Shiley shines in Rocky Grove's 50th Invitational

10/12/2024

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Oil City’s Corbel Shiley made it a repeat victory and Cranberry girls took the team title leading the local results at the 50th annual Rocky Grove Cross Country Invitational Saturday at Two Mile Run County Park.

Shiley improved on her 2023 time by more than a minute, finishing in 19:56 to break the ribbon for the second time. The sophomore led the Oil City squad to fourth place overall in the team standings. Also scoring for Oil City was Ella Speece, Addison Wyant, Meredith Best and Laila Marvin.

Cranberry was led by sophomore Beatrice Kolesar, who finished in second place with a time of 20:11. The remaining of the scoring Berries came in a pack that was separated by only 7 seconds. They included Karleigh Shaffer, 11th; Kayla Hanna, 12th; Elena Ishman, 14th; and Kelsey Hanna, 16th.

The team accumulated only 47 points to the second place Brockway’s 88.

Rocky Grove’s Isabel Griffin crossed the finish line in fourth place.

Titusville seniors Anna Mehlenbacher and Madeline Johnson were ninth and 15th respectively to round out the local finishers in the top 20. Mehlenbacher said her time was her course bast, beating her time for last year by thirty seconds.

Justeyn Winner was Franklin’s top runner at 22nd out of 139 competitors.

Prettyman leads locals finishing second overall for the boys

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Franklin’s Jay Prettyman edged out Oil City’s Elijah Brosius to finish second. The pair led a strong contingent of local runners in the top 20 at the 50th Annual Rocky Grove Cross Country Invitational.

Maxx Baker of Rocky Grove was sixth, Rilee Matalino of Oil City, 13th; Logan Kier of Maplewood, 17th; and Keegan Kirkwood, 20th.

Brosius’ third-place finish matched the team’s overall placing. Also scoring alongside Brosius, Matalino and Kirkwood, were Oilers Elliot Hulsizer and Kaleb Guiste.

Scoring for the fifth place Rocky Grove team, which was without one of their top runners, were Maxx Baker, Miles Baker, Preston Keith, Nathaniel Bolley and Jayden Miller.

The top runner for Cranberry was Dane Wenner, who finished 46th out of 167.

First to cross the finish line for Titusville was Andrew Bryan.

Titusville’s Grayson Steinbuhler was second in the junior high boys race and Rocky Grove’s Max Griffin was fourth.

Below are more photos from Saturday's race.