McIntosh boys and Whitewater girls win region cross country titles

McIntosh’s boys won the 5-AAAA region championship at Clinton Farms in Western Douglas County on Saturday.

The Chiefs were followed by Starr’s Mill in fourth, Whitewater in fifth, Sandy Creek in sixth and Fayette County in 10th. Starr’s Mill’s Warren Enriquez was the region champion with a time of 16:16.70.

McIntosh had five of the top 11 runners on their way to capturing the title. They were:
• Nathan Reeves, 4, 16:40.30
• Carl Eifert, 5, 16:40.90
• John Janigan, 8, 16:51.30
• Artie McCarty, 9, 17:00.40
• Andrew Love, 11, 17:08.70

After Enriquez, Starr’s Mill runners scoring points for the team were:
• Timmy Keller, 19, 17:33.10
• Derrick Weeks, 29, 17:46.20
• Shawn McVicker, 30, 17:46.80

Sandy Creek’s top five runners were:
• Ross Logsdon, 23, 17:40.40
• Ryan Hamill, 24, 17:42.50
• Derek Wojcik, 35, 18:15.00
• Daniel Leblanc, 42, 18:28.70
• Ben Williams, 49, 18:49.50

Fayette County’s top five runners were:
• Landon Faber, 40, 18:24.30
• Austin Vorwald, 43, 18:31.10
• Wesley Satterwhite, 50, 19:01.60
• Alex Parks, 55, 19:45.10
• Lee Webb, 70, 20:18.20
• Max Mattox, 32, 17:52.70

Whitewater’s top five runners were:
• Nick Londrillo, 6, 16:45.40
• John Grafmiller, 13, 17:12.80
• Sean Plunkett, 31, 17:52.20
• Sam Moran, 33, 18:09.80
• Jason Menko, 46, 18:36.80

Whitewater’s girls captured the region title with all five of their top five runners in the top 10. They were:
• Stacey Mangan, 3, 19:53.10
• Haley Hunt, 4, 19:58.90
• Clessie Kendrick, 6, 20:23.90
• Emma Brodzik, 8, 20:37.40
• Mackenzie Nail, 9, 21:02.90

McIntosh placed second. The Lady Chiefs had the overall idividual region champion for the girls division with Danielle Gray with a time of 19:47.90. The other runners scoring points for McIntosh were
• Rachel Tierney, 5, 20:13.70
• Nicole Kawahata, 7, 20:35.90
• Natalie Rye, 24, 21:59.00
• Ally Montemurro, 25, 22:00.50

Starr’s Mill finished in third place. Their top five runners were:
• Molly Musselwhite, 11, 21:04.70
• Sarah Lewis, 12, 21:05.10
• Maki Ishizu, 13, 21:08.30
• Jenny Sample, 19, 21:24.00
• Nicole Chrzanowski, 20, 21:35.10

Fayette County placed sixth overall. Their top runners were:
• Sarah Schmidt, 18, 21:23.30
• Raeya Jaggarow, 37, 23:29.30
• Raven Moore, 38, 23:37.60
• Brook Heard, 41, 23:47.20
• Kyra King, 44, 24:27.70

Sandy Creek placed seventh. Their top five runners were:
• Shelby Bolling, 17, 21:20.50
• Bria Carmichael, 21, 21:38.60
• Erin Dunphy, 43, 24:08.00
• Laura Llorens, 50, 25:25.10
• Brittany Hobbs, 57, 26:20.80

The region 5-A meet took place last Thursday. Our Lady of Mercy’s girls finished in first place and were followed by Landmark Christian. Landmark had the overall region champion in Lindy Long with a time of 19:39.21.

The top five runners for Our Lady of Mercy were:
• Megan Malasarte, 3, 19:56.78
• Andrea Raville, 4, 20:03.61
• Colleen Kelly, 10, 21:16.98
• Alexis Fagedes, 11, 21:21.10
• Jessica Adams, 15, 21:57.34

Aside from Long, Landmark’s top five runners were:
• Lana Hojeij, 6, 20:38.59
• Hannah Gravitt, 19, 22:26.23
• Kenzie Thrasher, 20, 22:31.92
• Kensi Deel, 39, 24:17.36

On the boys side, Our Lady of Mercy placed fourth and Landmark Christian placed sixth.

The top five runners for the Bobcats were:
• Jonathan Bridier, 4, 17:00.67
• Shannon Kelly, 7, 17:40.60
• Pat Studley, 29, 19:11.83
• Josh Vuong, 33, 19:23.31
• Andrew Walker, 35, 19:25.76

The top five runners for the War Eagles were:
• Chase Crawford, 18, 18:44.83
• Ryan Thames, 24, 19:01.64
• Josh Herr, 30, 19:12.41
• Jared Stevens, 47, 19:59.09
• Paul Orr, 49, 20:08.01