Union City competes at North East Cross-Country Meet

NORTH EAST – The Union City boys’ cross-country team finished second to North East in a District 10 Region 4 meet Tuesday, October 13, at North East High School. The North East girls won their race.

North East won the boys’ team competition with 20 points, while Union City finished with 40.

Josh Mitcham led the Bears, placing second overall in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 17:41.46. North East’s John Sank won in 17:09.62.

Zachary Myer was the next Union City runner to finish, placing sixth in 18:43.24. Luke Himrod finished ninth in 20:35.48, followed by Josiah Shrout in 12th at 22:03.50 and Gavin Ahl in 13th at 22:29.88.

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Brayden Weilacher placed 18th overall in 23:53.24, and Saul Murphy finished 19th in 24:03.27. Jayden Leonard rounded out the Union City boys’ finishers in 21st place with a time of 26:40.68.

North East placed six runners among the top seven finishers and had an average time of 18:10. Union City’s team average was 20:18.

In the girls’ 5,000-meter race, North East finished with 15 points. Everley Smith won in 22:47.21, followed by teammate Lyla Grande in 23:25.57.

Olivia Shrout led the Union City girls, finishing seventh overall in 28:09.98. Taylor Leonard followed in eighth place at 28:16.94, while Allie Anderson finished 10th in 30:25.56. Kylie Kerr placed 12th in 33:39.43.

North East’s Morgan Fox, Lexi Moore, Ashley Hartner and Jovie Phillips finished third through sixth, respectively, giving North East the top six places in the girls’ race.