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Raiders, Trojanettes off to state meet

Seneca Valley boys, North Catholic girls place 2nd at WPIAL cross country

CALIFORNIA, Pa. — Seth Ketler and Sam Owori each finished in the top 10 as the Seneca Valley boys cross country team placed second in Class AAA at the WPIAL Cross Country Championships at California (Pa.) University Thursday afternoon.

Ketler placed fourth with a time of 16 minutes, 33 seconds.

Owori was ninth, coming in at 16:51.

The Raiders, who had 84 team points, had four runners place in the top 25.

North Allegheny won the team title with 63 points.

Tigers' junior Daniel McGoey won the individual title with time of 16:01.

The Raiders qualified for the PIAA Cross Country Championships, which will be held Nov. 3 in Hershey, as a team.

The North Catholic girls also qualified for the state championships as a team, placing second in Class A with 117 points.

Vincentian Academy claimed the title with 70 points.

Alaina Hicks placed third overall for the Trojanettes with a time of 20:31. Emma McDonald was also in the top 10 with an eighth-place finish at 21:33.

While the Knoch and Mars girls didn't qualify as a team, each school had a runner with a strong finish.

Sammy Jo Barnes placed sixth overall in the Class AA race, finishing at 20:38.

Mars' McKenna Bowes had a top 10 finish in the Class AAA race, coming in eighth with a time of 19:41.

Both qualified for the state meet.

Rounding out Butler County area individual state qualifiers were: Bailey Royhab and Megan Aaron for the Seneca Valley girls; Braden Zukowski of Knoch, Josh McCoy of Freeport, Skyler Vavro and Aden Dressler of Butler, and Zachary Leachman of Mars.

Girls Class A

Team Results (Top 4 to PIAA)

1-Vincentian Academy 70, North Catholic 117, 3-West Greene 130, 4-Riverview 145

Individual Winner

Carmen Medvit (Shenango) 19:55

North Catholic: 3-Alaina Hicks 20:31, 8-Emma MacDonald 21:33, 15-Riley Orr 22:23, 40-Julia Kocsis 23:36, 51-Lucy Waskiewicz 23:58

Girls Class AA

Team Results (Top 3 to PIAA)

1-South Fayette 55, 2-Greensburg Salem 119, 3-Avonworth 183, 10-Knoch 296, 16-Freeport 477

Individual Winner

Annie Wicker (Quaker Valley) 19:18

Knoch: *6-Sammy Jo Barnes 20:38, 35-Megan Swantner 22:11, 59-Amelia Walls 23:22, 83-Jocelyne Holko 24:19, 113-Jaydon Crawford 25:45

Freeport: 41-Maggie Hollobaugh 22:27, 67-Rebecca Hollobaugh 23:36, 80-Kaitlyn Ritter 24:11, 141-Brianna Sutara 27:18, 148-Kerstyn Pomfret 27:46

Girls Class AAA

Team Results (Top 3 to PIAA)

1-North Allegheny 45, 2-Oakland Catholic 108, 3-Fox Chapel 136, 5-Seneca Valley 164, 7-Butler 310, 16-Mars 436

Individual Winner

Hannah Schupansky (Oakland Catholic) 18:43

Seneca Valley: *11-Bailey Royhab 19:50, *21-Megan Aaron 20:20, 31-Karsyn Spears 20:43, 34-Dylan Kirchner 20:49, 67-Lauren Breski 21:44

Butler: 36-Chelsey Kabel 20:55, 44-Jennifer Cichra 21:02, 60-Autumn Pettinato 21:25, 82-Kara Kemple 22:03, 88-Liz Simms 22:11

Mars: *8-McKenna Bowes 19:41, 68-Camille Bromley 21:45, 106-Kalin Wilson 22:34, 115-Eliza Matusek 22:42, 139-Keely Looper 23:22

Boys Class AA

Team Results (Top 3 to PIAA)

1-Greesburg Salem 40, 2-Indiana 83, 3-New Castle 90, 9-Knoch 250, 11-Freeport 325, 14-North Catholic 463

Individual Winner

Mark Brown (Greensburg Salem) 16:52

Knoch: *21-Braden Zukowski 17:49, 42-Aaron Plyler 18:35, 55-Daniel Deal 18:49, 56-Holden Stallsmith 18:50, 76-Andrew McIntosh 19:20

Freeport: *24-Josh McCoy 18:04, 53-Erik Bodily 18:47, 66-Jacob Schaeffer 19:07, 83-Blair Beck 19:32, 99-Samuel Kristine 20:02

North Catholic: 34-Zach Cozza 18:18, 69-Connor Maddalon 19:10, 91-Zachary Baker 19:52, 133-Tim Roos 21:10, 136-Adam Zelinski 21:13

Boys Class AAA

Team Results (Top 3 to PIAA)

1-North Allegheny 63, 2-Seneca Valley 84, 3-Mount Lebanon 87, 8-Butler 258, 23-Mars 594

Individual Winner

Daniel McGoey (North Allegheny) 16:01

Seneca Valley: 4-Seth Ketler 16:33, 9-Sam Owori 16:51, 16-Connor Volk-Klos 17:03, 25-Noah Petersen 17:18, 30-Aidan Domenicic 17:30

Butler: *11-Skyler Vavro 16:52, *12-Aden Dressler 16:57, 46-Timothy Patterson 18:05, 78-Nathan Monday 18:37, 111-Josh Fry 19:11

Mars: *14-Zachary Leachman 17:01, 73-John Zervos 18:31, 161-Dylan Becker 19:53, 162-Jack Olshenske 19:54, 184-John Dunn 20:18

* PIAA qualifier

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