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Jefferson Boys and Liberty Girls Sweep Frank Keyser Invitational Titles
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Running without two of their regular varsity starters, the Jefferson boys demonstrated their depth today by pulling away from the field at the 34th Annual Frank Keyser Invitational in Boonsboro, MD. Eric Graf led the way with a sterling 15:15 win across a rainy, cold and soggy course. Including Graf, Jefferson placed three of its runners in the top five to secure the win.

Austin Hayslett of Urbana finished strong, holding off Jefferson's charging Ryan Graf to nip him by .02 seconds for second place in 15:25. Evan McCarthy of Woodgrove finished in a strong fourth position in 15:43 followed closely by Sam Munnis of Jefferson in 15:44. The remaining Jefferson runners scoring included Zach Wiberg in 16:49, and Jimmy Ross in 16:59. With their strong finishes, Jefferson easily outpaced second place Richard Montgomery HS by a score of 63 to 92.

The Jefferson boys also won the large school Junior Varsity race paced by first place Andrew Milliron's stellar 15:49 and second place Jimmy Meyer's 17:19. Jefferson placed four runners in the top 15 and six in the top 20 to earn the JV large school title over Richard Montgomery by a score of 50 to 66.

The small school boys Varsity race was won by Evan Hardy of Williamsport in a superb 15:19. He was followed by Davis Dorsey of Catoctin who captured second in 15:48. Williamsport took the small school team title over Catoctin 55 to 61. The JV race was also won by Williamsport paced by Cody Grams' 16:45 finish. Middletown (MD) took the JV small school title.

In the girls' races, a sweep was also the order of the day, as Liberty secured the large school Varsity and JV titles. In the Varsity race, Liberty relied on its depth to squeek past second place Woodgrove 99 to 101. Freshman Emily Mulhern of Urbana looked strong and led most of the way to capture the individual title in a fast 18:08 followed by second place Abbey Daley of Clarksburg (MD) in 18:17. Casey Sullivan was Libery's top runner, finishing ninth and posting a time of 18:56.

The girls' large school JV race was won by Bryanna Vacca of Westminster (MD) in 20:58. As in the varsity race, Liberty slipped past Woodgrove 59 to 64 to secure the team title.

In the girls' small school Varsity race, Greencastle Antrim showed off its young talent by placing three freshman girls in the top 13 overall to capture the team victory over Oakdale 56-71. Caroline Schemel impressed with a stellar 18:11 posting on the soggy Boonsboro HS grounds. She was followed by Boonsboro's Sarah Zielinski's 18:28 and Greencastle Antrim's next freshman finisher, Shelby Stouffer (18:52). Alana Egbert was Greencastle's third finisher and third freshman finishing 13th with a time of 20:13.

Boonsboro's Kortney Cunningham captured the girls small school JV title, leading her team to victory with a time of 20:45 followed by Bishop Ireton's Aubrey Gartlan in 20:56. Boonsboro edged out the Bishop Ireton 63 to 65 to capture the team crown.

Eric Graf 15:15.3 Evan Hardy 15:18.6 Emily Mulhern 18:07.9 Caroline Schenel 18:10.7

Hardy, Williamsport boys win Keyser titles

kauffman@herald-mail.com

11:18 p.m. EDT, October 1, 2011
BOONSBORO — A year ago, Williamsport’s Evan Hardy had to settle for second place by mere inches in the Frank Keyser Invitational small school boys race.

On Saturday, Hardy never gave anyone else a chance.

The senior started pulling away from his competition in the first mile, covering the 3-mile course at Boonsboro High School in 15 minutes, 18.6 seconds — more than 22 seconds faster than last year.

“It was all right, except some of the corners were a little muddier than I preferred,” said the typically understated Hardy. “I need to learn how to run these fast courses. ... I still have a lot of work to do.”

Hardy led Williamsport’s boys team to the small schools title for the second straight year. The Wildcats finished with 55 points, six fewer than Catoctin — which finished second for the second straight year.

Cody Bowman (fourth, 16:08.6), Scott Long (15th, 16:47.7), Clayton Smith (18th, 16:58.6) and Austin Schetrompf (20th, 17:02.9) all placed in the top 20 as Williamsport’s top five finishers. Emory Rowland (21st, 17:05.7) and Austin Keplinger (23rd, 17:11.5) also had solid runs.Read More

Mulhern captures win in large school race at Keyser

From Staff Reports

BOONSBORO -- Urbana's Emily Mulhern won the large school girls division of the Frank Keyser Invitational meet Saturday.

Mulhern ran a time of 18 minutes, 7.9 seconds against a field of 107 runners.

The Hawks' Sarah Askine finished fourth. Kelly Winklbauer was sixth. As a team, Urbana finished third. Liberty won the team title. Walkersville got fourth. Read More

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