The boys and girls cross country teams opened their seasons at the Celina Rotary Invitational. The boys’ team finished in 2nd out of 12 teams behind only Van Wert while the girls team placed 6th out of 10 full teams. It was a successful day for both teams as there were plenty of personal bests. Most of our runners ran faster at Celina to open this season than they did last year at this event.
Times are listed below from our first meet of the season.
Braydon Buchanan (4th place) 17:19
Elijah Cummins (6th place) 17:22
Josiah Cummins (16th place) 17:54 PR
Jeremiah Taylor (24th place) 18:13 PR
Colton Sheline (25th place) 18:14 PR
Nye Bradbee (27th place) 18:20
Khris Alspaugh (29th place) 18:21 PR
Ethan Bailey (59th place) 20:02
Josh Sampson (62nd place) 20:09 PR
Graham McCague (87th place) 21:32 PR
Brett Skiver (89th place) 21:49
There were 135 runners in the HS boys large school race.
Kate Thormeier (1st place) 19:40
Nicolette Stickney (3rd place) 20:07
Claire Thormeier (24th place) 22:49 PR
Kate Moss (61st place) 26:22 Huge PR of 3+ minutes!
Kassi McDade (86th place) 29:16
Casey Xie (92nd place) 30:10
There were 112 runners in the girls large school race.
The teams will compete next on Saturday, August 31 at Columbus Grove. 
