BELLMONT HS ATHLETICS

The boys' cross country team had an excellent performance Saturday in the Tiffin Carnival Meet at Tiffin, Ohio. Battling some excellent Ohio teams, including 8 state-ranked in Div.2, the Braves finished 13th out of 36. Hayden Whittenbarger again led the team with a terrific effort. He cut 24 seconds from his career best to finish in 43rd (out of 244 runners) in 17:10. Hudson Krull also established a career best, dropping 16 seconds with his 17:38. Fifth man Ethan Curtis had a great day, slicing 23 seconds from his career best with an 18:34. Third man Maddux Miller (18:03) and fourth man Harry Gunsett (18:09) had big season bests, as did sixth man Landon Rich (19:14) and seventh man Cayden Rauch (19:57). In the Open (JV) race, Logan Whitacre set a big season best and was not far from his career best with his 19:37. Freshmen Brock Scherry (20:55) and Joe Kozlowski (21:00) also had season bests as our runners took advantage of the cool conditions and excellent competition to record some impressive times. Freshman Frank Morgan completed his first 5K in 31:38.