Clover girls, Cub boys win MS cross country titles

Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Greencastle won the Putnam County boys' middle school cross country championship on Tuesday.
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Cloverdale’s girls pushed the first three runners across the finish line to win the Putnam County cross country title on Tuesday evening, while Greencastle has the top two finishers in the boys’ race in claiming first place.

Ella Szczerbik of Cloverdale won the Putnam County girls' middle county cross country race on Tuesday.
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Cloverdale eighth-grader Ella Szczerbik won the girls’ race by about 20 seconds over teammate Abby Nees. Aliyah Maldanado, a Cloverdale sixth-grader, placed third.

Charlie Menzel won the Putnam County boys' middle school cross country title on Tuesday.
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Greencastle was second in the team standings, six points behind.

Charlie Menzel of Greencastle won the boys’ race in 12:29.1, edging teammate Andrew Adams by 12 seconds.

The Cubs had 29 points, with North Putnam placing second with a team score of 43.

Putnam County MS cross country meet

Girls’ race

Team scores — Cloverdale 36, Greencastle 42, South Putnam 66, North Putnam 73

Individual winner — Ella Szczerbik (Cloverdale) 13:57

Other Cloverdale runners — 2. Abby Nees 14:16, 3. Aliyah Maldonado 14:36, 12. Kiersten Wade 16:59, 18. Sarah Nichols 18:11, 27. Autumn Wheeler 22:46

Greencastle runners — 4. Emma Smiley 15:07, 6. Zoey Doan 15:57, 8. Ali Dobbs 16:08, 11. Haley Timcheck 16:37, 13. Laurel Brown 17:08, 17. Kyla Curtis 17:39, 20. Meredith Ball 18:31, 21. Emilee Jordan 18:42, 23. Sophia Black 19:12, 24. Kaitlin Welker 19:15, 28. Emma Woodall 20:53

South Putnam runners — 5. Rylee Hatfield 15:13, 9. Kaile Barnard 16:23, 10. Makayla Nicholls 16:26, 19. Faith Wiggins 18:25, 23. Caroline Hodge 20:32, 25. Taylor Dunn 21:04, 26. Avery Stone 22:21

North Putnam runners — 7. Rose Haste 16:07, 14. Brilye Schmitz 17:18, 15. Kynndall Willhite 17:31, 16. Alaina Chew 17:35, 21. Mackenzie Cope 19 :05, 22. Mykala Hiner 19:45, 24. Gracie Sumners 20:39, 30. Opry Curran 21:25, 31. Lyric Chambers 21:35

Boys’ race

Team scores — Greencastle 29, North Putnam 43, South Putnam 59, Cloverdale 101

Individual winner — Charlie Menzel (Greencastle) 12:29

Other Greencastle runners — 2. Andrew Adams 12:41, 5. James Smith 12:47, 10. Treyton Clark 13:34, 11. Justin Evans 13:35, 14. Hunter Miller 13:44, 22. Anthony Adams 14:55, 24. Daniel Dinn 15:04, 36. Sam Lancaster 17:00, 46. William Johnston 19:04, 49. Dylan Curry 21:21, 50. Paul Lewis 22:10

North Putnam runners — 4. Corie Stancombe 12:46, 6. Brayden Monnett 12:55, 7. Nolan Hackleman 12:56, 9. Arrick Kramer 13:10, 17. Brady Barber 14;13, 19. Mason Garriott 14:31, 21. Elijah Lewis 14:49, 23. Matthew Farrington 14:56, 25. Evan Polley 15:12, 26. Gunnar Eastep 15:17, 27. Jaylen Windmiller 15:18, 33. Joshua Taylor 16:21, 34. Carter Thomas 16:30, 35. Chase Hanger 16:45, 38. Bastian Sobrino 17:09, 41. Ethan Harrison 18:06, 47. Michael Springmeyer 19:18, 48. Zach Riley 20:44, 51. Tucker Elmore 24:20

South Putnam runners — 3. Dunkin York 12:45, 12. Matthew Rogers 13:37, 13. Wyatt Kendall 13:40, 15. Drew Hill 13:46, 16. Keaton Chew 13:59, 20. Griffin Garner 14:48, 23. Tyler Carter 15:27, 29. Evan Hinkle 15:28, 30. Elijah Chandler 15:31, 32. Emilio Gallegos 16:06, 40. Noah Couch 17:51, 42. Griffin Jones 18:25, 43. Benjamin Teipen 18:35

Cloverdale runners — 8. Levi Hilton 13:078, 18. Carson Hall 14:22, 24. Tanner Trammell 15:51, 25. Alen Zook 17:05, 26. Austin Jolly 17:23, 27. Ayden Williams 18:43, 28. Jacob Blankenship 18:43

Cloverdale won the Putnam County girls' middle school cross country championship on Tuesday.
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