Crawford boys off to state XC meet

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TIFFIN — It may have been cold on Saturday but that wouldn’t stop the cross country teams from Colonel Crawford High School from running in the regional meet at Hedges Boyer Park in Tiffin.

After both teams qualified last week at Amann’s Reservoir Park in Galion, the Eagles took to the course on Oct. 28 with hopes of moving on to the OHSAA State Cross Country Meet at the National Trail Raceway in Hebron on Saturday, Nov. 4.

The boys team from Colonel Crawford did just that. With the top sevens teams moving on, the Eagles squad finished sixth overall as a team to advance, lead by regional champion Chad Johnson. Johnson won the race with a time of 15:48.91, edging out the runner-up, senior Brendon Siefker of Ottoville, who crossed the finish line in 15:55.80. Johnson and Siefker finished as the champion and runner-up, respectively, in last year’s Division III state meet.

Team placements at regionals on the boys side were: 1. Liberty Center; 2. New London; 3. Minster; 4. Lincolnview; 5. St. Henry; 6. COLONEL CRAWFORD; 7. Sandusky St. Mary Central Catholic; 8. Sherwood Fairview; 9. Parkway; 10. St. Paul; 11. Liberty-Benton; 12. Ottawa Hils; 13. Columbus Grove; 14. Seneca East; 15. Carey; 16. Ashland Crestview; 17. Edgerton; 18. Delta; 19. Hopewell-Loudon; 20. Stryker; 21. Antwerp; 22. Conway Crestview and 23. Coldwater. There were 193 total runners that finished Saturday’s regional race on the boys side.

Other Colonel Crawford runners placements and times were: Wade Hopkins, 27th- 17:06.33; Braxton James, 59th- 17:43.38; Alex Mutchler, 81st- 18:02.95; Jacob Hoffman, 149th- 19:02.19; Mason McKibben, 157th- 19:18.77 and Zach Leonhart, 181st- 19:52.64.

On the girls side of the race, the top eight teams and the top 32 individuals would advance to next week’s state meet.

The Lady Eagles would finish 14th out of the 24-team field and would not have a runner place in the top-32.

Team placements at regionals on the girls side were: 1. Minster; 2. Pettisville; 3. Columbus Grove; 4. St. Henry; 5. Archbold; 6. Liberty Center; 7. Lincolnview; 8. New London; 9. Huron; 10. Coldwater; 11. Collins Western Reserve; 12. Marion Local; 13. New Bremen; 14. COLONEL CRAWFORD; 15. Fort Recovery; 16. Hopewell-Loudon; 17. Liberty-Benton; 18. Carey; 19. Evergreen; 20. Sandusky St. Mary Central Catholic; 21. Edgerton; 22. Seneca East; 23. Margaretta and 24. Sherwood Fairview. There were 204 total runners that finished Saturday’s regional race on the girls side.

Emma Watcke, a sophomore from Minster, won the girls race with a time of 19:00.10. Watcke finished fifth last year as a freshman at the Division III state meet and her school is the defending DIII state champions.

Lady Eagles running on Saturday with placement and time were: Ally Hocker, 43rd- 20:41.49; Courtney Britt, 80th- 21:25.17; Kaisey Speck, 115th- 22:01.96; Alison Manko, 125th- 22:10.94; Hannah Willacker, 135th- 22:23.07; Kari Teglovic, 141st- 22:26.14 and Katie Hopkins, 175th- 23:12.08.

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Chad Johnson wins regional title

By Chad Clinger

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