Running in the Green division of the 5K at the Rotary Invitational in Celina, Ohio, the Bellmont Braves showed progress early in the season with a fifth-place finish in a nine-team field.
Hayden Whittenbarger led the way for the Braves with a 17:37, good enough to finish 12th in the division and 33 seconds better than his time a week ago.
Another big cut in a matter of a week came from sophomore Hudson Krull, who dropped 47 seconds and took 20th place, finishing just shy of the 18-minute mark.
Harry Gunsett’s time was 77 seconds better than his efforts at the Norwell Invite and the Braves also got a significant time cut from Ethan Curtis, who leapfrogged a couple of teammates in finishing order and shaved a minute from last week’s time.
The team will hopefully get a chance to compete on their home course for the first time in almost two years when they run at their own invitational Wednesday.
Team Scores – Celina Rotary Invitational – Green Division
Van Wert 36, Bryan 75, Celina 84, Marion Local 113, Bellmont 142, Ft. Loramie 143, New Bremen 159, Jay County 198, Eaton 205
Bellmont/Jay County Times and Places
11th-Caleb Garringer-JC 17:32.50
12th-Hayden Whittenbarger-Bellmont 17:37.50
18th-Dash Thacker-JC 18:00.10
20th-Hudson Krull-Bellmont 18:01.60
30th-Harry Gunsett-Bellmont 18:36.40
40th-Maddux Miller-Bellmont 19:07.90
45th-Ethan Curtis-Bellmont 19:24.80
53rd-Landon Rich-Bellmont 19:43.30
58th-Max Klopfenstein-JC 20:01.70
61st-Dougie Cox-JC 20:07.90
66th-Owen Adams-Bellmont 20:23.30
72nd-Cayden Rauch-Bellmont 20:57.50
84th-Joe Kozlowski-Bellmont 21:29.10
90th-Beckett Brandonburg-JC 21:51.90
93rd-Luke Powers-JC 21:57.10
96th-Cooper Glentzer-JC 22:03.20
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