The New Albany Boys and Girls Cross Country teams enjoyed a successful weekend at the OCC Championships on Saturday. The boys team earned its second straight OCC Championship with 43 points edging out Watkins Memorial (55) and Hilliard Bradley (78). Blake Taneff earned his second individual OCC title in a time of 15:54. Sebastian Matt finished as runner up for the second year in a row in a time of 16:11. Also earning first team OCC honors was Alex Stanislav who finished 7th in a time of 16:44. Other team members running varsity were, Austin Bach (15th - 17:09), Tom Newton (18th - 17:15), Drew Rose (19th - 17:17), Andrew Ziminski (20th - 17:20), Willie Matt (21st - 17:21), Kyle Manion (38th - 17:58), and Nate Peck (48th - 18:30).
The girls team finished a close second overall at OCC finishing 2 points behind champion Mount Vernon despite running without #1 runner Mirra Galbreath. Top 5 finishers for the ladies were Catherine Ralston (8th - 19:52), Bryana Zuiderweg (9th - 19:57), Eliza Matt (10th - 20:06), Kenia Viezcas (14th - 20:28), and Lexi Simpson (18th - 20:39). Other girls who ran varsity on Saturday were Katie Washington (36th - 21:57), Shelby Lackey (43rd - 22:28), Hannah Taylor (46th - 22:43), Elissa Burack (56th - 23:36), and Andra Peck (62nd - 24:31).
Both teams will be competing at the District Meet at Watkins Memorial this Saturday. The boys will be running at 2:00 and the girls will be running at 3:00.
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