Cross Country - 10-1-09

Both the boys and girls cross country teams were in action at the only home meet of the year. In previous years the meet was run at the Wirth Farm off Boon Rd, but the farm was unavailable this year so a course was set up at Oak Harbor's City Beach Park.

The boys nearly swept their portion of the meet, finishing 1-2-4-5, and capturing 8 of the top 10 spots. Junior Tyler King finished first, followed by Matt Reith. A Monroe runner finished 3rd, then Matt Bolte and John Kaltenbach were 4 and 5th to round out scoring finishes and capturing first place as a team. The other finishers were Colton Elliot, Wyatt Homola and Mitchell Jackson.

The girls team was seriously depleted by injuries and illness. Jessica Denmon was on a college visit, Abby Leete and Heather Dale are nursing injuries, and Emily Bain broke her nose at school that day, and Addy Royal and Allison Duvenez were not feeling well. Allison ran the race despite her illness and finished a respectable 2nd place.

Even though the girls were missing so many top runners, the JV girls stepped up and as a team finished just two points short of the win, finishing 2nd to Monroe 33-32 (low score wins).

After Duvenez, Oak Harbor runners finished 5-6-8, Christina Wickers, Taylor von Grey and Ariel McCarter, respectively.

Others running were Jessica Foster, Carlie Kenny, Bailey Martinez, Taylor Bates and Christina Houck.

151 photos, from the boys JV, boys varsity, and girls race are posted HERE.