Cross Country Update....Week One, Moeller "Primetime" Invitational

8/24/2019

Dave Prenger

After being forced to cancel the “Primetime” in 2016 as the result of a permanently damaged course at our previous venue, we were able to return to “Primetime” again on August 23rd, 2019 for the third year in a row at our new home location at the Christ’s Church Mason. The church has been an outstanding partner in hosting this event, and we look forward to continuing our relationship with them in years to come.

Aerial view of the Varsity Boys night race at Christ’s Church

It is a huge amount of work to put on this event and Moeller Cross Country wishes to thank Meet and Operations Director Charlie Lytle for all his efforts in leading this. In addition, we thank Course Designer and Assistant Coach Kevin Kohls, and all the parents who worked the turf crew, lights, finish-line, crowd control, first-aid, parking, cleanup, and other assorted odd jobs. This has really become a great event because of all of you…thank you!

Also a special “shout-out” to all others outside of cross country who provided a helping hand with this huge undertaking, including the Moeller Swim Team. Thank you very much!

In addition, we especially want to thank our corporate sponsors for supporting our Primetime event, including those listed below:

Please continue to support those businesses throughout the year and at other meets they may happen to visit. For more information and links to those sponsors, visit: www.moeller.org/PTI

The Crusader Cross Country Team opened the season under the “Friday Night Lights” on August 23rd, 2019 hosting the Moeller “Primetime” Invitational presented by Buckeye Running Company at the Christ’s Church Mason in Mason, Ohio, finishing 16^th of 17 teams with 451 points.

This year’s top finisher for Moeller was Junior Cannon Spelman with a 95th place finish in 18:33 (out of 220 runners). Also scoring for Varsity were Junior Will Mendel (116^th – 18:51), Sophomore Grant Prather (125^th – 18:58), Junior Thomas Zaugg (126^th – 18:59), and Senior Ian Hale (132^nd – 19:06. Finishing out Varsity were Jameson Maynes, Logan Mitchell, Derek Konkoly, Will Speigle, Sam Cline, Sebastian Rahe, Ethan Cepluch, Zach Colbert, Nick Momper, Alex Longwell, Jon Stentz, Kyle Hegemann, Dominic Pappalardo, Drew Henke, and Ryan Mendoza.

The JV/Open squad finished 11^th of 18 teams with 322 points. Top finisher for that race was Sophomore Eli Smiddy in 71^st place in 20:34 (out of 478 runners). Also scoring for JV were Adam Schutter, Sam McCullough, Marc Miracco, and Zach Skufca.

Complete meet results can be found here: http://www.finishtimingresults.com/2019/08-23-MOE/

The MileSplit meet recap and videos/pictures can be found here: https://oh.milesplit.com/meets/343137/articles#.XWFfMm5FyUk

Also a picture gallery from the Cincinnati Enquirer can be found here: https://www.cincinnati.com/picture-gallery/sports/high-school/high-school-sports/2019/08/24/photos-moeller-primetime-invitational-cross-country-meet-aug-23/2105992001/

For the upcoming meet, the team travels to Lebanon, Ohio on Augest 31^st, 2019, to compete in the Lebanon Warrior Invitational at Lebanon High School.

Thanks to all who came out to support the Crusader runners for this outstanding primetime event! We greatly appreciate it.

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Cross Country Update....Week One, Moeller "Primetime" Invitational

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