McDONALD, Ohio – The Woodridge boys cross country team began its search for an unprecedented fifth straight Division II state title with an emphatic statement at the McDonald Billy Goat Challenge.

 

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Not only did the Bulldogs best the 13 other teams at the invitational, but did so with all five scoring runners placing in the top 10 and finishing under 18 minutes. Senior Vibushan Sivakumaran and junior Drake Sulzer paced the field, finishing 1-2 with times of 17:07 and 17:23.4 respectively.

 

Seniors Jacob Onifer and Jimmy Charles finished about a second apart from each other in sixth and seventh places, respectively, and sophomore Matt Wojcik ended in 10th place to round out Woodridge’s lineup.

 

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The Crestwood and Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy teams also had a strong showing in McDonald, placing third and fourth, respectively.

 

On the girls side in the Billy Goat Challenge, senior Christina Blair led CVCA to a first-place team finish with a winning performance of her own in just over 19 minutes. Woodridge and Crestwood gave SportsInk.com schools a 1-2-3 finish at the race with the first seven runners all representing those three schools.

 

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Senior Irene Frangos and sophomore Mallory Myers joined Blair at the top of the leader board with  third- and seventh-place finishes, respectively. Woodridge senior Maria Moore finished less than a minute behind Blair in second place with a time of 19:53.2, and fellow senior Morgan Willis was fifth.

 

The Red Devils were represented by senior Sammi Vaughn (20:42.1) and Karlie Lieberth (21:15.5) with fourth- and sixth-place finishes, respectively.

 

*Revere senior Josh Sabo won the Revere Invitational on Saturday. For boys details, CLICK HERE. For girls details, CLICK HERE.

 

*St. Vincent-St. Mary got a strong performance from both its girls and boys teams at the GlenOak Golden Eagle Invitational. Maria Arnone’s third-place finish (19:31.18) led the Irish girls to a win. For GlenOak girls details, CLICK HERE.

 

*Jacob Swords’ third-place finish  (16:08.90) led the Irish boys to fifth place. For GlenOak boys details, CLICK HERE.

 

*Walsh Jesuit's Tony Hawkins and Brian Brennan were 1-2 at the Sandusky Run to Fun to lead the Warriors to a second-place finish.

 

*The Green girls were fourth at the Golden Eagle Invitational.

 

*Both the Buckeye boys and girls teams finished fifth out of 20 schools at the Dan Olien Invitational. For Olien boys details, CLICK HERE. For Olien girls details, CLICK HERE.

 

*The Black River boys were seventh at the Dan Olien Invitational.