Gary
Franklin - Sports Writer
Tuesday, September
27, South Ripley hosted a meet
which included runners from the
Oldenburg Academy, Jac-Cen-Del,
and South Ripley High schools.
In a field of 20 runners for the
girls event, Oldenburg Academy
girls took the first and second
spots with Erin Koch and Jill Kuntz.
The third spot was captured by
Melanie Berry of South Ripley.
Jac-Cen-Del ladies finished in
fourth and fifth with Alisha Lord
and Amber Lunsford followed in
sixth by Raider runner Jessilyn
DeWitt.
Oldenburg runners laid claim to
the seventh, eighth and ninth spots
with Amanda Hornbach, Hillary Connersman,
and Erin Gish. The tenth place
finish for the race was by Kaitlin
Wagner of JCD.
The girls times ranged from 17:31
to 29:07 with the top ten finishers
coming in under the 20 minute mark.
Time range for the boys event
was 17:47 to 25:39.
Jac-Cen-Del runners raced to the
finish line to claim first and
second place followed by two South
Ripley runners for third and fourth.
Fifth and sixth place were to JCD
runners Blake Sutton at 19:20,
and Andrew Wagner at 19:24. Seventh
and eighth were to South Ripley's
Ryan Kohlmeier -19:30 and Jared
Keck -19:48. Finishing for ninth
and tenth place were Oldenburg
Academy's Jordan Kuntz - 19:52
and Alex Sidderding at 19:57.
In a field of 27 runners in the
boys segment of the meet, the 20
minute mark was the split time
between the top ten finishers,
and the rest of the runners as
it was with the girls event.
The Lady Raiders have several
speedy players, one of which is
#4 Melinda Berry. Watching her
in action on the soccer field reminds
me of a humming bird, or a bumble
bee - before you can see her stop,
she is already headed another direction.
The Lady Raiders have 9 seniors
on their Girls Soccer team and
they will play their last home
game Oct. 4 against Madison. The
Lady Raider senior members include:
Bethany Vaughn, Brittany Boles,
Courtney Fancher, Danielle Davis,
Flavia Cameiro, Kelsey Steinhauer,
Sarah Bauman, Shaina Keck, and
Steph Miller.
The team scores
for the girls event were: Oldenburg
1st place with 27 points, Jac-Cen-Del
2nd with 42 points, and South
Ripley's scored 54 points for
a 3rd place finish.
The boys team scores were:
Jac-Cen-Del 25 points for 1st
place, South Ripley 2nd with
34 points, and 3rd place to Oldenburg
with 73 points.
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