BLANCHESTER — Despite a slower time, East Clinton’s Aidan Henson had no trouble winning the Blanchester Invitational boys cross country race Wednesday at BHS.

Henson, who has been on or near the top in each race this season, clocked in at 17:31.43 and still won by 30 seconds.

Nick Musselman was the first BHS runner to cross the line, finishing 14th in 20:02.28. Luke Lentine led the Clinton-Massie contingent by finishing 25th in 20:45.66.

In the middle school boys 3K race, Jacob Ryan of Clinton-Massie was the race winner in 12:39.52.

Dylan Arnold was first for EC in 14:04.85 and Drew Wyss was first for Blanchester in 14:45.61.

SUMMARY

Sept 25 2019

Blanchester Invitational

Varsity Boys

Team Scores

Bethel-Tate 44 Clermont Northeastern 88 East Clinton 90 Little Miami 99 Mt Healthy 129 Goshen 140 Felicity 181 Batavia 184 Clinton-Massie 184

Individuals (79 runners)

1, Aidan Henson (EC) 17:31.43

7, Lasse Hoffman (EC) 19:19.24

14, Nick Musselman (BL) 20:02.28

15, Justin Arnold (EC) 20:04.23

19, Brett Bandow (BL) 20:25.03

25, Luke Lentine (CM) 20:45.66

34, Richard Wood (EC) 21:32.73

38, Van Frye (EC) 21:55.33

39, Zach Vest (EC) 22:05.36

45, Seth Goodall (CM) 22:36.05

51, San Jeong (EC) 22:48.39

52, Joey Haines (BL) 22:55.35

55, Jacob Howard (EC) 23:06.68

61, Alex Shelton (CM) 24:05.6

62, Josh Cline (EC) 24:29.52

63, Jon Cline (EC) 24:31.16

66, Travis Smith (EC) 24:52.96

Middle School Boys

Team Scores

Little Miami 41 Bethel-Tate 46 Goshen 67 Batavia 81 East Clinton 121

Individuals (64 runners)

1, Jacob Ryan (CM) 12:39.52

10, Dylan Arnold (EC) 14:04.85

20, Drew Wyss (BL) 14:45.61

39, Carson McDowell (CM) 16:31.61

41, Hayden Beiting (EC) 16:42.57

44, Nikolas Gates (EC) 16:58.26

61, Jacob George (EC) 20:15.36

62, Aiden Walker (EC) 20:39.22