The ACAC cross country meet was held at South Adams Saturday and the Bellmont Braves were in action with a sectional preview meet hosted by Delta in the final weekend of the regular season in Indiana for cross country.
The Bellmont boys team finished in sixth of 15 teams, finishing ahead of Norwell, with career-best times by Hudson Krull and Joe Kozlowski.
Hayden Whittenbarger led the Braves with an 11th-place finish.
“For a guy who’s dealing with an injury,” said head coach Randy Hisner, “he ran well. He’s had to cross train a lot. It was a very gutsy performance and he was pretty much fearless out there.”
ACAC Notes:
-Ethan Crockett was able to finish ahead of rival Dakota Sprunger with his second-best time of the year, finishing in 16:39 to be crowned individual ACAC Champion.
-Preston Hoffman and Trevor Chamberlain both broke the 20-minute mark for the first time in his career last week at the State Finals course, then went 14 seconds faster at the ACAC for a great run for the Jets.
-Deacon Bierbaum may have had one of the best races of the day, making a significant cut to his career best to end up with a top-ten finish for the Starfires.
-Daniel Rupp, Carson Laux and Maddox Miller also ran season bests for the Starfires.
-Corban Roth went 17:16 for a PR for Heritage and took fourth place for first-team all-conference honors.
-Alyssa Fruechte was one of the leaders for Adams Central with a season best and a top-25 finish.
-Lexi Linder and Haley Jauregui also had season bests for the Jets.
-Rosalinda Medina won first-team all-conference honors for the Patriots, while teammate Addie Bacon ran a season best for Heritage.
Bellmont Notes:
-Quinn Buchan ran her best time of the season to lead the Braves in the sectional tune-up.
-Lilly Franz was just a second shy of her season best, but still ran her best race since early September.
-Bridget Juengel and Haylee Franz also had season-best times for coach Carl Risch’s team.
-Season bests for the boys came from Gavin Braun, Landon Rich, Sam Juengel and Owen Garcia.
ACAC Girls’ Race at South Adams
Team Scores: 1st-Jay County 33, 2nd-Bluffton 40, 3rd-Woodlan 77, 4th-Adams Central 115, 5th-Heritage 118, 6th-Southern Wells
Top Five Individuals
1st-Cora Kunkel-Bluffton 19:55.8
2nd-Abigail Ramseyer-Bluffton 20:30.9
3rd-Katy Niles-Woodlan 20:41.3
4th-Ava May- Jay County 20:56.4
5th-Adalynn Watson-South Adams 21:06.7
Adams Central Places & Times: 18th-Hailey Brune 23:11.8, 23rd-Adi Rumschlag 24:11.5, 25th-Alyssa Fruechte 24:20.8, 26th-Lexi Linder 24:25.1, 28th-Haley Jauregui 24:35.5, 39th-Ella Bluhm 27:15.3,
South Adams: 5th-Adalynn Watson 21:06.7
Heritage Places & Times: 7th-Rosalinda Medina 21:48.4, 21st-Emily High 23:56.4, 30th-Ava Gerber 24:51.2, 32nd-Elise Hissong 25:18.0, 38th-Addie Bacon 27:01.0, 41st-Audrey Meyer 28:10.6, 47th-Addison Smith 30:08.1
ACAC Boys’ Race at South Adams
Team Scores: 1st-South Adams 49, 2nd-Bluffton 52, 3rd-Woodlan 93, 4th-Jay County 113, 5th-Southern Wells 119, 6th-Adams Central 124, 7th-Heritage 145
Top Five Individuals
1st-Ethan Crockett-AC 16:39.2
2nd-Dakota Sprunger-SA 16:50.3
3rd-Jerry Troyer-Woodlan 17:14.1
4th-Corban Roth-Heritage 17:16.1
5th-Aidan Graves-Bluffton 17:18.9
South Adams Places & Times: 2nd-Dakota Sprunger 16:50.3; 6th-Deacon Bierbaum 17:19.3; 8th-Wyatt Mann 17:36.1; 16th-Carson Laux 18:10.3; 17th-Maddox Miller 18:20.2; 27th-Gabe Perales 19:06.6; 28th-Jacob Heflin 19:11.8; 35th-Zhayne Wagner 19:57.6; 37th-Daniel Rupp 20:29.1; 51st-Benjamin Rupp 23:29.0; 52nd-Zeke Baumer 23:32.4
Adams Central Places & Times: 1st-Ethan Crockett 16:39.2; 18th-Tyler Schwartz 18:23.4; 33rd-Trevor Chamberlain 19:44.2; 34th-Preston Hoffman 19:46.7; 49th-Phillip Bayer 22:02.8
Heritage Places & Times: 4th-Corban Roth 17:16.1; 26th-Jaxon Kerr 19:04.6; 39th-Nick Flores 20:37.2; 44th-Gavin Juricak 21:06.0; 47th-William Voglewede 21:52.7; 56th-Mo Esarhaek 24:36.1; 57th-Brodey Landis 25:08.8
Girls’ Race at Delta Invite
Top Five Individual Times
1. Mia Brinkuff-Greenfield-Central 18:57.80
2. Josie Kinnaman-Greenfield-Central 19:03.20
3. Morgan Smith-Speedway 19:27.80
4. Rowyn Norris-Leo 19:56.60
5. Adalyn Cole-Greenfield-Central 20:23.70
Bellmont Places & Times: 19th-Quinn Buchan 22:35.21; 20th-Sydney Angel 22:56.60; 28th-Madeline Witte 23:23.40; 30th-Lilly Franz 23:38.60; 37th-Bridget Juengel 24:09.70; 38th-Haylee Franz 24:11.20; 47th-Isabella Suarez 25:15.50; 50th-Jaylin Reed 25:21.80; 64th-Addison Rich 27:23.70; 66th-Isabelle Buuck 27:27.90; 70th-Tori McCullough 27:57.60; 73rd-Allison Allmon 28:27.40; 74th-Sophia Silva 28:50.40
Boys’ Race at Delta
Top Five Individuals
1st-Bryan Garcia-New Haven 15:40.21
2nd-Carter Kellett-Carmel 16:29.70
3rd-Peyton Engle-Delta 16:34.40
4th-Isaac Perrin-Carmel 16:38.21
5th-Grant Parkevich-Carmel 16:48.90
Bellmont Places & Times: 11th-Hayden Whittenbarger 17:14.60, 14th-Hudson Krull 17:20.50, 40th-Gavin Braun 18:24.70; 41st-Joe Kozlowski 18:25.00; 46th-Logan Whitacre 18:36.60; 51st-Owen Adams 18:49.80; 56th-Landon Rich 19:02.90; 67th-Landon Sielschott 19:35.30; 69th-Owen Garcia 19:41.30; 74th-Cayden Rauch 20:07.10; 87th-Sebastian Heimann 20:49.90
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