Bellefonte XC Races at the Ridgway Invitational

By Kenny Varner Jr.
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Updated: October 8, 2023

Courtesy of Chad Wiley Our team spent the morning competing at the Ridgway invitational on a beautiful fall Saturday. The course was great and we were welcomed right away from other teams. We have had a lot of tougher terrain courses this season, so it was nice to have the team compete on a more flat course. Going against different competitors is always a nice boost too.

Both our varsity teams had great races across the board. The Boys overall placed 2nd 🥈with 107 points, finishing the behind Brookville who won the team invitational title with 90 points. Our Girls placed 3rd 🥉 overall with 113 points behind second place DuBois 80 points and champion Elk County Catholic 39 points.

Individual results for the girls, Emma Liadis took 12th overall with a PR (personal best) of 21:33. Teammate Natalie Jolley also earned herself a PR 21:53 by running with Liadis. Jolley placed 16th overall, and Emma Raish was right behind 21:54 in 17th place. Another PR went to Emma Burger with a time of 23:00 placing 34th. Ashleigh Aukerman placed 41st overall (23:29), Anna Tyson placed 47th (24:00), and Victoria Schellenberg 24:06 placed 49th. Alyssa Hopkins made her first start of the season running a time of 24:15, and teammates Alexis Fravel and Josie Underwood completed their races with times of 27:26 and 28:02.

Individual results for the boys, Alex Crist ran a 17:19 placing him 4th overall earning himself an award. Caleb Vinnedge had a strong day placing 17th with a time of 18:19. Kaiden Williams was fast with his first invite of the season placing 29th (18:37). Alex Mansfield placed 32nd (18:47), Keith Eicholtz (19:12) placed 46th and Elijah Davis (19:13) placed 47th who had great kicks to the finish.

Maverick Muchmore who ran a personal best of 19:23. Jacob Showers 20:56 and Isaiah Johnson ran a 21:14.

It was great to have everyone from our high school and junior high teams compete today at the Ridgway Invite!

Junior High Highlights: Jonathan Gasper placed 2nd overall (9:48) in a competitive field of junior high boys. Gunther Kull placed 20th (11:07) and

Braeden Strohm ran 75th (13:59). On the girls side, Ella Raish was the first Bellefonte finisher placing 12th (12:28). Ronni Spotts placed 24th (13:25), Emily Moretz 45th (15:02), Megan Showers 15:40 placed 50th and Molly Showers placed 57th (16:32).