High School Sports: South Carroll Girls Win Cross Country Regional Title

surprised the field to win the girls Class 2A West Region Thursday at Middletown.

The Cavaliers edged county foes Liberty and Century for the crown. South Carroll compiled 75 points to 77 for Liberty and 93 for Century. Liberty won the county title and Century the MVAL crown in October.

Century was the top finisher in the boys race as they were fifth with 118 points, Liberty was seventh at 154 points and South Carroll had 239 points for 10th place.

The South Carroll girls were led by Samantha Bingamen in third place with teammates Olivia Lowman, sixth; Tina Graf, 18th; Jessica Craig, 23rd  and Jessica McWilliams 25th.

Topping Liberty was Casey Sullivan in fourth followed by Sarah Rinehart, seventh; Kelly Thurmond, 17th; Caroline McNary, 21st and Marua Souders, 28th.

Century was led by Morgan Fagnant in 11th with teammates Beth Lang, 12th; Katie Todd, 13th; Erin Larkin, 19th and Lillie Cimmerer, 38th.

The Century girls are the defending state champions in Class 2A.

Liberty’s Greg Rinehart was the top local finishing boy in eighth place. Century’s Patrick Anske was 10th and the top finisher for South Carroll was Ryan Smith in 34th.

Next up to the state meet on Nov. 12 at Hereford High School. The schedule is as follows:

10 a.m. - Girls' Class 4A Race 

10:30 a.m. - Girls' Class 3A Race 

11 a.m. - Boys' Class 4A Race 

11:30 a.m. - Boys' Class 3A Race 

12:30 a.m. - Class 4A & 3A Awards 

1:30 p.m. - Girls Class 1A Race

2 p.m. - Girls' Class 2A Race

2:30 p.m. - Boys' Class 1A Race

3 p.m. - Boys' Class 2A Race

3:30 p.m. - Class 2A & 1A Awards

Girls

Class 2A West Region

1 South Carroll 75; 2 Liberty 77; 3 Century 93; 4 Winters Mill 104; 5 Walkersville 126; 6 Oakdale 128; 7 Middletown 155; 8 Poolesville 168; 9 Catoctin 176; 10 Williamsport 289; 11 FSK 297.

Top 25 Individuals

1 Hannah Oneda, Winters Mill 17:00.7; 2 Chelsie  Pennello, Poolesville 18:38.7; 3 Samantha Bingaman, South Carroll 18:53.3; 4 Casey Sullivan, Liberty 18:56.7; 5 Nicole Rutherford, Winters Mill 19:05.0; 6 Olivia Lowman, South Carroll 19:11.0; 7 Sarah Rinehart, Liberty 19:13.1; 8 Kristen Myers, Catoctin 19:20.2; 9 Kelsey Valentine, Catoctin 19:23.9; 10 Sydney Ryan, Oakdale 19:26.7; 11 Morgan Fagnant, Century 19:33.7; 12 Beth Lang, Century 19:35.1; 13 Katie Todd, Century 19:36.7; 14 Natalie Smith, Middletown 19:41.1; 15 Megan Kaczor, Walkersville 19:42.2; 16 Annie Frasier, Walkersville 19:46.6; 17 Kelly Thurmond, Liberty 19:47.1; 18 Tina Graf, South Carroll 19:49.2; 19 Erin Larkin, Century 19:50.7; 20 Bre Ullrich, Oakdale 19:54.7; 21 Caroline McNary, Liberty 19:55.8; 22 Katherine Edwards, Oakdale 19:57.5; 23 Jessica Craig, South Carroll 19:58.7; 24 Leigh Caulfield, Walkersville 19:59.1; 25 Jessica McWilliams, South Carroll 20:08.2.

Boys

1 Winters Mill 59; 2 Williamsport 78; 3 Poolesville 102; 4 Catoctin 109; 5 Century 118; 6 Walkersville 137; 7 Liberty 154; 8 Oakdale 205; 9 Middletown 220; 10 South Carroll 239; 11 Wheaton 258; 12 FSk 372.

Top 25 Individuals

1 Evan Hardy, Williamsport 15:26.3; 2 David Dorsey, Catoctin 15:42.7; 3 Zach Hopkins,  Winters Mill 15:45.7; 4 Weston Carvalho,  Winters Mill 15:46.8; 5 Chase Weaverling, Poolesville 15:47.0; 6 Naimbai Njerakey, Wheaton 16:03.4; 7 Joey Werble, Poolesville 16:05.2; 8 Greg Rinehart, Liberty 16:06.6; 9 Reilly Cox, Winters Mill 16:07.3; 10 Patrick Anske, Century 16:11.5; 11 Jeff Stone, Catoctin 16:14.7; 12 Cody Bowman, Williamsport 16:16.6; 13 Connor Good, Oakdale 16:17.7; 14 Jacob Myers, Walkersville 16:19.5; 15 Jacob Staley, Oakdale 16:20.8; 16 Will Weisgerber, Winters Mill 16:26.5; 17 Kevin Dorsey, Catoctin 16:26.7; 18 Cody Grams, Williamsport 16:33.0; 19 Scott Berryman, Walkersville 16:35.1; 20 Kevin Slujtner, Century 16:39.6; 21 Clayton Smith, Williamsport 16:43.7; 22 Tom Luebke, Liberty 16:44.3; 23 Jon Mead, Century 16:45.1; 24 Jordan Psaltakis, Poolesville 16:45.4; 25 Kenton Grossnickle, Middletown 16:50.0.