Norwalk boys place second at Seneca East

ATTICA — The Norwalk High School cross country teams competed in the Seneca East Tiger Classic on Saturday. The boys team placed second behind champion Tiffin Columbian, while the girls team was fifth.Returning state qualifier Kyler Kromer again led the way for the Truckers, winning his second race in six days as he crossed the line in 16:50. He was nearly a minute ahead of second place in Columbian's Caden Grove (17:39).Also for the Norwalk boys, Wyatt Hale was third in 18:10 and Luke Brown was 10th in 18:46. Xavier Sweet was 23rd (20:13) and Steven Miller (21:20) was 39th. Nicholas Lukac (22:29) was 50th, Owen Wagner (22:44) was 52nd, followed by Kynan Sparks (23:10, 54th), Brendon Yang (25:27, 71st), Ethan Holstein (25:33, 72nd), Trenton Goostree (26:49, 77th) and Kaden Goostree (36:11, 86th).Kylie Moser led the Norwalk girls by placing 12th in 23:15. Ana Henderson was in 27th (25:29), followed by Serenity Lyons (25:39) in 27th. Emma Romell (26:19) was 33rd and Alexa Garcia (29:19) was 48th.Also running for the Truckers were Hailee Smith (30:11, 53rd), Shyanne Moser (30:23, 55th), Sydney Fox (30:25, 56th), Emma Lindenberger (31:11, 58th), Kylee Welter (33:27, 65th) and Emma Laughlin (34:20, 68th)."I am very proud of my teams for their performance," Norwalk coach Stephanie Pope said. "Almost every runner improved their time from their meet on Monday (at Keystone). We are getting better every day and their hard work is definitely paying off."Norwalk is at the Northern Ohio League reunion quad on Tuesday along with Bellevue and Shelby at Willard. FC teams compete in NorwalkNORWALK — Six of the Firelands Conference cross country teams got together for a preseason FC meet on Saturday at the Norwalk Reservoir. In the girls race, New London was first with 38 points, followed by St. Paul (67), Crestview (73), Western Reserve (79), Mapleton (128) and Monroeville (146). For New London, Abigail Good was second overall (21:41) and Reese Landis (21:48) was third. Esther Schmidt took 10th (23:20) and Grace Crawshaw (23:43) and Alyssa Henry (23:45) were 11th and 12th, respectively.Madelyn McCall (22:39) was sixth and Megan Lesch (23:05) was eighth for St. Paul, followed by Dana Sumpter (23:59) in 14th, Olivia Hosack (24:27) in 18th and Josalynn Vazquez (24:43) in 21st.Aliyah Perez was the overall race winner in 21:09 for Western Reserve. Ashlyn Barnhart was seventh (22:48), followed by Kelsey Lasch (23:51) in 13th, Anastin Hoover (25:16) in 27th and Katie Woodruff (26:02) in 33rd.Monroeville was paced by Lilly Brotzki in 23rd (24:56), Adelynn Kradlak (25:03) in 26th, Stacey Legg (25:57) in 31st, Payton Scheid (26:28) in 36th and Anita Ruggles (27:15) in 39th.In the boys race, New London edged out St. Paul, 45-47. Mapleton was third (64), followed by Crestview (80) and Western Reserve (126).New London's Tyler Twining (17:20) and Cole Kropka (17:39) finished 1-2 to lead the Wildcats. Braeden Geist (18:10) was fifth, followed by Wyatt Harrison (19:07) in 13th and Jalen Randelman (20:06) in 24th.Ian Deeter was third overall for the Flyers in 17:54, with Isaac Thimke (18:40) and Gavin Ross (18:42) in eighth and ninth, respectively. David Forrest (19:00) was 12th and Nick Centa (19:13) was 15th.Western's Logan Rogers (18:28) was seventh, Sean Murdock (20:31) is 28th, Aiden Perez (20:35) was 30th. They were followed by Kaden Boswell (21:19, 40th) and Holden Nuhn (22:55, 47th).