PARKTON — Mountain Ridge sophomore Ethan Mauck finished fourth in the boys race to lead a successful weekend for the Miners’ cross-country teams at the MPSSAA state championships Saturday at Hereford High School.
Mauck helped the Mountain Ridge boys squad to a fourth-place finish in the team standings.
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Mountain Ridge’s girls team finished as the runner-up in the team race and was led by Aynsley Hawkins’ eight-place finish.
Mauck crossed the finish line in 16:55.80, and was preceded by the Smithsburg duo of Dylan Herbst (15:59.80) and Grayson Wynkoop (16:40.30), and bronze-medalist Noah Riling, of Catoctin, (16:49.50).
The next three Miners boys finished within a minute of each other: David Malone (27th, 18:14.50), Eli Roberts (30th, 18:25.10) and Chase DeWitt (32nd, 18:34.40).
Aiden Bridges (65th, 19:53.30), Patrick Hughes (71st, 20:06.40) and Brody McDougal (95th, 21:13.60) rounded out the Miners’ contingent.
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Julian McKay was the only runner for Allegany’s boys team, finishing 19th with a 17:57.90.
Hawkins crossed the finish line in 20:49.50, helping the Miners girls to 92 points.
Liberty scored 36 points to take the team title, led by state champion Ava Snyder’s time of 19:45.90.
Tatum Lauder and Audrey Hawkins were less than two seconds apart for the Miners, taking 18th and 19th with times of 22:04.60 and 22:06.30, respectively.
Willow McCleaf (29th, 23:06.00), Zoe Litton (41st, 23:45.20), Leah Kim (44th, 23:54.50) and Ashlynn Hawkins (47th, 24:10.50) also competed for Mountain Ridge.
Zoe Ditto led Allegany’s contingent with a 22:12.10 for 21st. Kristina Kucher and Corinna Hilderbrand weren’t far behind Ditto, finishing 26th and 31st with times of 22:56.60 and 23:08.10, respectively.
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Lola McGann (75th, 26:17.80), Emma Haggerty (76th, 26:17.90) and Anna Hampton (93rd, 30:26.10) also ran for the Campers, who finished seventh in the team standings with 177 points.
Southern freshman Bailey Krisher finished 14th with a 21:48.30, leading the Rams to a fourth-place showing in the team standings with 112 points.
Another Southern freshman, Ryelle Bachtel, ran her squad’s second-fastest time with a 22:34.10 for 23rd.
Rae Smith-Pritt (30th, 23:08.00), McNeely Bosley (34th, 23:30.20), Carla DeBerry (37th, 23:37.20), Olivia Broadwater (60th, 25:22.30) and Elexsta Taylor (81st, 27:32.60) were Southern’s other runners.
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