Grand Valley’s Seth Dillon raced home more than a minute ahead of the field to claim the win in the boys junior high cross country race at the Grand Valley Invitational.
Dillon won in 12:51. Pymatuning Valley took the next three places with Ethan Senor placing second in 13:53, Scott Hogan coming in third in 13:55 and Tyler Dunbar crossing in fourth in 14:01. Ed Dobay was fifth in 14:03 for the Mustangs.
The third, fourth and fifth runners for GV crossed the line nearly simultaneously just ahead of the Lakers’ fourth runner cementing a 27-28 win in the team race.
Clayton Taylor (6th, 15:58), Aaron George (7th, 15:59) and Jack O’Neal (8th, 16:02) all finished just ahead of PV’s Jared Freeman, who was 10th in 16:03. The fifth Laker to finish was Austin Gruskiewicz, who was 11th in 16:23.
Danielle Hall was second in the girls race for Conneaut in 14:55. Daysha Randelson was third for the Mustangs in 15:03.
Newbury, behind race winner Hope Lewandoski, won with 35 points. GV was second with 39, Conneaut third with 61 and PV fourth with 93.
Leah Lynch (6th, 16:04), Erica Carlson (9th, 16:43), Mackayla Dowling (10th, 16:44) and Stephanie Lopez were the rest of the GV scorers.
Brittney Silis, Crystal Rawlins, Carrie Bambarger and Kayla Misic finished 12th, 13th, 16th and 18th, respectively, for the Spartans.
Adele Bogardus led the Lakers, taking seventh in 16:16. She was followed by Lacy Moore (19th), Gina Hill (20th), Danielle Turner (23rd) and Alexandra Dalton (24th).
Boys
Chardon 15, Lakeside 75, Mentor Ridge 78 — Adam Bryski led the Dragons, placing eighth in 14:15. He was followed by Nick Casey (11th, 14:38), Kyle Flowers (14th, 15:01), Ethan Barker (25th, 17:50) and Maverick Rose (26th, 17:56).
Girls
Chardon 20, Ridge 52, Lakeside 77 — Abbie Volpone was fourth for Lakeside in 14:34. Melia Dalton was 13th in 16:26, Shyanne Cooper was 15th in 17:02, Katlyn Dalton was 21st in 18:42 and Genn Taggart was 24th in 19:36.
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