RUNNERS UP IN THE GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

The Bay girls XC team finished in second place in the Great Lakes Conference Championship Saturday(October 17) at James Day Nike Park in Parma. Final team scores:
(1) Rocky River 20 (2) Bay 56 (3) Elyria Catholic 95 (4) Holy Name 107 (5) Normandy 122 (6) Valley Forge 145 (7) Parma 204.
Amanda Cusimano led the Rockets with a second place finish in 19:39. Olivia Bechtel finished in 6th with 20:15 followed by Aubrey Crabb(12) 21:21, Meredith Garrity(15) 21:36, Abby Christel(21) 22:12, Christina Kinkelaar(29) 22:51, and Olivia Dodd(30) 22:57 rounding out the varsity scorers.
Congratulations to Amanda and Olivia Bechtel for first team all-GLC awards and to Aubrey Crabb for second team all-GLC honors. Meredith Garrity just missed second team by one second!
Abby Coe(38) 23:10 was followed by London Phillips(40) 23:28, Abby Buchwald(43) 23:36, Katherine Baeppler(45) 23:51, Rose Mlakar(46) 23:52, Tera Vangelos(51) 24:03, Kara Gillespie(55) 24:10, Ellie Frey(57) 24:20, Delaney Bly(60) 24:38, Maddie Dieterich(65) 25:09, Mari Vanderkaar(66) 25:12, Rachel Lenarth(67) 25:22, Josie Uram(68) 25:23, Mackenzie Ross(69) 25:35, Sofie Wallace(71) 25:48, Kit Hannum(72) 25:52, Jessica Norehad(73) 25:57, Kaylie Harden(80) 26:53, Kaylee Norris(83) 27:35, Sara Ferrera(85) 27:38, Abbey Strauss(86) 27:56, Anne Beckwith(88) 28:19, Claire Mohney(89) 28:27, Anna Walker 30:27, Briana Nosan 30:48.
The following girls had all time personal bests: Abby Coe, London, Abby Buchwald, Katherine, Tera, Kara, Delaney, Maddie, Sofie, Kit, Jessica, Kaylie, Kaylee, Abbey Strauss, and Brianna.
Thanks as always to our parents and fans who came outs to cheer on the Rockets and to the Kinkelaars for hosting the pasta potluck Thursday night. Also to Mr. Spellman who helped create and line the new course!
Congratulations to Coach Babson and the boys team for winning the GLC Championship with 17 points. Justin Jennings was the overall boys champion.
The girls run next at the District at LCCC Saturday, October 24 at 1:00. This is the qualifier for the Tiffin Regional, with the top four teams advancing.