Prep cross country: Middletown’s Smith cruises to Friendship title

Cedarville freshman Ethan Wallis strains near the finish line Saturday at the Cedarville University Friendship Invitational. Wallis was sixth and his Indians took fifth in the Division II-III race. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY JEFF GILBERT

Cedarville freshman Ethan Wallis strains near the finish line Saturday at the Cedarville University Friendship Invitational. Wallis was sixth and his Indians took fifth in the Division II-III race. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY JEFF GILBERT

Middletown High School junior Conant Smith ruled the Division I boys cross country field Saturday at the Cedarville University Friendship Invitational.

Smith, a third-place finisher at last year’s D-I state meet, covered the 5K course in 15:24.5 and bested runner-up Cameron Stark of Liberty Center by a minute.

Carroll was the boys champion with 56 points. The best finish by a local squad was Lakota West’s seventh-place showing with 203 points.

The following are the D-I boys and girls results from Saturday’s competition:

Middletown High School junior Conant Smith nears the finish line at Saturday’s Cedarville University Friendship Invitational. Smith finished in 15:24.5 to win the 25-team Division I race. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY JEFF GILBERT

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Division I Boys (5K)

Team Standings

1. Carroll 56, 2. Springboro 115, 3. Mason 126, 4. Kings 130, 5. Miamisburg 154, 6. Sycamore 175, 7. Lakota West 203, 8. Liberty Center 213, 9. Oakwood 224, 10. Fairmont 242, 11. Bellbrook 330, 12. Little Miami 346, 13. Fairfield 376, 14. Middletown 377, 15. Bellefontaine 489, 16. Wilmington 498, 17. Sidney 520, 18. Beavercreek 521, 19. Wayne 525, 20. Talawanda 576, 21. Harrison 586, 22. Xenia 616, 23. Summit Country Day 626, 24. West Carrollton 754, 25. Springfield 817

Top 5 Individuals

1. Conant Smith (Middletown) 15:24.5; 2. Cameron Stark (Liberty Center) 16:24.4; 3. Karl Grossman (Carroll) 16:29.3; 4. Alex Berardi (Springboro) 16:34.9; 5. Kevin Agnew (Carroll) 16:41.9

Local Teams

Middletown — Conant Smith, first, 15:24.5; Jarek Bargeron, 40th, 17:33.1; Mason Gardner, 113th, 18:33.2; Ruslan Chanyshev, 159yh, 19:04.7; Blade McCormick, 233rd, 19:48.1; Dylan Dreckman-Brown, 329th, 20:36.9; Camren Couch, 350th, 20:49.6; Timmy Stokley, 582nd, 24:20.2

Lakota West — Alex Kelker, 15th, 17:10.6; Cole Cronk, 21st, 17:15.9; Noah Mang, 43rd, 17:34.9; Mitchell Marshall, 55th, 17:56.0; Tony Amsbaugh, 78th, 18:13.6; Jake Daignault, 82nd, 18:15.8; Zach Beneteau, 85th, 18:17.1; Tyler Kovac, 97th, 18:28.6; Jacob Moore, 111th, 18:32.9; Nathan Johnson, 116th, 18:34.6; Carter Rust, 138th, 18:50.4; Ethan Vaught, 142nd, 18:51.5; Luke Wilson, 175th, 19:11.5; Easton Crowther, 201st, 19:28.6; Kieran Quebman, 204th, 19:30.9; Prabh Singh, 213th, 19:34.5; John Doyle, 214th, 19:36.1; Michael Moore, 235th, 19:50.4; Matthew Levenson, 254th, 19:59.8; Greg Edwards, 262nd, 20:05.4; Andy Dembicky, 298th, 20:22.5; Antivir Taunque, 332nd, 20:37.9; John Moore, 382nd, 21:04.5; A.J. Schumacher, 387th, 21:06.4; Kyle Bonk, 392nd, 21:09.1; Jacob Wilson, 410th, 21:25.1; Octavi Chiapella, 418th, 21:32.0; Luke Marshall, 501st, 22:24.8; Brady Rethman, 506th, 22:27.4; Nick Campbell, 516th, 22:32.6; Dylan Corrigan, 555th, 23:33.7; Brandon Amedee, 556th, 23:35.3; William Comer, 575th, 24:08.7; Liam Pryor, 583rd, 24:20.3; Dalton Dunn, 615th, 25:22.8; Justin Lytle, 625th, 25:43.3; Sam Enneking, 660th, 28:13.4

Fairfield — Brandon Rivas, 46th, 17:42.4; Caleb Frank, 60th, 18:01.9; Tommy Luensman, 73rd, 18:12.3; Izak Shroyer, 107th, 18:32.1; Alex Ludwig, 187th, 19:19.9; Ty Watson, 203rd, 19:30.8; Nick Schneider, 223rd, 19:38.9; Colin Richards, 285th, 20:15.2; Evan Verquer, 312th, 20:27.9; Greg Sharpshair, 365th, 20:55.5; Jake Waters, 429th, 21:37.3; Ryan Prayzynski, 448th, 21:52.2; Luke Kanner, 456th, 21:58.5; Tyler Storer, 488th, 22:14.6; Pierce Gilkison, 503rd, 22:25.4; Payton Reaver, 511th, 22:30.6; John Horn, 513th, 22:31.1; Luke Esau, 533rd, 23:01.1; Evan Simmons, 573rd, 24:06.1; Alfrey Jackson, 600th, 24:50.6; Michael Graham, 632nd, 26:03.6; Max Ficker, 657th, 28:05.5; Nick Lacombe, 661st, 28:18.0; Alex Hopkins, 674th, 30:57.9; Jacob Pohlabel, 677th, 31:44.9

Talawanda — Connor Schlade, 127th, 18:40.8; David Kraushar, 134th, 18:47.2; Daniel Sawdai, 141st, 18:51.3; Kyle Tomoyasu, 229th, 19:43.6; Quinn Kissell, 250th, 19:58.0; Josh Huddleston, 328th, 20:36.8; Johnny Faler, 353rd, 20:50.1; Jens Bartel, 408th, 21:24.0; Jon Caudill, 427th, 21:36.9; Ethan Hamilton, 428th, 21:37.1; Benjamin Farmer, 481st, 22:09.2; Brecken Hornsby, 498th, 22:21.4; Connor Woodin, 617th, 25:26.4; Brandon Hall, 626th, 25:44.0; Caleb Boggess, 641st, 26:40.7; James Beckett, 642nd, 26:45.4

Division I Girls (5K)

Team Standings

1. Springboro 29, 2. Kings 65, 3. Mason 76, 4. Bellbrook 156, 5. Miamisburg 212, 6. McAuley 220, 7. Sycamore 226, 8. Oakwood 245, 9. Lakota West 284, 10. Fairfield 288, 11. Pickerington North 316, 12. Beavercreek 318, 13. Talawanda 328, 14. Liberty Center 339, 15. Fairmont 366, 16. Little Miami 432, 17. Harrison 517, 18. Wilmington 547, 19. Wayne 613, 20. Summit Country Day 646, 21. Xenia 650, 22. Springfield 682

Top 5 Individuals

1. Lindsey Coffin (Springboro) 18:10.4; 2. Elizabeth Vaughn (Oakwood) 19:02.1; 3. Zoe Chappelle (Springboro) 19:06.4; 4. Leah Maschino (Kings) 19:48.1; 5. Lucy Short (Springboro) 19:56.5

Local Teams

Lakota West: Hannah Riesenberg, 15th, 20:29.5; Lexi Iles, 43rd, 21:13.7; Emma Cunningham, 45th, 21:22.5; Ali Hausfeld, 136th, 23:07.4; Olivia Risner, 210th, 24:19.1; Audrey Rust, 227th, 24:39.7; Sydney Luebbe, 228th, 24:40.2; Camille Johnston, 244th, 24:52.1; Cassie Shumaker, 318th, 26:05.2; Corrine Johnston, 324th, 26:14.6; Kelsey Lovell, 333rd, 26:21.1; Orla Goss, 337th, 26:25.8; Madison Dubler, 366th, 26:52.8; Abigail Oehler, 378th, 27:07.4; Annika Kinley, 397th, 27:32.1; Aly Bernat, 411th, 27:53.0; Amberly Broxterman, 412th, 27:54.0; Samantha Mascar, 427th, 28:15.4; Danielle Gregory, 430th, 28:17.4; Emer Goss, 470th, 29:14.7; Audrey Lanier, 472nd, 29:19.5; Arani Wanigasekara, 486th, 29:51.0; Sarah Hjort, 548th, 34:06.0; Olivia Gamskey, 560th, 36:19.6

Fairfield: Kaitlyn Miller, 33rd, 20:56.9; Gracie Verdin, 64th, 21:43.2; Kandyce Kreiner, 77th, 22:00.6; Caroline Ritzie, 93rd, 22:19.4; Gabrielle Tackett, 122nd, 22:52.9; Mackenzie Hamel, 142nd, 23:15.0; Anna Chambers, 214th, 24:28.5; Alivia Huxsoll, 221st, 24:33.0; McKenna Schaney, 245th, 24:52.2; K.K. Begley, 264th, 25:18.7; Kylie Niedecken, 274th, 25:17.1; Abby Halsey, 277th, 25:32.6; Destiny Mundy, 308th, 25:54.3; Rachel Herrmann, 317th, 26:04.6; Emma Anglin, 351st, 26:36.9; Audrey Schimpf, 360th, 26:45.3; Katherine Norris, 379th, 27:07.6; Sophia Simpson, 401st, 27:41.4; Melanie McDonel, 417th, 27:57.1; Audrey Frye, 439th, 28:29.8; Meredith Moore, 478th, 29:32.5; Abby Esau, 485th, 29:50.1; Ashley Baird, 509th, 30:34.0; Cassie Meyer, 513th, 30:51.0; Madi Byrd, 520th, 31:01.8; Allison Hoffart, 563rd, 37:00.6

Talawanda: Maddy Iden, 22nd, 20:43.4; Libby Farmer, 72nd, 21:52.6; Ashley Baxter, 88th, 22:14.3; Jazz Bennett, 137th, 23:08.4; Mary Kate Huddleston, 201st, 24:15.9; Nina Stahr, 288th, 25:38.7; Zoe Moore, 338th, 26:26.1; Brooke Hubbard, 422nd, 28:04.6; Hannah Nohrer, 423rd, 28:12.5; Heather Kuckuck, 429th, 28:17.3; Katie Keeler, 529th, 31:52.7

Middletown: Makina Gibson, 96th, 22:25.7; Madalyn Thomas, 320th, 26:10.1; Claire English, 539th, 32:51.0; Lexi Morgan, 561st, 36:45.0

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