Cross Country: Bobcats’ Theim Third In Boys Meet, Craig Third In Girls Meet, Lerch First In Boys Junior High Meet (09/30/15)

Clarion Area’s Crowe Thiem finished third in the Boys’ Meet, Kate Craig was third in the Girls’ Meet and Nathaniel Lerch won the Boy’s Junior High Meet at Clarion Limestone on Tuesday (September 29th).

Mark Bettwy shares meet details:

Teams from Clarion, Keystone, AC Valley, and Clarion met at Clarion-Limestone on their home course in a hard rain for a dual meet on Tuesday, September 29, 2015.

For the varsity girls; C-L’s Hannah Rittenhouse crossed the line at 22:05, outdueling AC Valley’s Shannon Quaill by one second and leading the Lions to a victory over the Falcons by a score of 23-32. Clarion’s Katie Craig finished third overall at 22:34, leading a Bobcat team that fell short to the Falcons – losing by a score of 26-29. Keystone’s Trinity Thompson led all junior high girls with a winning time of 11:56.

For the varsity boys; AC Valley’s John Anderson overcame the stomach flu to lead the field with a finishing time of 18:30, besting Keystone’s Dawson Steele by nine seconds. Clarion’s frontrunner Crowe Thiem crossed the line with a time of 18:54, leading the Bobcats to a victory over the Falcons by a score of 20-47. Undefeated Nathaniel Lerch set the pace for junior high boys with a winning time of 11:04, leading the Bobcats to a win over Keystone by a score of 20-35.