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Russia, Loramie win Preview

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

ANNA — Russia and Fort Loramie took top honors in the annual Shelby County Cross Country Preview, held Tuesday at Anna.

The Russia boys had 41 to outdistance runner-up Lehman’s 64. And the Loramie girls had 34 to beat out Russia with 45.

Russia put four runners in the top 10, with Derek bornhorst placing third, Alex York seventh, Brian Queener eighth and Chris Ball ninth. Andy Toller came in 14th.

Lehman had four runners pack together from 10-13 place in Aaron Bauer, Matt Lengerich, Christian Bauer and Andrew Elsner. Ben Freytag placed 18th.

Houston’s Tyler Roeth crossed the line first in 16:41.9, followed by Sidney’s Aaron Dinzeo in 16:52.7.

Anna’s Derrick Lillard was fourth in 17:14.9 and Loramie’s Tyler Meinerding fifth in 17:30.1. Teammate Jon Holland took sixth in 17:34.3.

Russia sophomore Katie Borchers was first for the girls in 20:05.3, followed by Jackson Center standout Beth Zimpfer in 20:13.5.

For Loramie, Janel Olberding took third, Ally Puthoff fifth, Kara Gasson seventh, Megan Fullenkamp ninth and Kylie Drees 10th, giving the lady Redskins all five in the top 10.

For Russia, Sierra Heaton was sixth, Kayla Francis eighth, Macy Monnin 11th and Makenzi Monnin 19th.

Boys

Final team standings — 1. Russia 41; 2. Lehman 64; 3. Sidney 73; 4. Fort Loramie 92; 5. Anna 125; 6. Houton 152; 7. Jackson Center 176; 8. Botkins 200.

Individuals

Russia — 3. Derek Bornhorst 16:59.8; 7. Alex York 17:37.1; 8. Brian Queener 17:38.7; 9. Chris Ball 17:49.4; 14. Andy Toller 18:07.9.

Lehman — 10. Aaron Bauer 17:50.8; 11. Matt Lengerich 17:51.2; 12. Christian Bauer 17:55.2; 13. Andrew Elsner 18:00.7; 18. Ben Freytag 18:40.7.

Sidney — 2. Aaron Dinzeo 16:52.7; 15. Killian Gray 18:10.4; 16. Danny Blindauer 18:27.5; 17. Luke Roberts 18:32.5; 24. Thomas Minniear 19:12.2.

Fort Loramie — 5. Tyler Meinerding 17:30.1; 6. Jon Holland 17:34.3; 23. Brett Quinter 19:09.4; 32. Tyson Bender 19:41.4; 33. Tyler Magoto 19:41.6.

Houston — 1. Tyler Roeth 16:41.9; 27. Kevin Holthaus 19:16.5; 30. Kyle Cron 19:29.3; 55. David Loraine 20:22.6; 74. Noah Clark 21:31.5.

Jackson Center — 20. Steven Herring 18:51.2; 38. Matthew Tussing 19:49.8; 43. Timmy Burch 19:57.8; 45. Steven Dearwester 19:58.5; 53. Ethan Ludwig 20:19.3.

Botkins — 34. Tyler Brown 19:44.5; 37. Anthony Fullenkamp 19:48.8; 48. Tyler Egbert 20:07.2; 57. Nate Freisthler 20:23.3; 58. Jon Mueller 20:28.4.

Fairlawn — 60. Keifer Graves 20:43.5; 79. Mark Huelskamp 21:56.7; 96. Darrin Crim 26:57.2.

Girls

Final team scores — 1. Fort Loramie 34; 2. Russia 45; 3. Sidney 112; 4. Jackson Center 130; 5. Botkins 131; 6. Houston 132; 7. Anna 132.

Individuals

Fort Loramie — 3. Janel Olberding 20:34.4; 5. Ally Puthoff 21:31.2; 7. Kara Gasson 21:53.5; 9. Megan Fullenkamp 22:08.1; 9. Kylie Drees 22;13.9.

Russia — 1. Katie Borchers 20:05.3; 6. Sierra Heaton 21:37.4; 8. Kayla Francis 22:05.5; 11. Macy Monnin 22:20.2; 19. Makenzi Monnin 24:08.4.

Sidney — 13. Courtney Morris 22:51.2; 18. Alexandra Ordway 24:00.5; 24. Virginia Mummey 24:29.4; 32. Jessica Hand 25:52.4; 35. Allison Blair 26:02.7.

Jackson Center — 2. Beth Zimpfer 20:13.5; 29. Dakota Sowders 25:27.2; 30. Chelsea Faulder 25:29.2; 37. MacKenzie May 26:13.4; 53. Clarissa Teague 29:24.7.

Botkins — 17. Jenna Christman 23:53.7; 21. Ashley Cooper 24:09; 23. Kyla Oakley 24:27.1; 39. Jackie Smith 26:18.6; 42. Amy Grilliot 26:47.5.

Houston — 4. Allison Roeth 21:09.6; 34. Tayla Weidner 25:58.8; 36. Amy Lambert 26:11; 38. Alex Bowling 26:14.2; 40. Deshawn Weidner 26:25.9.

Anna — 14. Tori Persky 23:00.8; 16. Emily Poeppelman 13:39.2; 26. Nikki Albers 24:48.5; 41. Alexys Graham 26:35.5; 50, Kelly Farley 28:43.1.

Fairlawn — 25. Sarah Pfledderer 25:01.6.

Junior high

The Jackson Center boys placed five runners in the top seven to run away with the team title with just 22 pints. Russia was second with 45.

Trevor Sherman of Russia won the race in 11:53.2, then came Trey Elchert of Jackson in 12:15.2, Nathan Hensley of Jackson in 12:19.5, and Alex Meyer of Jackson in 12:23.8. Joseph Forsythe of JC was sixth in 12:31.2, and teammate Levi Winner was seventh in 12:32.1.

Adam Larger of Anna took fifth in 12:26.5, Alex Bowman of Sidney was eighth in 12:32.7, Anna’s Ryan Smith was ninth in 12:55, and Russia’s Austin Gariety rounded out the top 10 in 10th in 13:00.1.

Final team standings — 1. Jackson Center 22; 2. Russia 45; 3. Anna 83; 4. Botkins 102; 5. Lehman 115; 6. Fairlawn 165.

• The Russia girls had 30 to edge Fort Loramie with 34. Botkins was third with 59.

Meg Westerheide of Fort Loramie crossed the line first in 13:28.8.

For Russia, Lauren Francis was second in 13:40.9, jackie Siefring was fourth in 14:15, Emilie Frazier sixth in 14:22.5, Kirstin Voisard seventh in 14:48.4 and Rachel Pinchot 11th in 15:26.1.

Alaina Schulze of Fort Loramie was third in 14:11.2, and teammate Tara Luebke took fifth in 14:21.5.

Also making the top 10 were Riley Luthman in eighth in 15:01.2, Shelbie Bailey ninth in 15:01.6, and Bethany Christman 10th in 15:16.8. All are from Botkins.

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