Juniata Girls and Boys Cross Country Team took wins at TVAA Home Meet on Wednesday, September 4

By Kenny Varner Jr.
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Updated: September 4, 2024

Courtesy of Shari Miller

Juniata competed on Senior night at East Juniata High School. In the first race of the evening, sophomore Sylvia Brubaker dominated the girls high school race winning in a time of 19:23.7. Freshman Carolyn Heidenreich ran to a 4th place finish with a time of 23:02.60. Freshman Hannah Zeiders came in next with a time of 24:04.40 to take 5th place overall. Modified scoring was used for the meet which allows teams with less than 5 athletes to score.

Juniata 25 – Newport 30

Juniata 10 – St. Joseph’s 11

Juniata 15 – Susquenita 50

Juniata 14 – Upper Dauphin 22

“We were lucky to have modified scoring for the meet which allowed us to take wins against every girls team tonight,” Juniata coach Jeff Miller said . “I had Sylvia run fartlek in her race and she executed the workout planned perfectly coming away with more confidence after being a little disappointed with her BVI result on Saturday. Hannah ran a better race than BVI tonight with a new personal best time. Carolyn wasn’t feeling the greatest in the race, but stayed tough and helped the team.”

In the boys high school race, senior Wyatt Stroup ran with teammate Joey Bomberger throughout the race and took the win in a time of 17:03.57. Senior Joey Bomberger came in next in 2nd place with a time of 17:15.90. Senior Wesley Ehrisman took 3rd with a time of 18:55.14. Sophomore Coy Kerstetter ran to a 5th place finish overall with a time of 19:09.42. Junior Levi Zeiders rounded out the scoring with a 6th place finish and a time of 19:10.35. Senior Teagan Trout placed 7th with a time of 19:20.02. Sophomore Joel Hardin placed 14th with a new personal best time of 21:25.06. Junior Kade Wagner placed 16th with a time of 21:45.34. Freshman David Mayall-Marker ran to a 21st place finish with a time of 23:07.60 and a personal best. Senior Luke Fowler ran a personal best time of 23:26.70 to take 23rd place. The Juniata boys team took convincing wins against all competition in the TVAA league.

Juniata 17 – Newport 44

Juniata 15 – St. Joseph’s 50

Juniata 15 – Susquenita 50

Juniata 15 – Upper Dauphin 50

“We got in a great workout tonight. I had Wyatt, Joey, Wesley, Coy, and Teagan run a fartlek workout within the 5k race to get some different stimulus than just racing a 5k all out,” Juniata coach Jeff Miller said. Kade, Joel, Luke, and David worked on their pacing since they are so new to the sport. It was a great night for everyone.”

In the junior high race, Juniata had 18 runners take part in the 2 mile cross country race. 7th grader Elliot Miller won the boys race with a time of 15:45.79. While 8th grader Ella Zimmerman won the girls race in a time of 15:54.22. Other junior high runners, places, and time are listed below.

Boys

Zeb Ehrisman – 2nd place – 17:37.44

Luke Weiand – 3th place – 19:27.53

Andrew Rutherford – 4th place – 19:27.53

Girls

Moira Doydora – 2nd place – 16:05.02

Sophie Laub – 3rd place – 16:12.78

Aubrey Fogle – 4th place – 16:34.69

Eowyn Rendall – 5th place – 16:58.41

Claire Ciarrocchi – 6st place – 17:53.75

Juliet Heidenreich – 7th place – 18:24.77

Hannah Wirt – 8th place – 18:47.43

Ella Snyder – 9th place – 19:24.16

Avery Mitchell – 10th place – 20:14.01

Charlotte Barner – 11th place – 20:26.02

Adrianne Peck – 12rd place – 21:13.90

Genesis Guante – 13th place – 22:23.52

Mackenzie Wray – 14th place – 22:25.86

Juniata coach Jeff Miller said “It was a little disappointing that we didn’t have any junior high runners from other teams, but everyone competed like there was. I’m seeing improvement from everyone each week. Only a few have previous cross country experience so getting the kids to figure out pacing doesn’t happen overnight. Many of them are figuring out how a even paced race will get them the best result in the end. I’m very fortunate to have such a great group of kids believe I can make them a much better runner.”

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