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Foust, Altoona triumph

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Brad Foust ran away from the competition in a shortened boys course as Altoona got past Hollidaysburg, 20-39, in high school cross country on Wednesday at Logan Elementary School.

Jerrod Sunderland and Dima Kunstbeck rounded out the top three for the 4-0 Mountain Lions.

The Lady Lions’ Ali Conrad finished 18 seconds ahead of teammate Kayla Rosas to claim first place as Altoona outran the Lady Tigers, 18-43.

BOYS

1, Foust, A, 13:42; 2, Sunderland, A, 14:27; 3, Kuntsbeck, A, 14:30; 4, Snyder, H, 14:36; 5, Eberhart, H, 14:42; 6, Smith, A, 14:46; 7, Pierce, H, 14:57; 8, McCarthy, A, 15:08; 9, Kelly, A, 15:35; 10 (tie), Stumpf, A, 15:37, George, A, 15:37.

Records: Hollidaysburg (3-3); Altoona (4-0).

GIRLS

1, Conrad, A, 21:23; 2, Rosas, A, 21:41; 3, Wilkinson, H, 21:47; 4, Kibler, A, 21:55; 5, Imler, A, 22:07; 6, Noel, A, 22:08; 7, Gilles, H, 22:16; 8, Parowski, A, 22:21; 9, Hatch, A, 22:26; 10, Perry, H, 22:37.

Records: Hollidaysburg (4-2); Altoona (3-1).

Husick tops field

Tussey Mountain’s Trenton Husick, ran as an independent performer and finished first in the boys race at a triangular meet between host Bishop Guilfoyle, Bishop Carroll and Bedford.

The Bedford boys and Bishop Guilfoyle girls swept the team meets.

Husick finished in a time of 18:13 to win by 26 seconds over Bedford’s George Zubak. Carroll’s Jimmy Wyland finished third, and Bedford’s Matt Zubak was fourth, as the Bisons prevailed over Guilfoyle, 18-37, and Carroll, 20-35. Guilfoyle, which had the seventh-, eighth- and ninth-place finishers, topped Carroll, 25-30.

BG’s Aleah Berkheimer was the medalist in the girls race, finishing in 22:39, to power the Lady Marauders over Bedford, 25-30, and Carroll, 15-50. Bedford was a 15-50 winner over Carroll, led by Emilee Fierro’s second-place time of 22:52.

BOYS

1, Husick, Tussey Mountain, 18:13; 2, G. Zubak, Bed, 18:39; 3, Wyland, BC, 19:32; 4, M. Zubak, BD, 19:58; 5, Pittman, BD, 20:20; 6, Mehle, BD, 20:28; 7, Stevens, BG, 21:03; 8, Elder, BG, 21:04; 9, Yahner, BG, 21:18; 10, Makhenbaugh, BC, 21:19.

GIRLS

1, Berkheimer, BG, 22:39; 2, Fierro, BD, 22:52; 3, Amato, BD, 23:11; 4, Hess, Huntingdon, 23:22; 5, Blaisdell, BC, 25:30; 6, Ciampoli, BG, 25:33; 7, Donoughue, BG, 25:50; 8, Weaver, BD, 25:56; 9, Hearn, BG, 26:24; 10, Spencer, BG, 26:40.

Records: Bishop Guilfoyle boys (5-7 overall; 3-5 LHAC); Bishop Guilfoyle girls (8-5 overall; 3-5 LHAC).

Central Cambria wins

JOHNSTOWN – Bryce Descavish and Sydney Gilkey each won the individual races to help both the Central Cambria boys and girls sweep a triangular with Westmont Hilltop and Cambria Heights.

The CC boys beat Westmont, 15-49, and Heights, 15-48, while the Westmont boys topped Heights, 21-40. The Lady Red Devils topped Westmont, 19-44, and Heights, 15-50, and the Westmont girls beat Heights, 21-34.

Descavish won in 16:16 and was followed by teammates JaVaunte Neumann and Mike Walwro. Gilkey held off Westmont’s Maura Glennon by 1 second, and CC’s Sydney Croft placed third.

BOYS

1, Descavish, CC, 16:16; 2, Neumann, CC, 17:15; 3, Walwro, CC, 17:16; 4, Lambie, CC, 17:37; 5, Murin, CC, 17:38; 6, Dautlick, CH, 17:40; 7, Wilson, CC, 17:42; 8, Williams, WH, 17:56; 9, Opdenhoff, CC, 18:00; 10, Young, WH, 18:10.

GIRLS

1, Gilkey, CC, 18:48; 2, Glennon, WH, 18:49; 3, Croft, CC, 18:52; 4, Koss, CC, 19:14; 5, Wess, CC, 19:38; 6, Kaschalk, CC, 20:07; 7, Hayward, CC, 20:43; 8, Swope, CC, 21:00; 9, McKeel, CC, 21:07; 10, Bracken, CC, 21:29.

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