Anna Conrad earns her second straight Cross Country ALL OHIO with a 7th place finish. The Women land 13th overall in head to head action against the other 19 best teams in the state. Leading the way was Anna Conrad 7th 18:45.32 earning ALL OHIO, Vera Henderly 65th 20:02.10, Addy Winters 109th 20:45.09, Ava Wilkinson 129th 21:20.08, Taylor Colopy 138th 21:27.32, Claire Wilkinson 166th 22:12.10, Abbie Pike 170th 22:28.60. Great job Ladies!
Drew Walton becomes Fairfield Unions 2nd ever Cross Country State Champion with a new D2 course record!!!
Congratulations to the men’s team for finishing their season 3rd in the State! It was a hard battle against the other 19 best teams and we only missed winning by 28 points. Drew Walton led the way with his Win earning his 2nd straight Cross Country ALL OHIO in 15:00.17, Nathan Phillips 10th 15:59.93 earning ALL OHIO, AJ Ray 26th 16:19.00 earning ALL OHIO, , Connor Runkle 80th 17:00.74, Christian Reindle 105th 17:18.10, Chase Miller 108th 17:19.14 and Connor Myers 142nd 17:54.23. Amazing day for the Falcons!
Women are District Champions again! That Makes 8 out of the last 9 years. In the overall two races combined the women finished 2nd out of 19 total teams.
Anna Conrad led the way for the Falcons with a 3rd place finish overall in a time of 19:45.24 First Team All District. Vera Henderly was 8th (20:36.61) First Team All District, Addy Winters 16th (21:04.88) First Team All District, Claire Wilkinson 31st (21:56.05) First Team All District, Ava Wilkinson 33rd (22:00.02), Abbie Pike 35th (22:03.11), Taylor Colopy 41st (22:37.49). There were a total of 142 women in the race. The women will compete again next Saturday at Pickerington North for a chance to qualify for State.
MSL RUNNERS UP!
Congratulations to the ladies for taking 2nd in the MSL Championship meet! Anna Conrad captured the individual women’s MSL title, coming through the finish line in a time of 19:07, 17 seconds ahead of the next competitor. Vera Henderly (6th) and Addy Winters (8th) also secured 1st Team All-MSL spots in times of 20:42 and 20:55, respectively. Abbie Pike (15th) earned a 2nd Team All-MSL spot with her 21:43 performance. Honorable Mention All-MSL was Claire Wilkinson (22nd) in 22:27. Also placing the Falcons were Taylor Colopy (26th) in 22:49 and Ava Wilkinson (30th) in 23:30.
The Lady Falcons also had an impressive showing in the open race finishing 1st through 4th for women - Averey Cottrill (22:29), Julia Widener (22:38), Allison Freeland (22:52) and Ellen Morgan (22:57). Rounding out the scoring for the Falcons were Natalie Hotrum (24:43) and Annalese Berry (28:57) who each ran personal bests.
BOYS MSL CHAMPIONS with a Perfect score!
Outstanding effort by the men’s Cross Country team today to sweep the MSL title with a perfect score! Leading the way for the Falcons was Drew Walton winning the overall title in a time of 15:18 earning him First Team All MSL and MSL most valuable runner. Christian Reindle finished 2nd (16:25.8) First Team ALL MSL, Nathan Phillips 3rd (16:25.9)First Team ALL MSL , AJ Ray 4th (16:44.6) First Team ALL MSL, Connor Runkle 5th (16:53.7) First Team ALL MSL, Chase Miller 8th (17:13) First Team ALL MSL, Connor Myers 13th (17:46.2)Second Team ALL MSL.
In the MSL Open race the men also had a perfect score!
The open men were led by Jacob Hysell (17:55), Ryan Boyer 2nd (18:45.1), Grant Gobert 3rd (18:48.1), Caleb Kellenbarger 4th (18:51.4), AJ Huntzinger (18:52.3), Anthony Barncut 20th (22:28.1) and Joe Bashore 35th (25:55.9)
Congratulations to the Women’s team for finishing 3rd out of 26 teams at the Backwoods invitational. Anna Conrad led the women with a 2nd place finish earning her the 4th fastest meet time of 11:08.82 landing her amongst the greats! Addy Winters was 30th, Vera Henderly 31st, Claire Wilkinson 42nd, Ava Wilkinson 47th, Averey Cottrill 66th and Taylor Colopy 69th overall. Great effort!
Congratulations to our Men’s Cross Country team for winning the Backwoods invitational against 23 all division teams! The men were led by Drew Walton who finished 1st breaking the meet record in a time of 9:12.28. Nathan Phillips was 3rd overall, Christian Reindle 6th, AJ Ray 17th, Chase Miller 33rd, Connor Runkle 36th, Connor Myers 49th, Great Job Falcons!
Congratulations to the Fairfield Union Varsity girls who finished 8th in the D1 meet at Lancaster against 19 other teams. Anna Conrad led the charge with a 3rd place finish overall (18:50.8). Vera Henderly was 15th (20:12.7), Addy Winters 50th (21:14.8), Ava Wilkinson 76th (22:06.4), Ellen Morgan 95th (22:28.8),Claire Wilkinson 98th(22:33.0) and Averey Cottrill 117th (22:59.8). There were 161 runners in the race. The girls are looking strong as they start to look toward championship season!
The rest of the Falcon women ran in the D2/3 race earning 2nd place out of 7 teams. Leading the charge for them was Rosemary Beiter 8th (22:41.7), Taylor Colopy 11th (22:52.3), Allison Freeland 17th (23:25.9), Julia Widener 24th (24:16.4) Natalie Hotrum 36th (26:32.8) and Annalese Berry 49th (32:35.6) Great Job Falcons!
Congratulations to our varsity men who finished 6th against 20 of the top D1 teams in the state! Drew Walton led the charge for the Falcons breaking my all time school record of 15:00 with a 14:57.7 Drew finished 3rd right behind two of the best D1 runners in the State. Nathan Phillips finished 18th (16:04.10), Christian Reindle 24th (16:13.6), AJ Ray 40th (16:39.8), Connor Runkle 62nd (17:13.1), Connor Myers 80th (17:28.3) Chase Miller 101 (17:44.4) There were 186 runners in the race. The guys are setting themselves up for an amazing championship season!
The rest of the Falcons ran in the D2/3 race finishing 3rd out of 10 teams. They were led by Caleb Kellenbarger 14th (18:48.8), Jacob Hysell 18th (19:05.9), Ryan Boyer 24th (19:17.9), Grant Gobert 25th (19:19.3), AJ Huntzinger 27th (19:38.7), Anthony Barnecut 61st (22:47.3), Joe Bashore - Brymer 80th (26:16.6) Great Job Falcons!
Congratulations to the Fairfield Union Men for winning the Watkins McGowan invitational out of 12 teams. Drew Walton was 1st overall with a time of 15:39. Nathan Phillips 7th, Christian Reindle 8th, AJ Ray 16th, Connor Runkle 23rd, Connor Myers 24th Chase Miller 27th. There were 163 athletes in the race. Great effort across the board.
The Lady Falcons took 2nd in a field of 12 teams at the Watkins Memorial McGowan Invitational. Anna Conrad won overall in a time of 18:51, Vera Henderly 6th, Addy Winters 14th, Claire Wilkinson 20th, Ava Wilkinson 21st, Julia Widener 27th, and Averey Cottrill 35th. Congratulations on a great effort!
Congratulations to the men’s Cross Country team for winning the Canal Winchester Invitational against 10 all division teams. Drew Walton finished 1st overall, Christian Reindle 2nd, Nathan Phillips 5th, Connor Myers 8th, Connor Runkle 20th, AJ Ray 22nd, and Chase Miller 23rd. Great effort!!
Congratulations to the Women’s Cross Country team for Winning the Canal Winchester Invitational against 7 all Division teams. Anna Conrad finished 1st overall, Vera Henderly 2nd, Addy Winters 6th, Abbie Pike 13th, Julia Widener 20th, Ava Wilkinson 27th, and Natalie Hotrum 60th. Great effort!!
Congratulations to the Fairfield Union Women’s Cross Country team for winning against 15 all Division teams today at Bryn Du! Anna Conrad was 1st overall, Vera Henderly 5th,