Boys' Cross Country second at Regionals; headed to state

Photo by Glynn Goertzen

The boys' cross country team took second place at Saturday's Regional Cross Country Championships at Troy, thereby qualifying for the state meet next Saturday.

Seth Gold (11th), Andrew Tamanko (13th) and Ian Goertzen (19th) led the way with top 20 finishes.

Individual results - Boys' 5K Run CC Division II
Place, Name, Year. Avg Mile, Time
11 Seth Gold 12 5:29.5 17:03.48
13 Andrew Tamanko 12 5:29.8 17:04.67
19 Ian Goertzen 10 5:35.1 17:20.85
29 Ben Stites 9 5:39.5 17:34.68
38 Nate Johnson 11 5:41.0 17:39.25
75 Alex Mangas 12 5:52.4 18:14.84
87 Josh Sagan 12 6:00.3 18:39.36

Next up: The Division II Boys' State Country Championship is next Saturday at Hebron (outside of Columbus) at the National Trail Raceway.  NTR is located at 2650 National Road SW, Hebron, Ohio 43025.  The boys run at 2:15.  Full info here.

All photos except first by Peter Levick.  His gallery here.

According to records he could locate, AD Scott Kaufman says this is the first time the boys' team has qualified for the state meet.


(Congrats to Creepy Uncle Roundup.)