Mustang Athletics
Cross Country
Thursday, August 20
Notable performances: Ben Payton and Caleb Phillips won the boy's pairs race by 1 second over Seeger's Conner Million and Jacob Harris. Our FC girls team lost the team title in a tie breaker to North Montgomery. They were led by Bailey Hoffa and Mackenzy Linville who were 3rd overall. Dan Adams finished a close second overall in the junior high 3k race. Nadya Rahm was 4th overall for the JH girls.
Saturday, August 22
Ben Payton breaking his own school record with a time of 16:40.
Logan Pietrzak breaking freshman school record with a 17:34.
The FC girls place 6th and were led by the 15th place finish of Bailey Hoffa and the 19th place finish by Hannah Gayler.
Our boys junior high runners place second as a team. They were led by Dan Adams in 5th, Carson eberly 6th, Cody linville 11th and Kyle Mellady 12th.
Our girls junior high cc place 4th led by Nadya Rahm in 6th, jerzi hershnerger 10th and Kendall eberly 15th.
Overall the FC coaching staff is very pleased with the start our runners have had this year. The work we put in this summer and these first few weeks of the season is showing that our program is ready to have a lot of success this season.
Cross Country is back in action on August 27.
August 27
At Riverton Parke
Our top finishers today were:
Boy's-Ben Payton at 4th overall with a 17:57, Logan Pietrzak 10th overall at 18:18, Caleb Phillips 16th overall at 19:02.
Girl's- Bailey Hoffa at 6th overall with a 23:03, Hannah Gayler at 15th overall with a 23:55, and Mackenzy Linville at 16th overall with a 23:55.93.
Cross Country's next meet is August 29 with the Riverton Parke Invite.
September 17
Bi-County meet at Hanging Rock Wilderness Camp
Fountain Central finished second in the boys' and girls' races. All Bi County Honors were awarded to Logan Pietrzak, Ben Payton, Caleb Phillips, Bailey Hoffa, Mackenzy Linville, and Hannah Gayler.
The top junior high finishers for FC were Carson Eberly at first, Cody Linville at second, Dan Adams third, and Kyle Mellady fourth.
The top junior high girls were Nadya Rahm 4th, Kendall Eberly 5th, and Cathleen McGrady 6th.
September 15
At Northview
Girls: Kaiti Krout 25:00, Charis Trusty 25:11, Olivia Woodrow 25:16
Boys: Ben Payton 7th 17:19,
Logan Pietrzak 11th 17:40, Caleb Phillips 28th 18:23, Colin Mellady 38th 18:41, Xander Carson 75th 20:00, Brycen Hernandez 129th 21:38 (PR) Chris Waldon 23:51
October 6
WRC
Team Standings:
FC Boy's 2nd to Seeger (34 to 35)
FC Girl's WRC Champs! over Seeger (28 to 34)
All Conference Individuals:
Boy's: Logan Pietrzak (17:05), Ben Payton (17:09), Colin Mellady (17:23), Caleb Phillips (17:26)
Girl's: Hannah Gayler (22:00), Mackenzy Linville (22:04), Bailey Hoffa (22:09), Charis Trusty (22:44)
Press Statement for the boys: "As you all can see the boy's came up just short of taking the conference (one point). We are so proud of the toughness that was displayed against a really good Seeger team. We had our top 5 boys in the top 12 spots in the overall race. Our boys will look to give them and the other tough teams a run for their money at the Benton Central sectional Saturday."
Press Statement for the girls: "We are so proud of the awesome performance of our girls team tonight. It truly was a team victory as our seven girls came in all ahead of Seeger's 5th. We also took 7 of the first 15 overall spots in the race. Our girls look tough and poised at the right time. We look to take the strong performances from tonight into the rest of our postseason."