On Saturday, the Ben Bloser Cross Country Invitational was held at Big Spring High School. This meet has a large draw, in part to the fact that Big Spring is also the location of the PIAA District 3 Championships. Out of LebCo, three high schools sent high school runners: Annville-Cleona, Cedar Crest, and Northern Lebanon. Read below to find out how each school performed in their respective divisions. Due to the large number of area high school boys, below you will also find a combined list of the results.
There was also a large contingent of junior high athletes, which can be found in the full results linked at the bottom of the page.
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Annville-Cleona
Boys – Varsity
The Annville Boys showed off their small school strength by dominating the field on their way to the A Championship. With an impressive 6 finishers among the top 20, the Dutchmen were led by junior Landon Hostetter who repeated as the meet champion. Hostetter’s time was 17 seconds better than the time that earned him gold in 2022.
Landon Hostetter – 16:39.1 – 1st
Oliver Funck – 17:15.9 – 6th
David Moran – 17:42.2 – 11th
Matt Clemson – 17:48.2 – 14th
Z Moyer – 17:51.7 – 15th
Samuel Domencic – 18:10.9 – 16th
Luke Tshudy – 19:40.0 – 36th
Girls – Junior Varsity
Madison Long – 26:05.3 – 5th
Bryna Brinkman – 33:05.0 – 26th
Mary Haley – 37:17.7 – 30th
Boys – Junior Varsity
Dominic Basselgia – 19:55.2
Garrett Gigous – 23:31.5
Keaton Flynn – 28:56.9
Girls – Junior High
Lucy Stellmach – 13:07.7 – 19th
Paige Stoltz – 15:01.7 – 118th
Bridget Funck – 15:13.0 – 134th
Valentina Russo – 15:25.7 – 149th
Sadie Wildasin – 15:26.3 – 150th
Julia Gross – 16:59.6 – 273rd
Aleah Heist – 19:50.5 – 357th
Boys – Junior High
Oliver Brandt – 12:30.2 – 61st
Jonah Thornsberry – 13:11.6 – 120th
Oskar Yakum – 13:19.8 – 133rd
Gradyn Sanders – 13:27.5 – 144th
John White – 13:28.1 – 147th
Isaac Hostetter – 13:35.6 – 158th
Colin Trate – 13:46.3 – 180th
Mathew Atland – 17:46.4 – 438th
Bloser Invite: Boys team WON the Class A Race, Landon Hostetter WON the Individual Class A Race, Oliver Funck, Matthew Clemson, David Moran, Z Moyer, & Samuel Domencic all earned individual medals! Great team effort! #👀 pic.twitter.com/xiRNz5eUx3
— ACXC (@acxcdutchmen) September 16, 2023
Cedar Crest
Girls – Varsity
In the AAA varsity race, the Cedar Crest squad finished in 5th place out of 20 teams who were in action. All of the teams who finished in front of them, led by Chambersburg, are District 3 teams. Hempfield, the 4th place finisher, was the only other Lancaster Lebanon League teams in the top 5. The Lady Falcons were led by Eliana Schneider in 8th place. The sophomore ran nearly 10 seconds faster than the time that placed her 8th at last year’s event.
Eliana Schneider – 19:17.1 – 8th
Lizzie Lowe – 21:09.9 – 34th
Maddie Lowe – 21:18.0 – 38th
Maggie Chernich – 22:13.2 – 56th
Sam Yorty – 22:40.7 – 72nd
Boys – Varsity
The Cedar Crest Boys finished 6th in the 30 team field that made up the AAA varsity race. Out of the Lancaster Lebanon League teams competing, only E-Town (2nd) finished higher than the Falcons. Senior Jake Perhonitch finished 11th overall and 3rd among the LL racers. His time was an impressive 55 seconds better than what he ran at Big Spring in 2022.
Jake Perhonitch – 16:25.2 – 11th
Travis Furmanski – 16:47.0 – 23rd
Ben Causak – 17:14.2 – 41st
Anthony Figueroa – 17:26.8 – 49th
Viseth Meng – 17:36.4 – 55th
Arturo Chavez-Ramirez – 18:57.6 – 122nd
Girls – Junior Varsity
Vivian Doster – 23:47.0 – 20th
Nora Cuthie – 23:50.2 – 21st
Margaret Cuthie – 24:07.7 – 25th
Ashlan MacDonald – 26:26.8 – 65th
Delaney Smith – 26:28.7 – 67th
Boys – Junior Varsity
Jack Williams – 19:21.1
Benjamin Sheffield – 19:22.0
Tobias Felker – 19:38.1
Cameran Willis – 19:38.3
Evan Weimer – 20:11.7
Tadgh Callihan – 21:12.4
James Engle – 21:14.4
Edward Kuntz – 21:36.9
The CCXC Girls turned in a strong Race at the Ben Bloser Invite—placing 5th overall! Ellie Schneider-8th led the way for the Falcons. Doster, N-Cuthie & M-Cuthie medaled in the JV Race. Overall, lots of great efforts & a bunch of PRs! Way to go! #CCXCPride #OwnIt pic.twitter.com/VSoOZiCTzG
— Brandon Risser (@CoachRiss112) September 16, 2023
The CCXC Boys turned in a strong TEAM Performance at the Ben Bloser Invite—placing 6th overall! Jake Perhonitch-11th & Travis Furmanski-23rd led the way for the Falcons. Overall, tons of great efforts & a bunch of PRs! Way to go! #CCXCPride #OwnIt pic.twitter.com/LbNWR5xl5E
— Brandon Risser (@CoachRiss112) September 16, 2023
Northern Lebanon
Boys – Varsity
In the AA varsity race, the Vikings finished 11th out of the 24 teams competing. Senior Tyler Shunk led the way with a 5th place finish, with sophomore Luke Hentz also finishing in the top 20. Shunk, a State qualifier in ’22, ran a 17:23 on this course in Districts to punch his ticket to Hershey. Saturday’s time was 35 seconds better. Hentz was 44 seconds faster than his District Championship time.
Tyler Shunk – 16:48.6 – 5th
Luke Hentz – 17:30.8 – 19th
Caleb Sanders – 18:59.0 – 52nd
Tucker Reiber – 19:55.9 – 93rd
David Boyer – 20:00.7 – 99th
Benjamin Clemmer – 20:54.5 – 123rd
Gavin Kubica – 23:56.5 – 167th
Combined High School Boys
- 16:25.2 Jake Perhonitch (Cedar Crest)
- 16:39.1 Landon Hostetter (Annville-Cleona)
- 16:47.0 Travis Furmanski (Cedar Crest)
- 16:48.6 Tyler Shunk (Northern Lebanon)
- 17:14.2 Ben Causak (Cedar Crest)
- 17:15.9 Oliver Funck (Annville-Cleona)
- 17:26.8 Anthony Figueroa (Cedar Crest)
- 17:30.8 Luke Hentz (Northern Lebanon)
- 17:36.4 Viseth Meng (Cedar Crest)
- 17:42.2 David Moran (Annville-Cleona)
- 17:48.2 Matt Clemson (Annville-Cleona)
- 17:51.7 Z Moyer (Annville-Cleona)
- 18:10.9 Samuel Domencic (Annville-Cleona)
- 18:57.6 Arturo Chavez-Ramirez (Cedar Crest)
- 18:59.0 Caleb Sanders (Northern Lebanon)
- 19:21.1 Jack Williams (Cedar Crest)
- 19:22.0 Benjamin Sheffield (Cedar Crest)
- 19:38.1 Tobias Felker (Cedar Crest)
- 19:38.3 Cameran Willis (Cedar Crest)
- 19:40.0 Luke Tshudy (Annville-Cleona)
- 19:55.0 Dominic Basselgia (Annville-Cleona)
- 19:55.9 Tucker Reiber (Northern Lebanon)
- 20:00.7 David Boyer (Northern Lebanon)
- 20:11.7 Evan Weimer (Cedar Crest)
- 20:54.5 Benjamin Clemmer (Northern Lebanon)
- 21:12.4 Tadgh Callihan (Cedar Crest)
- 21:14.4 James Engle (Cedar Crest)
- 21:36.9 Edward Kuntz (Cedar Crest)
- 23:31.5 Garrett Gigous (Annville-Cleona)
- 23:56.5 Gavin Kubica (Northern Lebanon)
- 28:56.9 Keaton Flynn (Annville-Cleona)
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