This past weekend the 55th McQuaid Invitational was held in in Rochester, NY. This is a large and competitive event. Last year there were a total of over 8000 runners and 260 schools competing in 26 races. Schools from Canada, California, Missouri, Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York attended. I haven't seen the tallies of the numbers from this year but, again, there were 26 races. Schools from Ohio are usually well-represented at this event and were again this year. Girls teams from Beavercreek, Strongsville, Mags, Lakewood, Walsh competed and boys teams were from Davidson, Beavercreek, Walsh, Strongsville, and Lakewood were present.
The Beavercreek girls ran particularly well placing 2nd in the large school race. Savannah Roark took 1st place overall in 16:56 over the 3 mile course. Taylor Ewert did not compete. Here are the Beavercreek results:
1 Savannah Roark 16:56.3
3 Jodie Pierce 17:31.8
4 Juliann Williams 17:33.9
24 Kendall Hobbs 19:07.9
39 Samantha Thomas 19:43.1
( 42) Ashtyn Gluck 20:01.2
( 50) Megan Nowe 20:14.3
Creek needs to tighten the 5th runner up a bit but at this point in the season it appears that it will be difficult for any team to beat them at the state championship.
The Davidson and Beavercreek boys also ran well taking 3rd and 4th places respectively.
Davidson:
7 Connor Ackley 15:34.3
19 Alex Hudson 15:54.0
34 Xavier Gallo 16:10.3
36 Nick Puhl 16:17.8
42 Noah Pease 16:21.8
( 53) Luke Perez 16:34.2
( 62) Mitchell Messer 16:48.5
Beavercreek:
15 Keegan Souhan 15:50.2
20 Tayton Hess 15:54.3
26 Ryan Massie 16:01.2
37 Andrew Woodard 16:18.7
54 Andrew Radford 16:34.9
( 59) Brenden Baker 16:45.6
( 75) Jacob Gosney 16:59.4
Complete results are here
The Beavercreek girls ran particularly well placing 2nd in the large school race. Savannah Roark took 1st place overall in 16:56 over the 3 mile course. Taylor Ewert did not compete. Here are the Beavercreek results:
1 Savannah Roark 16:56.3
3 Jodie Pierce 17:31.8
4 Juliann Williams 17:33.9
24 Kendall Hobbs 19:07.9
39 Samantha Thomas 19:43.1
( 42) Ashtyn Gluck 20:01.2
( 50) Megan Nowe 20:14.3
Creek needs to tighten the 5th runner up a bit but at this point in the season it appears that it will be difficult for any team to beat them at the state championship.
The Davidson and Beavercreek boys also ran well taking 3rd and 4th places respectively.
Davidson:
7 Connor Ackley 15:34.3
19 Alex Hudson 15:54.0
34 Xavier Gallo 16:10.3
36 Nick Puhl 16:17.8
42 Noah Pease 16:21.8
( 53) Luke Perez 16:34.2
( 62) Mitchell Messer 16:48.5
Beavercreek:
15 Keegan Souhan 15:50.2
20 Tayton Hess 15:54.3
26 Ryan Massie 16:01.2
37 Andrew Woodard 16:18.7
54 Andrew Radford 16:34.9
( 59) Brenden Baker 16:45.6
( 75) Jacob Gosney 16:59.4
Complete results are here