Led by the 1-2 punch of Simon Heys and Allister Brausch, the Wilmington High School boys cross country team won the South Central Ohio League championship meet Thursday at the 3.1-mile course on the Wilmington College campus.
The league championship is believed to be the first in cross country in school history, coach Eileen Grosse said.
“After seeing the league times, we thought we could win,” Grosse said. “Tonight it was about places, not times.”
Grosse and WHS assistant Brad Heys “have been working on them to compete and gutting it out in races. Tonight, they did it.”
Grosse gave Heys credit for working with runners on both the boys and girls teams.
Simon Heys ran 17:50.9 and finished third while Brausch was right behind him in fourth with a 17:55.1 clocking.
Clinton-Massie was fifth while East Clinton was seventh.
Jacob Whitaker led the Falcons. He was eighth in 18:30.9.
East Clinton’s first runner was Josh Jones, who was 18th in 19:37.8.
Ty Snarr was the third Hurricane to cross the line, placing 12th in 18:57.2. Bayden Stephens was 14th in 19:05.5 and Carter Nichols was 16th in 19:30.8.
SUMMARY
Oct 15, 2015
@Wilmington College
SCOL Boys CC Championship
Team results
Wilmington 49 Hillsboro 58 Chillicothe 66 Miami Trace 96 Clinton-Massie 111 Washington 149 East Clinton 174 McClain 234
Individual results (80 runners)
1, Blake Pittser (MT) 17:28.3; 3, Simon Heys (WHS) 17:50.9; 4, Allister Brausch (WHS) 17:55.1; 8, Jacob Whitaker (CM) 18:30.9; 12, Ty Snarr (WHS) 18:57.2; 13, Alex Hudson (CM) 19:02; 14, Bayden Stephens (WHS) 19:05.5 PR; 16, Carter Nichols (WHS) 19:30.8; 18 Josh Jones (EC) 19:37.8; 19 Nathan Crouch (EC) 19:37.9; 21 Ian Holmes (WHS) 19:41.7; 23, Noah Brausch (CM) 19:57.9; 27, Drew Spendlove (WHS) 20:15.4; 28, Ricky Dungan (WHS) 20:33.8; 33 Logan Fisher (CM) 20:54.6; 35 Austin Carey (WHS) 21:00.7; 36 Nic Hayward (WHS) 21:10.9; 38, Brennen Swope (CM) 21:34.9; 39 Jakob Meranda (CM) 21:37.8; 40 Tyler Hebb (WHS) 21:41.1; 45 Talent Sagraves (CM) 22:02.5; 46 Thomas Wright (EC) 22:05; 47 Colin McDowell (CM) 22:06.6; 50 Elijah Howard (EC) 22:29.6; 51 Jackson Tofte (WHS) 22:35.4; 52 Ryan Brisco (WHS) 22:43.8 PR; 54 Zach Bueno (WHS) 22:55.4; 55 Garrett Regan 22:55.4 PR;56 Jonathan Fender (WHS) 22:56.1 PR; 59 Bryan Bergefurd (WHS) 23:46.7; 61 Blake Frazier (WHS) 23:51.4; 62 Andy Bush (WHS) 23:56.2; 64 Troy Oates (WHS) 24:13.2; 66 Jeremy Marsh (WHS) 24:23.1 PR; 74 Jack Whittenburg (EC) 25:36; 75 Blake Bronson (EC) 25:37.5; 78 Nate McCabe (WHS) 28:00.1.
