Lady Devils win 60th Brookville Cross Country Invite

Jazlen Simpson (left), Makenna Long of Northmont and Dylan Ballin (right) of Brookville finished first, second and third respectively during the 60th annual Brookville Cross Country Invitational.

Photos Ron Nunnari | The Register-Herald

BROOKVILLE — The picturesque but chilly confines of Golden Gate Park set the stage Saturday for the 60th annual Brookville Cross Country Invitational and fittingly the Lady Devils took 1st place in a field of 11 scoring and 17 competing teams.

Northmont junior Jazlen Simpson took 1st place in 20:04.7 followed by teammate Makenna Long in 2nd at 20:05.3.

Brookville senior Dylan Ballin took 3rd in 20:16.2 with Joelle Kaup of Ft. Recovery 4th in 20:46.8, Addison Brown of Northmont 5th in 20:59.3 and Hunter Gardner of Brookville 6th in 21:17.3.

The Lady Devils took 13th, 14th, and 15th with Cayleigh Tipton finishing in 21:42.3, Ella Renner in 21:43.0, and Serenity Suggs in 21:52.6.

Lilia Lopez (Northmont) was 23rd at 23:04.4. Lindsay Rieder (Brookville) was 27th at 23:18.8. Kyra Hope (Brookville) was 41st at 24:23.8. Savannah Young (Brookville) finished 54th in 25:36.8.

Nora Dunkle (Brookville) was 61st at 26:00.5. Samantha Santana (Northmont) was 64th at 26:11.0. Bree Fowler (Brookville) was 66th at 26:19.1. Maddie Abbott (Northmont) took 69th at 26:47.2.

Seraphine Deardurff (Brookville) finished 70th (26:50.6). Kaylin Combs (Brookville) was 77th (28:01.5). Dana Rodiguez (Northmont) was 86th (30:00.2). Madeline Allen (Brookville) was 87th (30:16.7).

Emily Warren (Northmont) finished 90th (30:39.3). Ava Ullery (Brookville) was 96th (31:06.1). Anna Suzuki (Northmont) was 102nd (32:13.2). Alexis Stegner (Brookville) took 105th (33:30.1).

BOYS RESULTS

On the boys side the Blue Devils placed 4th behind Centerville, Oakwood, and Northmont. Centerville flooded the field with a total of 52 runners.

Northmont sophomore Dominic Lopez took 1st place in 16:16.2 just ahead of runner-up Yohannes Birhane of Wayne in 16:18.3.

Lucas Tipton (Brookville) took 10th in 17:07.6 followed by Owen Bush (Northmont) 11th in 17:11.9. Grant Mergler (Northmont) was 19th (17:48.0).

Brookville runners Evan Pentecost was 35th (18:16.5), Logan Wright 36th (18:18.4), and Christian Seitz 37th (18:22.4).

Nick Diller (Northmont) took 41st (18:33.5) followed by Sam Seitz (Brookville) in 42nd (18:34.3). Greyson Florkey (Brookville) was 44th (18:35.5).

Chase Puskas (Brookville) finished 47th (18:43.3). Adam Wallace (Northmont) was 51st (18:53.6). Brookville runners Dylan Meyers was 65th (19:08.0), Drew Stammen 66th (19:09.3), and Luuk Fokkink 72nd (19:21.3).

Northmont runners Chase Bishop was 75th (19:27.8), Alex Moore 77th (19:31.9), and Matthew Helmick 87th (19:55.8).

Alex Waggoner (Brookville) was 92nd (20:07.9). Noah Comer (Northmont) was 99th (20:20.6). Henry Colley-Lambright (Northmont) was 144th (22:07.1).

Warrick Deardurff (Brookville) finished 156th (22:39.7). Jacob Goble (Northmont) was 158th (22:40.3). Bryson Murdock (Brookville) came in 163rd (22:51.6). Carson Barr (Brookville) was 165th (23:14.5).

Cole Mattews (Northmont) finished 184th (24:47.3). Colton Harris (Brookville) was 186th (24:52.4). Jacob Balcom (Brookville) took 199th (26:22.5).

Benjamin Manley (Brookville) was 204th (27:30.9). Skylar Logan (Brookville) was 206th (27:43.1). Owen Sanders (Northmont) was 208th (28:08.9), and Trent Barr (Brookville) was 214th (29:22.8).

Reach Ron Nunnari at (937) 684-9124 or email [email protected].