellie was one of 2 runners to have a PR this weekend, and wins the biggest PR of the week by over 30 seconds, breaking into the 25s for the first time this year. She continues to get better every week, and will be looking at 24s soon enough!
Boys Open: Brayden Belloma
A newcomer to XC this year, Brayden continues to show a lot of promise. Losing his shoe in the first 150 meters of the race, Brayden ran tough & moved up throughout the race, finishing as the #3 runner in the open race, his highest place on the year