ELYRIA, Ohio – Rocky River Boys’ Cross Country qualified into next week’s regional tournament by placing fifth at Saturday’s district-level meet at Lorain County Community College. [results]
Led by junior Luke Kishna’s ninth-place finish, River logged five top-50 performances in recording a team score of 146. That score vaulted the Pirates past Amherst Steele (158 points) for the fifth-and-final slot in moving forward in the postseason (top five teams and those individuals that finish in the top-20 advance to the regional tournament at Boardman, Oct. 26).
On the girls’ side, sophomore Samantha Coleman qualified individually by earning third place. [results] The
Pirate girls carded a ninth-place finish in the team standings.
The boys’ fine score of 146 was culled together by Kishna (ninth), Sam Buehrle (23rd), Luke Dorenkott (27th), Seth
Williams (39th) and Greg Ganor (48th). For good measure, River’s sixth man – Jack Miller – placed 49th, a stride behind Miller. River’s average scoring time came in at 17:40.86. Kishna crossed the wire in 17:08.10 in placing ninth.
St. Ignatius won the boys’ race, posting a score of 29.
The girls’ race was won by Avon (80 points). Rocky River registered third, 43rd (Marcella Pfaff), 45th (Alex Harris), 56th
(Meghan Butte) and 61st-place finishes (Ella Rochester) in scoring
their 208 points.
Samantha Coleman advances to Boardman’s regional meet as an individual runner. Coleman was third in a field of 102 athletes on Saturday.
by Skip Snow
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