The Jackson-Milton Varsity Cross Country teams headed to Painesville Riverside to compete in the HOKA Kickoff Classic XC Showcase facing tough competition consisting mainly of D1-D3 schools. The boys’ race had 326 competitors while the girls had 314.
Addison Ferenczy started off the night in the girls’ black division race running a very steady 34:13.62
(305 th ) place finish.
Nora Schwarten and Abby Bueno competed in the girls’ gold division. Nora had a solid 37 th place finish while Abby ran a career personal best time of 21:54.53 for a 66 th place finish.
The boys’ team finished 22 nd out of 43 teams (637 points). Benjamin Bacorn (89 th ) led the time with a career PB of 18:29.04 followed closely by Landon Fortunato (105 th ) and a career PB of 18:46.43. Nate Craver (117 th ) crossed the line next for the Blue Jays followed by all first-year runners seeing their first varsity competition Cleyten Graham (125 th ), Jonny Bacon (217 th ), Wesley Schwarten (237 th ) and Joshua Theis (309 th ).
The team will head to the Trumbull County Fairgrounds on Thursday, August 29 th to compete at The
Oscar Grant Invitational.
Boys:
Benjamin Bacorn – 89 th (18:29.04) – career personal best
Landon Fortunato – 105 th (18:46.43) – career personal best
Nate Craver - 118 th (18:57.79)
Cleyten Graham - 125 th (19:04.59)
Jonny Bacon – 217 th (20:27.04)
Wesley Schwarten – 237 th (20:47.85)
Joshua Theis – 309 th (24:53.88)
Girls:
Nora Schwarten - 29 th (20:59.33)
Abby Bueno – 66 th (21:54.33) career personal best
Addison Ferenczy- 305th (34:13.26)