Ganser, Adams Go 1-2 as Louisville Dominates East Canton Invitational – Boys Cross Country
Louisville 23 (1st Out of 6)
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The Louisville Leopards Boys Cross Country Team competed at the annual East Canton Invitational Wednesday Evening on the campus of East Canton High School. Louisville finished with all five scoring runners in the top 9 en route to capturing the East Canton Invitational Boys Large Division Team Title for the fourth consecutive year.
Ganser & Adams Finish 1-2 for 2nd Straight Year
Leopard senior Bobby Ganser was the East Canton Invitational individual champion for the second straight year. He finished with a time of 16:25.4 just 5.4 seconds ahead of fellow Louisville senior Colby Adams who was the individual runner-up. This is the second straight year that Ganser and Adams have finished 1-2 at the East Canton Invite. Ganser was also runner-up only to teammate Miklos Hendricks (Class of 2020) in this race in 2019 and placed fourth at East Canton his freshman year in 2018.
Adams took individual runner-up for his second straight meet in a span of five calendar days. He clocked an LHS best time of 15:53.61 late Saturday Night at the Riverside Kickoff Classic. Adams recorded a time of 16:30.8 at Wednesday’s meet to finish one second ahead of Minerva’s Connor Shingleton (16:31.8) who claimed third. Adams improved upon his time from last year’s East Canton Invitational (16:53.3) by 22.5 seconds. He has finished in the top seven individually in each of his four seasons representing the Leopards at East Canton.
Leopards Finish with 5 in the Top 9
Louisville would finish with five runners in the top 9 in posting their lowest point total since finishing with 20 at the 2019 East Canton Invitational. The Leopards took the top four spots that year.
Seniors Owen Pukys (17:12.5), Stephen Ulrich (17:23.5), and Sam Chlebeck (17:46.7) all finished under the eighteen minute mark to round out the Louisville scoring. Pukys improved upon his 8th place finish at East Canton a year ago by capturing 4th. Urlich also came in 7th and Chlebeck claimed 9th for his second straight year at the East Canton Invitational.
Louisville Displays Usual Depth Under Sudomir
As has been typical under 18-year head coach Bob Sudomir, the Leopards lack little when it comes to depth. Outside of the scoring, sophomores Grant Brown (18:07.8) and Zan Keister (19:20.9) also placed 11th and 24th respectively to round out the team’s top seven.
Louisville also ran a number of other runners including sophomores Austin Beck (36th) and Tyrus Pinion (42nd) who finished in the top half of the field of 85. Other LHS runners included junior Gabe Nunez (61st), junior Cayman Smith (64th), senior Riley Nieschwitz (65th), and sophomore Nathan Huff (69th).
MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS: Leopards Place 2nd Out of 6 Teams
MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS: Leopards Place 2nd Out of 8 Teams. 8th Grader Kylah Meyer took 1st individually with a time of 12:32.3.
UP NEXT: The Leopards Boys Cross Country Team will next compete at the Wooster Invitational on Saturday, September 11. The boys race is slated for 9:30 AM from Wooster High School.
East Canton Invitational Results
Boys Large Division Team Results
Boys Large Division Individual Results
Other East Canton Invitational Results
PLACE TEAM POINTS PLACES OF FINISHERS AVG. TIME SPREAD 1 Louisville 23 1 2 4 7 9 11 24 17:03.8 1:21.3 2 Green 53 5 6 8 13 21 27 31 17:58.1 1:56.3 3 Minerva 62 3 10 12 18 19 30 34 18:10.8 2:36.0 4 Tuslaw 118 14 15 20 33 36 38 39 19:19.8 2:07.7 5 Mas. Jackson 119 17 23 25 26 28 29 35 19:20.8 0:53.3 6 Washington 147 16 22 32 37 40 41 42 20:03.0 3:02.9
Boys Large Division Individual Results
PLACE SCORE FINISHER TIME PACE TEAM
1 1 Bobby Ganser, 12 16:25.4 5:18 Louisville
2 2 Colby Adams, 12 16:30.8 5:20 Louisville
3 3 Connor Shingleton, 12 16:31.8 5:20 Minerva
4 4 Owen Pukys, 12 17:12.5 5:33 Louisville
5 5 Theo Papas, 11 17:15.8 5:34 Green
6 6 Spiro Papas, 11 17:18.5 5:35 Green
7 7 Stephen Ulrich, 12 17:23.5 5:37 Louisville
8 8 Josh Henry, 11 17:43.3 5:43 Green
9 9 Sam Chlebeck, 12 17:46.7 5:44 Louisville
10 10 Grasyn Rettig, 9 18:01.8 5:49 Minerva
11 11 Grant Brown, 10 18:07.8 5:51 Louisville
12 12 Ryan Cassidy, 9 18:11.2 5:52 Minerva
13 13 Edgar San Jose, 10 18:20.5 5:55 Green
14 14 Jack Swartz, 11 18:25.1 5:56 Tuslaw
15 15 Joe Joe Rolko, 12 18:27.3 5:57 Tuslaw
16 16 Matthias Ridgill, 12 18:33.6 5:59 Washington
17 17 Alec Testa, 12 18:46.3 6:03 Mas. Jackson
18 18 Brandon Davis, 11 19:01.5 6:08 Minerva
19 19 Mason Steele, 10 19:07.7 6:10 Minerva
20 20 Aric Bretz, 11 19:10.5 6:11 Tuslaw
21 21 Jordan Reinhardt, 11 19:12.0 6:12 Green
22 22 Darius Edwards, 10 19:13.2 6:12 Washington
23 23 Giorgos Sotiropoulos, 11 19:15.8 6:13 Mas. Jackson
24 24 Zan Keister, 10 19:20.9 6:14 Louisville
25 25 Aidan Raus, 11 19:27.4 6:17 Mas. Jackson
26 26 Nathan Stout, 11 19:34.8 6:19 Mas. Jackson
27 27 Ben Pine, 11 19:38.3 6:20 Green
28 28 Ben Kim, 11 19:39.6 6:21 Mas. Jackson
29 29 Evan Emley, 10 19:47.4 6:23 Mas. Jackson
30 30 Connor Norris, 10 19:55.4 6:26 Minerva
31 31 Michael Elsass, 9 20:01.0 6:27 Green
32 32 Keanon Filler, 9 20:01.2 6:27 Washington
33 33 Logan Rankl, 11 20:03.1 6:28 Tuslaw
34 34 Dominic Boldizar, 10 20:11.1 6:31 Minerva
35 35 Dylan Liber, 10 20:12.9 6:31 Mas. Jackson
36 Austin Beck, 10 20:18.4 6:33 Louisville
37 Carson Hoffman, 10 20:30.2 6:37 Mas. Jackson
38 36 Randolph McFarren, 11 20:32.8 6:38 Tuslaw
39 Jared Fleet, 9 20:37.3 6:39 Green
40 Erich Dando, 9 20:37.4 6:39 Green
41 Mark Mueller, 10 20:46.9 6:42 Minerva
42 Tyrus Pinion, 10 20:47.2 6:42 Louisville
43 Owen Grubb, 10 20:49.5 6:43 Minerva
44 37 Alec Sebrell, 12 20:50.4 6:43 Washington
45 38 Steven Swartz, 9 20:58.6 6:46 Tuslaw
46 Eric Wasco, 9 21:10.2 6:50 Mas. Jackson
47 Gavin Nagy, 10 21:11.8 6:50 Minerva
48 39 Jake Snyder, 11 21:13.1 6:51 Tuslaw
49 Devin Kohut, 12 21:27.6 6:55 Green
50 Jonathan Trumphour, 12 21:28.2 6:56 Mas. Jackson
51 Jonah Chapman, 12 21:28.2 6:56 Mas. Jackson
52 Luke Thiel, 11 21:30.2 6:56 Mas. Jackson
53 40 Logan Lightfoot, 10 21:36.5 6:58 Washington
54 Bobby Nair, 10 21:36.6 6:58 Green
55 Alex Covert, 10 21:39.5 6:59 Mas. Jackson
56 Jon Hopple, 10 21:45.7 7:01 Minerva
57 Zachary Yoder, 11 21:52.4 7:03 Mas. Jackson
58 Shaan Van Bruggen, 10 21:55.4 7:04 Mas. Jackson
59 Jason Hill, 9 22:02.2 7:06 Green
60 Adam Schrader, 9 22:18.8 7:12 Mas. Jackson
61 Gabe Nunez, 11 22:21.9 7:13 Louisville
62 Dominic Rutheford, 10 22:22.0 7:13 Green
63 Erich Duffrin, 11 22:31.1 7:16 Green
64 Cayman Smith, 11 22:37.7 7:18 Louisville
65 Riley Nieschwitz, 12 22:39.5 7:19 Louisville
66 Jack Miller, 11 22:42.2 7:19 Mas. Jackson
67 Creston Wright, 9 22:46.3 7:21 Mas. Jackson
68 Braxton Davis, 11 22:48.6 7:21 Minerva
69 Nathan Huff, 10 22:59.5 7:25 Louisville
70 Henry Kelleher, 11 23:05.2 7:27 Mas. Jackson
71 Braden Polen, 10 23:06.4 7:27 Tuslaw
72 Cameron Bailey, 10 23:29.7 7:35 Green
73 Andrew Pratt, 11 23:29.9 7:35 Tuslaw
74 Will Emley, 12 23:47.1 7:40 Mas. Jackson
75 Ren Wolfenden, 10 24:21.9 7:52 Mas. Jackson
76 Troy Gray, 11 24:32.2 7:55 Green
77 Chase Nemitz, 11 24:35.0 7:56 Mas. Jackson
78 Tyberius Klapp, 9 24:36.7 7:56 Green
79 Ryan Fowler, 10 25:43.6 8:18 Mas. Jackson
80 Shaymus Lee, 9 26:03.3 8:24 Green
81 41 Jayden Martin, 12 26:33.8 8:34 Washington
82 Ethan Trochowski, 9 26:49.1 8:39 Green
83 42 Zane Benson, 9 28:03.5 9:03 Washington
84 Zachary Ayayo, 9 29:02.2 9:22 Mas. Jackson
85 Landon Chambers, 9 30:13.9 9:45 Mas. Jackson
