Rockford Christian clinched the boys’ team title at the sectional meet with 57 points, while Evan Knobloch of Stark County raced to the top individual spot, finishing the 3-mile course in 15:01. Princeton’s Augustus Swanson ended his season with a personal best time of 17:22, overcoming a sinus infection. On the girls’ side, Winnebago captured the team championship, and Sundara Weber of Sandwich posted the winning time of 16:30. Princeton placed 8th as a team, highlighted by Payton Frueh’s personal best of 19:32 and qualification for State as an individual. Every PHS girl set either a personal or season best.
Link for Complete Results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/267341/results/all
BOYS
Team Champ: Rockford Christian- 57 pts.
Individual Champ: Evan Knobloch-Stark County 15:01 3.0 miles
Princeton did not qualify for Sectional as a team.
73. Augustus Swanson 17:22 Season Best
GIRLS
Team Champ: Winnebago- 46 pts.
Individual Champ: Sundara Weber-Sandwich 16:30 3.0 miles
Princeton finished 8th with 219 pts.
19. Payton Frueh 19:32 Individual State Qualifier- Personal Best
28. Ruby Acker 19:52 Season Best
44. Alexandra Waca 20:34 Personal Best
70. Susanna Bohms 21:28 Personal Best
94. Avery Waca 22:11 Personal Best
95. Leila Acker 22:12 Personal Best
96. Natalie Meyer 22:14 Personal Best
“Augustus had his best race of the season, which was a nice way to end the year. He’s been recovering from a sinus infection and it was good to see him feeling better. Our girls had a fantastic race teamwise. Everyone had either a personal best or season best performance. It was our best finish at the Sectional since our 7th place finish in 2010 and we ended up just 19 points away from qualifying for State. A good portion of that was due to Susanna cutting over a minute off of her best time, but everyone made a super contribution. And, of course, it was wonderful that Payton was able to pick up the 7th of 10 individual State qualifying spots. Besides getting her 3 mile personal best, she almost got her mile and two mile bests along the way. She is the 10th PHS girl to qualify for State as an individual in cross country and moved into our top 12 All-Time in terms of her 3 mile time. Ruby was right in the mix there for the first 2 miles with a strong effort. An excellent day for PHS cross country.” Pat Hodge-Princeton Coach