Clearfield Boy’s Cross Country Team Picks Up First Win, Ryan Wins for Girl’s Team

By Jay Siegel
14 years Ago

LEWISTOWN — The Clearfield boy’s cross country team picked up its first win of the season on Tuesday when theybeat host Lewistown 23-34. They lost by a 21-37 score to Bellefonte to split on the day and set their season record at 1-6.

The girl’s competition was non-scoring as none of the three teams had a full complement of runners. That did not take away from the effort though.

Head coach John Jacob had praise for both of his teams, “Highlight of the day was Johanna Ryan collecting her first win. Last week it was Juliana (Melgard) and this week Johanna took the spotlight. Both girls are working hard this season and it is great to see them both have wins under their belts. Johanna came from behind narrowing the gap between her and the first and second place runners. By the second mile ‘Jojo’ passed into second and was narrowing the gap between her and the leader. With a half mile to go Johanna was in the lead and didn’t look back.

“On the boys side the learning curve is still very steep. Adam (Jury) and Alec (Coble) are learning how to make huge steps racing with the top boys. They are still making little mistakes that are keeping them away from the 18 min barrier, but with each race they are learning in preparation for the bigger meets. Caleb Bass and Jesse Neyman once again posted respectable times and continue to improve. With Vince Kovach and Andrew Hill steadily improving, I think the boys can turn their individual goals into some team wins. Our freshman Matt Bell and Kyle Thompson are taking their lumps against much older and more experienced runners, but looking at their performances against other freshman runners they have been holding their own in that pack. I know their hard work will pay off as they progress in their running.”

Girls Results:

1. Johanna Ryan C 22:05

2. Megan Becker L 22:40

3. Juliana Mellgard C 23:36

4. Sara Bannach B 24:22

5. Becca Johnson Curr 24:41

6. Becca Ward C 27:37

Boys Results:

1. Zach Moon L 18:10

2. David Tanney B 19:01

3. Sach Catherman B 19:03
4. Adam Jury C 19:40

5 Alec Coble C 19:44

Other Clearfield finishers:

11. Caleb Baas 21:38

12. Vince Kovach 21:51

13. Jesse Neyman 21:53

18. Andrew Hill 23:18

21. Matt Bell 25:58

25 Kyle Thompson 27:22

Both teams will be back in action when they travel to Philipsburg on September 28.

Clearfield
Cross Country
		BOYS		GIRLS
Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Score	Record
09/09	CENTRAL MOUNTAIN	33- 22	0 – 1	15 – 50	1 – 0
09/09	INDIAN VALLEY	50 – 15	0 – 2	39 – 21	1 – 1
09/09	HOLLIDAYSBURG	41 – 19	0 – 3	39 – 31	1 – 2
09/11	@ Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational	16th out of 18		12th out of 20
09/14	@ Penns Valley	36 – 19	0 – 4	forfeit	1 – 3
09/14	@ Central	34 – 24	0 – 5	forfeit	1 – 4
09/21	@ Lewistown	23 – 34	1 – 5	no scoring	1 – 4
09/21	@ Bellefonte	37 – 21	1 – 6	no scoring	1 – 4
09/28	@ Philipsburg Osceola

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