Dulaney girls, boys race to victory at 37th Barnhart Invitational
Hereford junior Benda grabs individual girls crown with winning time of 19:09
Former Dulaney High cross country coach Chad Boyle was at the finish line as an interested spectator for the 37th annual Barnhart Invitational and his former runners couldn’t have made him any prouder.
Boyle, the cross country coach for the previous 21 seasons, gave up the position to pursue other ventures, but he was on hand at Dulaney to watch the Lions win both the boys and girls races.
Eric Benjamin, who has been Boyle’s assistant, is leading the program along with Krissy Jost.
Hereford junior Caroline Benda won girls race in a time of 19:09, but Dulaney prevailed with 61 points because they had five runners in the top 20.
Marissa Dailey (fourth, 19:49) was the top Dulaney girl, followed by Anna Albergo (seventh, 20:00), Kaitlin Robinson (12th, 20:39), Mairin Ludwig (18th, 21:03) and Erin Haley (20th, 21:05).
Benda, a swimmer for the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, won the 2.2-mile Great Chesapeake Bay Swim in choppy waters earlier this summer.
She prefers swimming over running, but had no trouble negotiating the 3.1-mile Dulaney High course and finishing well ahead of runner-up Madison Till (19:35), of Towson (75).
“I’m not really used to a flat course, so it just felt really good just running to run and not having to run uphill,” Benda said.
Hereford coach Adam Hittner, who said, “I just let her do her thing,” marveled at her effort. “She’s not there six days a week (running), but she is there an awful lot for somebody who is also in the pool six days a week. She just grinds out every single day.”
Margaret Grandshire (ninth, 20:29), Anna Vaikness (15th, 20:27), Sofia Grose (23rd, 21:16) and Alessandra Crippa (26th, 21:16) rounded out the top five for second-place Towson.
Completing the top five for Hereford (76) were Reese Miller (fifth, 19:59), Kaitlyn Crowley (17th, 20:57), Brooke Wilson (22nd, 21:08) and Piper Lentz (31st, 21:47).
Notre Dame Prep (fifth, 185) was led by Julia Merriman (eighth, 20:18) and Catonsville (eighth, 213) was led by Jessica McDivitt (14th, 20:54).
Bullis School’s Nick Karayianis won the individual boys race in a time of 15:41.2.
It was his second sub-16 race in a row after he did his last week at the Bullis Invitational.
Competitors from the metro area who finished in the top 15 included John Carroll’s Mike Chipi (third, 16:01.3) and Nick Singleakis (fifth, 16:13.6), Towson’s Peter Sorensen (fourth, 16:12.8) and Sam Fields (14th, 16:47.7), Friends’ Henry Griffith (seventh, 16:24.1), Dulaney’s Tyler Dailey seventh, 16:25.1), Cooper Giesler (ninth, 16:36.4), Zak Audia (13th, 16:46.9) and Vinay Khosla (15th, 16:50.8), Catonsville’s Elliot Wack (11th, 16:42.8) and Jack Roseboom (12th, 16:45.7) and Loyola Blakefield’s Hayden Roberts (10th, 16:38.8).
Towson (91), Loyola Blakefield (162), Hereford (177) and Springbrook (178) rounded out the top five in the boys race.
Howard County Invitational: River Hill’s best boys cross country runner Anish Nanjappa couldn’t compete in the Howard County Invitational Saturday at Centennial High School because he was taking the ACT. The absence, however, didn’t phase River Hill, as the Hawks finished first in the 20-team meet. The Hawks placed five runners in the top 20 to finish with 67 points, edging out Oakdale by 38.
“We’ve talked over the last week about running today without Anish,” said River Hill coach Paul Hugus. “Our boys were fired up. We wanted to exercise our depth and show what we have, and I think we did.”
The Hawks’ scoring runners were Joshua Galindo (ninth), Sean Krein (11th), Awais Khan (12th), Bradley Hoffman (16th) and Ryan Rose (19th). Hugus was pleased with his team’s pacing, with Rose finishing only 33 seconds behind Galindo (16:12).
“We came out (Nos.) 1 through 7 with a minute difference, which was huge,” Hugus said. “We came in expecting to have a really good performance, and the boys delivered today. We raced really well as a team. If we do that throughout the rest of the season, we’re going to have great results at the county, region and state meets.”
The Broadneck girls team displayed its dominance, placing six runners in the top 11 to win with 32 points. Broadneck beat secondplace finishing Leonardtown by 66 points.
The Bruins’ scorers were by Anna Janke, Mollie Fenn, Grace Denius, Jasmine Jones and Madison Palmer. Janke crossed the finish line in 19:05 for second place.
Arundel had the top runner in both the girls and boys meets. Niya Torres won the girls meet in 18:55, and senior Tanner Piotrowski won the boys race with a personal best time of 15:25.
Field hockey
No. 4 Archbishop Spalding 2, No. 3 Arundel 2: Bree Stalnaker and Lindsay Beardmore scored for Spalding (3-1-1), while Halley Kohlman and Kaitlin Cloyd scored for Arundel (2-1-1). Katie Fichtner and Becca Lawn had assists for Spalding and Kylie Sharpe and Lana Hamilton assisted for the Wildcats. Cavaliers goalie Sophie Somerville made 10 saves.
No. 1 Garrison Forest 4, St. Catherine’s 1: Natalie Freeman scored twice and Danie Mendez and Ella Kokinis each had a goal and an assist for the Grizzlies. Riley Patro added a pair of assists and Alyssa Klebasko made five saves for the winners.
John Carroll Fall Classic: The host Patriots won the tournament, with a 4-1 victory over Westminster in the championship game. Katelyn Patrick, Haley Lauer, Kendall Rittmeyer and Sydney Moore scored and Helen Butler, Kate Gromacki and Brooke Smith all turned in solid defensive efforts.
John Carroll defeated Patterson Mill, 5-0, in its first game with Patrick scoring twice. Natalie Burke had 19 for Patterson Mill.
Westminster defeated Patterson Mill, 3-0, with Detrow scoring twice and Miranda Moshang adding a goal.
Boys soccer
Severna Park 3, Tuscarora 1: Jay Pierce, Bennett Jefferds and Pat Murray scored and Gordie Bernlohr had two assists in the Falcons’ victory.
Girls soccer
No. 4 South River 2, Mount Hebron 0: Sophia Michalski-Cooper scored twice from headers off corner kicks from Madalyn Bonzella and Elizabeth Gleeson for the Seahawks (2-0-1). Mount Hebron’s Ainsley Sowers made eight saves.
No. 10 Severna Park 1, Leonardtown 0: Ella Raines scored off an assist from Sydney Park to lift the Falcons.