Courtesy of Chad Wiley Our team spent the morning competing at the Ridgway invitational on a beautiful fall Saturday. The course was great and we were welcomed right away from other teams. We have had a lot of tougher terrain courses this season, so it was nice to have the team compete on a more flat course. Going against different competitors is always a nice boost too. 

Both our varsity teams had great races across the board. The Boys overall placed 2nd with 107 points, finishing the behind Brookville who won the team invitational title with 90 points. Our Girls placed 3rd overall with 113 points behind second place DuBois 80 points and champion Elk County Catholic 39 points. 

Individual results for the girls, Emma Liadis took 12th overall with a PR (personal best) of 21:33. Teammate Natalie Jolley also earned herself a PR 21:53 by running with Liadis. Jolley placed 16th overall, and Emma Raish was right behind 21:54 in 17th place. Another PR went to Emma Burger with a time of 23:00 placing 34th. Ashleigh Aukerman placed 41st overall (23:29), Anna Tyson placed 47th (24:00), and Victoria Schellenberg 24:06 placed 49th. Alyssa Hopkins made her first start of the season running a time of 24:15, and teammates Alexis Fravel and Josie Underwood completed their races with times of 27:26 and 28:02.

Individual results for the boys, Alex Crist ran a 17:19 placing him 4th overall earning himself an award. Caleb Vinnedge had a strong day placing 17th with a time of 18:19. Kaiden Williams was fast with his first invite of the season placing 29th (18:37). Alex Mansfield placed 32nd (18:47), Keith Eicholtz (19:12) placed 46th and Elijah Davis (19:13) placed 47th who had great kicks to the finish. 

Maverick Muchmore who ran a personal best of 19:23. Jacob Showers 20:56 and Isaiah Johnson ran a 21:14. 

It was great to have everyone from our high school and junior high teams compete today at the Ridgway Invite! 

Junior High Highlights: Jonathan Gasper placed 2nd overall (9:48) in a competitive field of junior high boys. Gunther Kull placed 20th (11:07) and 

Braeden Strohm ran 75th (13:59). On the girls side, Ella Raish was the first Bellefonte finisher placing 12th (12:28). Ronni Spotts placed 24th (13:25), Emily Moretz 45th (15:02), Megan Showers 15:40 placed 50th and Molly Showers placed 57th (16:32).