MC boys XC has strong at Carlisle Invitational

By Kenny Varner Jr.
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Updated: September 30, 2023

Courtesy of Greg Loht

Saturday the Mifflin County Boys’ cross country team traveled to the 30th annual Carlisle Invitational. For MC race fans the Huskies did not disappoint. Competing in the “Challenge Race” and facing high schools from Pennsylvania , Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia the locals finished 24th out of 47 with 51 teams represented. University High (WV) captured the team title with 54 points. James Partlow from Gov. Thomas Johnson High School paced the field in 15:18.
In team scoring Sophomore Reese Cubbison place 48th (16:54) followed by Caden Bell in 79th (17:24), Wyatt Kauffman 119th (17:57), Cody Fultz 195th (18:52), Koy Aurand 214th (19:04), Styers Oden 232nd (19:24) and Hart Oden 245th (19:36). 323 boys finished the race 5000 meter race.
“We are always excited to compete at the Carlisle Invite. There is a big field with some of the best teams in Pennsylvania and the Mid Atlantic region. Reese ran a terrific race breaking 17 minutes for the first time. After running 17:04 less than a week ago Caden was ready for a big race. Unfortunately that didn’t happen but Caden will rebound. And, 17:24 is still a pretty nice effort no matter what. Wyatt is only a freshman but he runs fearlessly with another pr today. Cody is a rock and ran solid for us again. We considered putting Koy in freshmen race but decided on varsity for the day. He came up big sealing our final scoring spot. Oden brothers Styers and Hart continue to help in their pusher positions.
In the freshmen race Aidan Scavitti was 17 (19:06), Hoyt Rodenbaugh 19th (19:25), Cameron Treaster 42 (21:17), Logan Breneman 54th (21:41),David Snyder 95th (24:08) and Justin Cox 96th (25:35). The young Huskies placed 8th out of 18 teams.
“Aidan has been had a nice September and ran another nice race. Hoyt is just coming back and ran an amazing race. Camryn and Logan are solid in the line up’s middle. This is David’s first season and he is learning how to race setting a pr in the process. Justin put in a good performance.”
Senior Nathan Goss was the only Husky in the
Jayvee field. Goss finished in 26:28.
“We were hoping for a little better time from Nathan today but he did his best. We look forward to his next race.”
The Huskies return home to Reedsville to face Altoona Wednesday afternoon.