KANE – The Bradford Owls improved their cross country record to
7-0 with wins over Kane 15-50 and Ridgway 17-44 Tuesday.
Kane defeated Ridgway 25-31.
Steve Kirkland, Jared Feura and Ben Moran led the Owls, taking
the first three places.
“Steve and Jared really pushed the pace and ran excellent times,
17:24 and 17:27, respectively, on the 3.1-mile layout,” Bradford
coach Tom Tessena said. “Ben Moran ran a strong race to finish
third in 18:13.”
Moran earned the Fuhrman Chiropractic Runner of the Week
award.
Ridgway’s Cody Luchs took fourth in 18:15, just ahead of
Bradford’s Anthony Cavallaro and Colton Langianese who were fifth
and sixth.
“Anthony and Colton also ran pretty good times of 18:18 and
18:19,” Tessena added.
Ridgway’s Derek Konen was seventh in 18:22. Bradford’s Mike
Foerstner and Shroy Mukerjee grabbed the eighth and ninth positions
while Kane’s Cameron Moran was 10th in 18:50.
Other Bradford runners were Rich Bartlebaugh who placed 11th in
18:56, Jarret Clarke 13th in 19:20, Patrick Perschke 14th in 19:34,
John Karrasch 18th in 21:08 and Ben Pfeil 19th in 21:12.
“Rich ran well and the other guys did well today,” Tessena
declared. “There were 37 runners in the race and it was kind of
warm but I thought all our guys did a good job. They pushed
themselves through the whole race after a pretty good workout
Monday.
“If we continue to work hard we can only improve and that is
what we are trying to do.”
Bradford will run at the D-9/Ridgway Invitational on
Saturday.
“We are looking for a real strong showing there,” the coach
admitted.
In middle school action, Matthew and Michael White finished
one-two in excellent times of 9:08 and 9:09 on the 1.57-mile
course, according to Tessena.
“These guys just keep getting better each week,” Tessena
declared. “Bradford swept the top five places with Adam Barnes
taking third in 9:43, Corey Little finishing fourth in 9:49 and
Evan Feura capturing fifth in 9:53.
Other Fretz runners were Zach Acton who took seventh in 10:08
and James Karrasch who placed 14th in 11:41.
The Falcons are 4-0 and have won three invitationals.
“It’s rare when you can say all our runners did well but this
was one of those days,” Tessena concluded.
BAHS 15, KANE 50
BAHS 17, RIDGWAY 44
KANE 25, RIDGWAY 31
Steve Kirkland (B) 17:24, Jared Feura (B) 17:27, Ben Moran (B)
18:13, Cody Luchs (R) 18:15, Anthony Cavallaro (B) 18:18, Colton
Langianese (B) 18:19, Derek Konen (R) 18:22, Mike Foerstner (B)
18:38, Shroy Mukerjee (B) 18:44, Cameron Moran (K) 18:50, Rich
Bartlebaugh (B) 18:56, Chris Haight (K) 19:19, Jarret Clarke (B)
19:20, Patrick Perschke (B) 19:34, Carson Kepler (K) 20:03
