Juniata’s Stroup and Brubaker Medal at Penn State Harry Grove Spike Shoe Cross Country Invitational

By Kenny Varner Jr.
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Updated: September 14, 2024

Photo by Annie Hardin

courtesy of Shari Miller

In the first high school race of the day, sophomore Sylvia Brubaker ran to a 10th place finish with a time of 19:38 to take home a medal. Freshman Hannah Zeiders came in next for the Indians in 52nd place with a time of 22:43 and a new personal best. Freshman Carolyn Heidenreich placed 86th with a time of 25:21. Sophomore Hannah Book came in 102nd place with a time of 27:55. Carlisle’s Ana Bondy won the girls race with a time of 18:15, while State College won the team title with 63 points. Juniata only had 4 girls compete and were unable to compete in the team competition. Juniata coach Jeff Miller said “I was impressed by Hannah Zeiders’ effort today. She paced the race much better today and walked away with a new personal best by over 1:00. She is always out to do more and her hard work and determination is starting to show.”

In the boys high school race, senior Wyatt Stroup ran to a 8th place finish to medal with a time of 16:08. Senior Joey Bomberger just missed medaling with a 15th place finish in a time of 16:23. Senior Wesley Ehrisman come in next for the Indians with a 55th place finish in a time of 17:50. Senior Teagan Trout had a huge personal best placing 74th with a time of 18:27. Junior Levi Zeiders rounded out the scoring for Juniata with a 79th place finish in a time of 18:38. Sophomore Coy Kerstetter placed 82nd with a time of 18:43. Multi-sport junior athlete Ricky Guante ran to a 100th place finish in a time of 19:32. Freshman Josiah Barner came in shortly after in 107th place with a time of 19:38 for a new personal best. Junior Kade Wagner also ran a personal best with a 120th place finish and a time of 20:35. Sophomore Joel Hardin placed 126th in a time of 20:56 to also run a personal best time. Senior Luke Fowler placed 144th with a time of 22:25 for a personal best. Freshman David Mayall-Marker placed 145th with a personal best time of 22:30. Freshman Alejandro Guante finished 162nd with a personal best time of 38:47. Isaac Opperman of State College won the boys race with a time of 15:19 and State College won the boys team title with 23 points. Juniata placed 8th out of 13 in boys team results. Juniata coach Jeff Miller said “I thought the boys ran really well today as a team. Many of the boys ran personal best times and this course isn’t that fast. Joey rolled his ankle at our meet on Tuesday and I was going to sit him out today, but I knew he would want to race anyways. He’s a very tough kid that will always give you 100%. Teagan’s consistency with training and tough racing showed today with the best race I’ve seen him run yet. Wesley, Coy, Levi, and Ricky ran solid races also. Josiah, Kade, Joel, Luke, David, and Alejandro all ran to personal best in the heat so that is always nice to see as a coach.”