July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Pats place sixth, Johnson advances (10/18/04)
JCHS/SAHS cross country
DECATUR — The Jay County girls cross country team’s aspirations of a state berth came to an end Saturday. Alyssa Johnson will still have a chance to make the state meet, as will a pair of South Adams runners.
The Patriots girls finished in sixth place at the Bellmont regional Saturday with 170 points. Only the top five teams advanced to the semi-state, which will be held Saturday at New Haven.
Still, junior Alyssa Johnson advanced as she finished 13th overall. The top 15 individuals earned semi-state berths.
Also moving on to the semi-state was Haleigh Lehman of South Adams, who placed 14th behind Johnson. Her brother, Heath, was 15th in the boys race.
No. 10 Fort Wayne Concordia won the girls competition with a score of 46 points. Concordia’s Mitchell Adela was the individual champion in a time of 14-minutes, 37 seconds.
Also advancing were No. 15 Fort Wayne Snider (74), Fort Wayne North Side (88), Homestead (107) and Leo (138). Sectional champion Bellmont finished behind Jay County in seventh with 183 points, and South Adams finished 10th with 226 points.
Taking first in the boys team competition was No. 5 Snider with 32 points. Fort Wayne Northrop’s Robert Moldovan won the individual title in 16:23.
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger was second (80), Norwell placed third (101), Northrop was fourth (103) and Fort Wayne North Side took fifth (141). South Adams was ninth with 221 points.
Johnson, a two-time sectional champion who finished fourth this year, led the Patriots in 15:47. She was eighth last season.
The junior will be looking for her third straight trip to the state meet.
She was followed by her sister, Amanda, who was 21st in 16:19. Amber Detro was 44th in 17:19, with Jessica Mosier 50th in 17:23 and Jill Roughia 60th in 17:50.
Lehman was just 17 hundredths of a second behind Johnson, finishing in 15:48. She placed 21st last season.
Next for the Starfires was Shannon Muselman in 43rd with a time of 17:18. Katie Welch was 57th in 17:43, Whitney Sprunger took 63rd in 17:52 and Brittany Seeker was 70th in 18:39.
Also running for area teams were Zoe Gonzalez (71st, 18:44) and Lindsey Vesperry (73rd, 19:18) for Jay County and Trisha Amstutz (74th, 20:18) and Rachel Sprunger (75th, 20:18) for South Adams.
Heath Lehman squeaked into the semi-state round by just two seconds. He was 15th in 17:10.
Michael Lehman took 19th in 17:21.[[In-content Ad]]
The Patriots girls finished in sixth place at the Bellmont regional Saturday with 170 points. Only the top five teams advanced to the semi-state, which will be held Saturday at New Haven.
Still, junior Alyssa Johnson advanced as she finished 13th overall. The top 15 individuals earned semi-state berths.
Also moving on to the semi-state was Haleigh Lehman of South Adams, who placed 14th behind Johnson. Her brother, Heath, was 15th in the boys race.
No. 10 Fort Wayne Concordia won the girls competition with a score of 46 points. Concordia’s Mitchell Adela was the individual champion in a time of 14-minutes, 37 seconds.
Also advancing were No. 15 Fort Wayne Snider (74), Fort Wayne North Side (88), Homestead (107) and Leo (138). Sectional champion Bellmont finished behind Jay County in seventh with 183 points, and South Adams finished 10th with 226 points.
Taking first in the boys team competition was No. 5 Snider with 32 points. Fort Wayne Northrop’s Robert Moldovan won the individual title in 16:23.
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger was second (80), Norwell placed third (101), Northrop was fourth (103) and Fort Wayne North Side took fifth (141). South Adams was ninth with 221 points.
Johnson, a two-time sectional champion who finished fourth this year, led the Patriots in 15:47. She was eighth last season.
The junior will be looking for her third straight trip to the state meet.
She was followed by her sister, Amanda, who was 21st in 16:19. Amber Detro was 44th in 17:19, with Jessica Mosier 50th in 17:23 and Jill Roughia 60th in 17:50.
Lehman was just 17 hundredths of a second behind Johnson, finishing in 15:48. She placed 21st last season.
Next for the Starfires was Shannon Muselman in 43rd with a time of 17:18. Katie Welch was 57th in 17:43, Whitney Sprunger took 63rd in 17:52 and Brittany Seeker was 70th in 18:39.
Also running for area teams were Zoe Gonzalez (71st, 18:44) and Lindsey Vesperry (73rd, 19:18) for Jay County and Trisha Amstutz (74th, 20:18) and Rachel Sprunger (75th, 20:18) for South Adams.
Heath Lehman squeaked into the semi-state round by just two seconds. He was 15th in 17:10.
Michael Lehman took 19th in 17:21.[[In-content Ad]]
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