Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Girls Team Remains Undefeated; Boy's Third at Central Ohio Invitational













The girls cross country team won their fifth meet in a row to remain undefeated on the season Saturday at the Central Ohio Invitational in Groveport. The 10th ranked team in Division I was lead by Mirra Galbreath in a winning time of 18:51. With her win Mirra is now also undefeated as an individual for the season. Fellow scoring members on Saturday were Catherine Ralston (4th - 19:22), Elizabeth Dengler (7th - 19:49), Bryana Zuiderweg (8th - 19:57), and Lexi Simpson (10th - 20:08). Rounding out the varsity top 7 were Eliza Matt (11th - 20:08), and Kenia Viezcas (26th - 21:29). Final team results were:

1. New Albany 30
2. Scioto 40
3. Gahanna 96
4. Westerville Central 101
5. Westerville North 127
6. Warren 150
7. Westerville South 183
8. Walnut Ridge 256

The boys team also enjoyed a third face finish on Saturday finishing behind Westerville North (67) and Westerville South (103). Blake Taneff ran a personal record of 15:51 to finish third. Other scoring members were Sebastian Matt (9th - 16:24), Alex Stanislav (23rd - 17:21), Drew Rose (38th - 17:47), and Willie Matt (38th - 17:48). Rounding out the top 7 were Andrew Ziminski (40th - 17:49), and Nate Peck (18:08). Final team results were:

1. Westerville North (67)
2. Westerville South (103)
3. New Albany (108)
4. St. Charles (118)
5. Warren (122)
6. Gahanna (153)
7. Westerville Central (17:36)
8. Big Walnut (176)
9. Whetstone (179)
10. Pickerington Central (191)
11. Walnut Ridge (349)

In addition, the boys reserve team finished second behind Westerville North. Top finishers (and earning varsity letters) were Joydeep Ganguly (18:26) and Joe Flaherty (18:28).

Both the girls and boys teams will be taking the weekend of September 25th off and will race next at the Midwest Meet of Champions at Hilliard Darby High School on Saturday October 2nd.

For complete results of the Central Ohio Invitational click here.

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