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      A photos from earlier in the 2023 season. Editor's note: This story was modified after we discovered an error in our reporting of the placement of some runners. We recorded team place finishes instead of overall place finishes in some instances. Our apologies. | It was medals for Franklin’s Caleb Prettyman and Rocky Grove’s Easton Adamczyk at this morning’s PIAA State Cross Country Championships in Hershey. Prettyman recorded the fastest finish among all the runners out of Venango County. The senior finished sixth out of 250 runners in the AA boys competition with a time of 16:17. It was a huge improvement over his 2022 performance when he finished 17:52 for 51st place. Fellow Knight Jay Prettyman recorded a time of 17:19, good enough for 44th place. In the Class A boys competition, Rocky Grove finished fifth in the team competition behind a strong run by Adamczyk, who was eighth in the team competition and 20th overall out of 272 runners. The senior capped off his high school cross country career with a 17:16. Also running for the Orioles were District 10 single A champ Ethan Knapp, 21 in the team standings, 17:37; Gauge Gierlach, 36, 18:08; Schiffer Anderson, 52, 18:42; Cael Dailey, 68, 19:00; Maxx Baker, 79, 19:14; and Nathaniel Boley, 99, 19:39. The team, which was ranked among the top single A teams in the state, scored 185 points to finish fifth out of 23 teams. Cranberry, Venango’s other school represented in the race, finished 14th with 344 points. Running for the Berries and their team competition standings were Mariner Perry 43, 18:20; Dalton Wenner, 50, 18:40; Dane Wenner, 75, 19:08; Kaleb Heath, 81, 19:20; Thatcher Matassa, 95, 19:35; Elias Fox, 117, 20:32; and Sabastien Bemis, 128, 21:19. One the girls’ side, Cranberry finished tied with Northeast Bradford at 243 points each, but fell to sixth place based on the tie-breaking rules. The Berries were led by top 25 finishes in the team standings from Kelsey Hanna, 17, 21:09; Kayla Hanna, 21, 21:24 and Karleigh Shaffer, 22, 21:25. Also running for Cranberry was Jordan Montgomery, 77, 23:48; Gracee Hess, 106, 24:45; Zofia Earp, 125, 25:50 and Taylor Hepler, 144, 28:12. Kelsey Hanna was Venango's top runner in the overall standings, as well, finishing 32nd. Rocky Grove’s Isabel Griffin was 33 out of 267 runners and recorded a time of 21:10. In the AA race, Franklin’s Nadalie Latchaw earned her best finish in three visits to the state championship. The senior was 26 out of 295 racers and improved her time in Hershey by more than a minute. Her 2023 time was 20:09. Last year Latchaw finished in 55th place with a time of 21:32. Oil City’s freshman running dynamos Corabel Shiley and Addison Wyant finished strong in their state championship debuts. Shiley was 32nd with a time of 20:20 and Wyant was 95th with a time of 21:27. |
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