Published: Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2012 / Updated: Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2012 05:59 PM
Jackets finish 2nd at Winthrop Invitational
ROCK HILL --
In a precursor to what could determine the boys’ 4A state cross-country championship, Lexington High School edged out Fort Mill Saturday at the 26th annual Winthrop Invitational cross-country meet.
Lexington posted a score of 27, while Fort Mill posted a 40. Lexington was led by three of its runners, who swept the top three spots. Fort Mill had four runners placing in the top 10, but and all five runners in the top 11.
“We wanted to get a good race in for confidence,” said Fort Mill head coach Marc Pyrc. “We know Lexington is tough. We got some motivation for the last half of the season.”
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factbox1-B822314760Z" More information 2012 Winthrop Invitational Boys’ team scores: 1. Lexington 27, 2. Fort Mill 40, 3. Myers Park 104, 4. Ashley Ridge 137, 5. Rock Hill 156, 6. Bishop England 159, 7. Nation Ford 189, 8. South Pointe 225, 9. Gaffney 247, 10. Darlington 254, 11. Battery Creek 295, 12. Hartsville 332, 13. Lancaster 345, 14. York 435. Boys’ Top 20: 1. Tony Morales, Lexington 16:01; 2. Zach Langston, Lexington 16:28; 3. Blake White, Lexington 16:35; 4. Christian Ruppe, Fort Mill 16:47; 5. Christian Widenhouse, Bishop England 16:58; 6. Erik Wendt, Lexington 17:03; 7. Cameron Ruppe, Fort Mill 17:05; 8. Lucas Stalnaker, Fort Mill 17:05; 9. Joe Harbacevich, Myers Park 17:19; 10. Jeremy Ricks, Fort Mill 17:20; 11. Matthew Case, Fort Mill 17:27; 12. Luke Valle, Hartsville 17:34; 13. Thomas Bennink, Rock Hill 17:42; 14. Jackson Ellenberg, Ashley Ridge 17:42; 15. Hunter Janus, Lexington 17:53; 16: Dane Szalwinski, Lexington 17:56; 17. Loftin Bridges, South Pointe 17:58; 18. Tyler Ohsfeldt, Ashley Ridge 18:03; 19. Chris Payne, Myers Park 18:05; 20. Luke Christison, Nation Ford 18:06. Fort Mill finishers: 38. Mitchell Scholten 18:52; 43. Caleb Ruppe 18:59; 46. Clay Pratt 19:03; 48. Jared Allen 19:04; 78. Zach Brugh 19:50; 92. Zach Perkins 20:11; 93. David Trotter 20:12; 120. Shiva Mohan 21:18. Nation Ford finishers: 39. Will Manning 18:56; 44. Ben Hardymon 19:00; 45. Cleve Fisher 19:02; 56. Landon Crook 19:17; 59. Nick Carmeci 19:23; 64. Ryan Davis 19:29; 67. Jacob Siebert 19:34; 72. Jake Storms 19:41; 87. Tim Tom 20:07; 95. Kendrick Edwards 20:12; 96. Forrest Sharp 20:14; 99. Nate Whyte 20:21; 110. Drew Hunter 20:46. Girls team scores: 1. Lexington 34, 2. Myers Park 49, 3. Rock Hill 117, 4. Bishop England 128, 5. South Pointe 136, 6. Lancaster 144, 7. Fort Mill 183, 8 .Gaffney 231, 9. Ashley Ridge 257, 10. Nation Ford 276, 11. Darlington 292, 12. Hartsville 348, 13. York 379, 14. Battery Creek 397. Girls Top 20: 1. Sonia Payerpaj, Myers Park 19:14; 2. Haylee Love, Lexington 19:59; 3. Meri Heneage, Lexington 20:03, 4. Mary Prouty, Myers Park 20:03; 5. Amelia Martin, Gaffney 20:16; 6. Alex Moseley, Rock Hill 20:20; 7. Michelle Lussier, Bishop England 20:23; 8. Bari Robinson, Lexington 20:25; 9. Katelin Killman, Lexington 20:30; 10. JaNae Jones, Lancaster 20:31; 11. Hannah Henderson, Myers Park 20:37; 12. Sarah Jennings, Lexington 20:45; 13. Victoria Burdette, South Pointe 20:49; 14. Jaclyn Baker, Rock Hill 20:54; 15. Olga Shokurova, Myers Park 21:05; 16. Heidi McNeil, Darlington 21:12; 17. Kaitlyn Keene, Lexington 21:21; 18. Abby Watkins, Myers Park 21:25; 19. Madison Goode, South Pointe 21:26; 20. Anna Albright, Myers Park 21:29. Fort Mill finishers: 28. Melissa Smith 21:58; 29. Emily Lyons 22:02; 33. Ania Rzepka 22:26; 46. Megan Allen 23:09; 53. Jessica Brugh 23:36; 62. Allyssa Resech 24:21; 71. Annie Janick 24:51; 81. Olivia Rosener 25:54; 86. Jessica Harris 26:14; 90. Sarah Robinson 27:15; 92. Maeve McDonnell 27:34; 93. Jenna Poropatich 27:34; 110. Amanda Lathan 29:22. Nation Ford finishers: 39. Polly Goss 22:48; 40. Leah Thornock 22:49; 73. Hannah Spencer 25:04; 82. Jordan Wright 25:59; 94. Emily Wyndham 27:47; 95. Kaley Donnelly 27:49; 100. Briana Iorio 28:08; 107. Marley Moss 29:10; 108. Sarah Macaulay 29:10; 113. Abby Eubanks 30:21; 116. Gretchen Hall 31:26; 119. Julia Farr 34:01.
The event, held at the Winthrop Farm, had about 300 high school athletes raced after the mens’ and womens’ collegiate races. Lexington High School swept the boys’ and girls’ races winning both.
As Saturday morning got closer to the noon hour and the high school races started, the humidity also started to rise talking its toll on several of the younger runners. Many of the high school runners, both girls and boys, fell ill after crossing the finish line.
Winning the girls meet in the high school division was Myers Park’s Sonia Payerpaj, with a time of 19:14. The top local finisher was Fort Mill’s Melissa Smith at 28th in 21:58, followed by teammate Emily Lyons at 22:02 in 29th.
The Lady Jackets finished seventh overall as a team and Nation Ford finished 10th. The top Nation Ford girl to finish was Polly Goss at 39th in 22:48, followed by teammate Leah Thornock in 40th at 22:49.
In the boys’ race, Lexington took the top three spots as Tony Morales won in 16:01. Fort Mill’s Christian Ruppe came in fourth overall and was the top local boys’ finisher with a time of 16:47.
Ruppe paced the Jackets as they finished second in the team standings behind Lexington.
Following Ruppe in crossing the finish line for Fort Mill was his brother Cameron Ruppe in seventh at 17:05, followed by teammate Lucas Stalnaker, also at 17:05.
The Jackets had Jeremy Ricks round out the top 10 by finishing 10th at 17:20 and teammate Matthew Case was right behind him at 17:27 in 11th place.
The highest Nation Ford runner to finish was Luke Christison at 18:06, good enough for 20th place. As a team, the Nation Ford boys finished in seventh place.