Rivera leads Manatee County runners on cross country opening day
Lakewood Ranch High School’s John Rivera began his cross country season with a time of 16 minutes, 54 seconds at the Jim Ryun Cross Country Invitational on Saturday at Holloway Park in Lakeland.
The effort left Rivera in third place in the individual standings and helped the Mustangs (153 points) finish second in the boys team competition behind Lutz Steinbrenner (123).
Brice Easton (13th, 17:31) joined Rivera in the top 15.
Andrea McDonald (15th, 21:08) led the girls team to a fourth-place team finish (198 points). Plant won with 50 points.
While Lakewood Ranch headed north to open its season, most area teams headed to Englewood and the Lemon Bay Invitational.
Cardinal Mooney’s boys (fourth) and Palmetto’s girls (eighth) were the top local teams in the event, which was won by the Lely boys and Sarasota Riverview girls.
Cardinal Mooney’s Tyler Ross (12th, 18:59), Out-of-Door Academy’s Kai Soderberg (17th, 19:13) and Palmetto’s Nicholas Atkinson (19th, 19:21) finished in the top 20 in the boys race.
Palmetto’s Darcy Baker (16, 23:02) and Mackenzie Sullivan (18th, 23:09) placed among the top 20 in the girls race.
Bayshore’s boys, Braden River and Southeast also took part in the event.
LEMON BAY INVITATIONAL
at Englewood
BOYS
Team results
1. Lely 45; 2. North Port 47; 3. Venice 101; 4. Cardinal Mooney 132; 5. Bishop Verot 136; 6. Sarasota Riverview 170; 7. Sarasota 188; 8. Clearwater Central Catholic 191; 9. Out of Door Academy 233; 10. Lemon Bay 253; 11. Bayshore 299; 12. Braden River 300; 13. Southeast 321
Individual top 10
1. Alan Romero, Sarasota Military Academy, 17:53; 2. Louis Dietrich, North Port, 17:57; 3. Cody Demalavez, Lely, 18:03; 4. Kole Bartos, Lely, 18:03.38; 5. Kevin Kapadia, North Port, 18:17; 6. Graye Carreira, Sarasota Riverview, 18:19; 7. Josh Lawson, Venice, 18:41; 8. Austin Nicosia, Venice, 18:42; 9. Anthony Alvarez, Lely, 18:47; 10. Andrew Shepherd, Bishop Verot, 18:51.
Other local finishers
Cardinal Mooney
12. Tyler Ross, 18:59; 25. Adam Sage, 19:42; 26. Sebastian Lescano, 19:44; 27. Alec Stettler, 19:45; 58. Jack Kempton, 22:03; 80. Cal McFall, 22:52; 81. Mike Barbier, 22:55; 86. Evan Berman, 23:27; 88. Enrique Santa Maria, 23:29.
Out-of-Door Academy
17. Kai Soderberg 19:13; 52. Skye Ehrhart, 21:32; 59. Ethan Ball, 22:04; 69. Christopher Eckart, 22:35; 76. Jack Malcolm, 22:48; 96. Cole Chalhub, 24:39; 107. Phillip Cecil, 26:18; 110. Zach Wells, 27:30; 111. Clayton Watson, 27:31.
Bayshore
43. Brandon Aaron, 20:33; 65. Adan Lopez, 22:20; 68. Dakota Melendez, 22:26; 82. Michael Gonci, 22:56; 85. James Arias, 23:26.
Braden River
53. Corey Orlando, 21:42; 87. Billy Stager, 23:28; 95. Javier Valderrama, 24:36; 98. Soren Meyer, 24:41; 100. Kyle Krage, 25:16; 102. Russell Rozensky, 25:30.
Southeast
56. Kori Boyd, 21:53; 62. Justin Murillo, 22:09; 72. Alex Gates, 22:42; 91. Alex Kumar, 23:53; 92. Griffin Macrae, 24:07; 104. Luis Brignoni, 25:43; 105. Erick Ramirez, 26:06; 108. Fernando Brignoni, 26:43; 109. Jonah Sinclair, 27:02; 114. Manuel Camacho, 29:43.
Palmetto
19. Nicholas Atkinson, 19:21; 24. Brendan Beardsley, 19:41; 78. Xavier Martin, 22:51; 90. Alphonso Houston, 23:49.
Girls
Team results
1. Sarasota Riverview 48; 2. North Port 67; 3. Lemon Bay 107; 4. Lely 157; 5. Clearwater Central Catholic 168; 6. Venice 175; 7. Sarasota 177; 8. Palmetto 182; 9. Port Charlotte 222; 10. Southeast 246; 11. Braden River 252; 12. Marco Island Academy Charter 293; 13. Out of Door Academy 344; 14. Cardinal Mooney 381; 15. Sarasota Military Academy 382.
Individual top 10
1. Kelsi Ogilvie Lemon Bay, 19:44; 2. Elayna Goodman Sarasota Riverview 20:07; 3. Maddison Welch Lemon Bay 20:39; 4. Kristen Robinson Lemon Bay 20:46; 5. Maura Poling Lely 20:52; 6. Kaley Boethig North Port 21:23; 7. Lindsay Boethig North Port 21:32; 8. Paige Routh Sarasota Riverview 21:44; 9. Olivia Watt Marco Island Academy Charter 21:52; 10. Olivia Kracht, Sarasota Riverview, 22:02.
Local finishers
Braden River
29. Sophie Leto 24:11; 48. Sara-Kate Dyson 25:21; 60. Hannah Arduini 25:59; 66. Lonnie Weis 26:17; 67. Nathalia Guzman 26:17.63; 81. Catalina Crobons 28:00; 84. Britney Philips 28:24; 86. Jadon Douglas 28:36.
Cardinal Mooney
46. Jessie Skirball, 25:15; 88. Shaylee Crager, 29:14; 89. Tristan Shipe, 29:18; 94. Melanie Meegan, 29:56; 96. Cassidy Darnell, 30:23; 97. Lauren France, 30:39; 101. Kristen France, 31:24; 102. Fiona Hart, 31:42; 105. Caroline Hobson 33:12.
Out-of-Door Academy
51. Chloe Ruppert 25:29; 54. Maeve Studdiford 25:36; 73. Carling Landeche 26:57; 92. Caitlin Camire 29:49; 104. Dylan Leatherwood 32:41; 107. Megan Dowdell 34:36; 108. Melanie Saltz 35:34; 109. Nora Altajar 35:39.
Palmetto
16. Darcy Baker 23:02; 18. Mackenzie Sullivan 23:09; 26. Aneli Vasquez 24:03; 52. Flori Schneider 25:34; 79. Cheyenne Gilbert 27:54.
Southeast
33. Emily Marie Marhold 24:19; 40. Madelyn Kumar 24:42; 56. Autumn MacRae 25:49; 62. Katrina Hrycyk 26:10; 71. Daria Muklewicz 26:35; 106. Niky Roblero 34:29.
JIM RYUN CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL
at Holloway Park, Lakeland
Boys
Team results
1. Steinbrenner 123; 2. Lakewood Ranch 153.
Lakewood Ranch finishers
3. John Rivera 16:54; 13. Brice Easton 17:31; 33. Jonathan Reid 18:00; 51. Andrew Dean 18:21; 57. Calvin Drake 18:30; 106. Kyle Wray 19:18; 119. Dylan Wellard 19:30.
Girls
Team results
1. Plant 50; 2. Osceola 158; 3. George Jenkins 182; 4. Lakewood Ranch 198.
Lakewood Ranch finishers
15. Andrea McDonald 21:08; 39. Shay Lee 22:14; 45. Sarah Fazio 22:22; 52. Katrina Trompke 22:26; 58. Mason Ingallinera 22:35; 75. Anna Stock 23:00; 134. Kimberly Arnold 24:36.
This story was originally published August 27, 2016 at 11:55 PM with the headline "Rivera leads Manatee County runners on cross country opening day."