Bellaire Boys, Girls; St. Clairsville Boys Send Full Teams To Ohio State Cross Country Meet
UL’s Bendo; Shadyside’s Meholovitch, Crusaders’ Flannery Also Qualify
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PICKERINGTON - A trio of Ohio Valley teams and two individuals qualified for the Ohio State Cross Country meet next Saturday at Obetz in suburban Columbus by qualifying Saturday at Pickerington North High School.
GIRLS
In Division IV, Bellaire finished as runnerup with 85 points, which was a distant second to Grandview Heights' 44. The Big Reds finished fourth, fifth, 15th, 18th and 43rd.
Sophomore Kamdin Snider led Bellaire with a fourth-place finish in 19-minutes, 08.8-seconds. Right behind her was freshman Paisley Farrier (5th, 19:31.3), while seniors Kayla Edgar (15th, 20:10.3), Liz Mayer (18th, 20:22.9) and Gigi Kendle (43rd, 21:45.6) rounded out the runners who scored. Lexi Fry and Lyla Blazek also competed.
Individually, Shadyside senior Chloe Meholovitch finished second to Shenandoah's Ida Estadt. Meholovitch timed out in 18:35.2.
Steubenville Catholic senior Claire Flannery ran 20:23.4 to qualify.
In Division III, St. Clairsville freshman Sophia Saho punched her ticket with a 19:40.9 clocking.
BOYS
In Division III, Union Local's Connor Bendo ran 15:27.1 to place fourth. Bellaire's Landen Perdue was next in 15:45.9.
The Big Red boys and St. Clairsville boys had 282 and 312 points, but both qualified for the state meet.
Following Perdue across the finish line were Kai-Jon Cerritos (21st, 16:54), Brae Schmidli (75th, 18:10.0), Landon Leasure (76th, 18:10.2) and David Gaspard (106th, 18:46.9). Zach Kendle also ran.
The Red Devils' George Dormas (16th, 16:37.4) led the way, followed by Ryan Fulton (25th, 17:13.2), Chase Crum (83rd, 18:16.8), Bryce Henry (86th, 18:21.8) and Asher bryniarski (102nd, 18:42.2). Xander Davis and Eli Guthrie also competed.