Berkhimer won the girls race in a course record time of 17 minutes, 28.70 seconds, and Haycisak won the boys race in a course record time of 15:42.30 in the LHAC Cross Country Championships on Wednesday at Maple Crest Golf Course.

Berkhimer bested Somerset’s Libby Marteeny by more than 30 seconds to claim the girls title in a field of 144 runners. Somerset’s Emily Fisher was third with Bedford’s Chloe May, the previous course-record holder, fifth.

The Central Cambria girls won the team championship by besting the other three teams eligible for the team title. The Lady Red Devils placed four runners in the top 11 with Paige Alexander sixth, Delaney Snyder eighth, Alaina Long ninth and Alyson Sheehan 11th, and finished with 25 team points to Hollidaysburg’s 50.

Rylan Carney paced the Hollidaysburg girls with an overall 12th-place finish, and Bishop Carroll’s Abbey Hines was 13th.

Photo for the Mirror by Roger Kerekes More than 100 scholastic boy runners competed at the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference cross country championships Wednesday at the Maple Crest Golf Course in Portage. See roundup story on Page C4.

Haycisak won the boys race by 11 seconds over Jonathan Gasper of Bellefonte in a field of 169 runners. Other standouts for Central Cambria were Reed Takacs (seventh) and Miles Doyle (ninth).

The Central Cambria boys won the team title in a tiebreaker over Hollidaysburg after both teams finished with 37 team points in the four-team championship competition. Joshua Bearer, CC’s sixth-place finisher, proved to be the difference maker by besting Hollidaysburg’s fifth and sixth finishers.

Hollidaysburg boasted three boys in the overall top six with Reuben Manfred third, Dean Sunderland fourth and Sam Chestney sixth. Bishop Carroll’s Noah Knoblach earned a 10th-place finish.

BOYS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP: 1, Central Cambria 37 (wins tiebreaker); 2, Hollidaysburg 37; 3, Bellefonte 69; 4, Richland 89.

BOYS TEAMS (OVERALL, NON-CHAMPIONSHIP): HO–Hollidaysburg 53; CC–Central Cambria 55; BF–Bellefonte 138; R–Richland 164; FH–Forest Hills 181; BC–Bishop Carroll 197; T–Tyrone 198; BA–Bellwood-Antis 223; PV–Penns Valley 226; CR–Chestnut Ridge 234; CL–Clearfield 242; S–Somerset 280; BEA–Bald Eagle Area 332; PC–Penn Cambria 333; PO–Philipsburg-Osceola 379.

Central’s Lanee Berkhimer runs alongside Somerset’s Libby Marteeny (right) and Emily Fisher Wednesday afternoon in Portage.

BOYS INDIVIDUALS: 1, Haycisak, CC, 15:42.30; 2, Gasper, BF, 15:53.40; 3, Manfred, HO, 15:59.10; 4, Sunderland, HO, 16:04.30; 5, Caron, FH, 16:07.10; 6, Chestney, HO, 16:15.40; 7, Takacs, CC, 16:17.10; 8, McDonald, CR, 16:35.10; 9, Doyle, CC, 16:44.10; 10, Knoblach, BC, 16:49.90; 11, Smith, FH, 16:53.10; 12, Honn, Huntingdon, 17:01.10; 13, Price, PV, 17:07.60; 14, Muchmore, BF, 17:12.40; 15, Polacek, R, 17:17.20; 16, Egal, S, 17:19.40; 17, Coudriet, CL, 17:21.60; 18, Singer, HO, 17:24.40; 19, Westrick, CC, 17:26.70; 20, Mayer, PV, 17:32.70. ALSO: 21, McConnell, CC, 17:33.20; 23, Bearer, CC, 17:49.90; 24, McNicholas, HO, 17:49.90; 26, Watt, HO, 17:58.10; 27, Yokitis, CC, 17:59.10; 28, Davis, T, 18:01.30; 29, Hollenbach, BA, 18:01.90; 31, Allison, Central, 18:05.30; 32, Brannigan, CC, 18:06.50; 36, Krupka, HO, 18:07.60; 37, Lian, CC, 18:13.10; 38, Ricupero, PC, 18:14.60; 39, Fatzinger, BA, 18:16.50; 43, Brasher, T, 18:24.00; 44, Fisher, CC, 18:25.80; 45, Brumbaugh, T, 18:27.10; 46, Philips, BC, 18:28.50; 48, Bennet, BC, 18:38.10; 50, Ritchie, CC, 18:38.70; 52, Erickson, T, 18:43.40; 54, Kanish, HO, 18:49.30; 56, Gallagher, BA, 18:50.90; 57, Batchelder, HO, 18:53.30; 58, Petrick, CC, 18:58.70; 62, Shedlock, BC, 19:04.40; 64, Hewitt, BA, 19:09.40; 65, Wicker, T, 19:09.60; 66, Caffazza, CC, 19:16.60; 67, Stoudnour, PC, 19:19.40; 70, Daum, HO, 19:21.40; 71, Cannarsa, HO, 19:23.10; 75, Pablic, BC, 19:30.40.

GIRLS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP: 1, Central Cambria 25; 2, Hollidaysburg 50; 3, Bedford 80; 4, Clearfield 85.

GIRLS TEAMS (OVERALL, NON-CHAMPIONSHIP): CC–Central Cambria 46; HO–Hollidaysburg 84; R–Richland 119; S–Somerset 130; BD–Bedford 157; CL–Clearfield 168; FH–Forest Hills 199; PV–Penns Valley 243; BA–Bellwood-Antis 247; BEA–Bald Eagle Area 268; WH–Westmont Hilltop 290; BF–Bellefonte 302; T–Tyrone 326; CR–Chestnut Ridge 360; PC–Penn Cambria 367; PO–Philipsburg-Osceola 465.

GIRLS INDIVIDUALS: 1, Berkhimer, Central, 17:28.70; 2, Marteeny, S, 17:59.70; 3, Fisher, S, 18:04.50; 4, Mavridis, R, 18:31.80; 5, May, BD, 18:38.80; 6, Alexander, CC, 18:45.90; 7, Ascherl, FH, 18:49.80; 8, D. Snyder, CC, 19:14.50; 9, Long, CC, 19:28.40; 10, Jolley, BF, 19:35.30; 11, A. Sheehan, CC, 19:58.00; 12, R. Carney, HO, 20:01.10; 13, Hines, BC, 20:14.00; 14, Custaney, CL, 20:15.70; 15, Smith, HO, 20:20.40; 16, Fiore, HO, 20:27.10; 17, Jacob, CL, 20:27.20; 18, A. Snyder, CC, 20:28.50; 19, Smith, PV, 20:37.40; 20, Eveleth, BEA, 20:38.00. ALSO: 22, Hileman, HO, 20:54.40; 26, Kirsch, CC, 21:09.60; 27, George, CC, 21:13.20; 28, Etters, HO, 21:14.90; 29, Pennington, BA, 21:17.70; 31, Kraft, BA, 21:22.50; 34, Savino, T, 21:34.20; 35, A. Carney, HO, 21:37.90; 36, Templeton, CC, 21:40.30; 37, Watt, HO, 21:40.40; 40, Hite, CC, 21:54.70; 42, Bowersox, CC, 20:00.00; 44, Diaz, HO, 22:17.50; 47, Hammond, BA, 22:20.50; 51, Gleason, CC, 22:34.00; 57, Claar, CC, 22:58.80; 65, O’Gorman, HO, 23:24.90; 66, Witkamp, T, 23:25.20; 71, L. Sheehan, CC, 23:38.10; 74, Davis, T, 23:56.30.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS: 1, Mason Kephart, Hollidaysburg, 8:09.10; 2, Evan Shaw, Forest Hills, 8:27.40; 3, Gabe Sheehan, Central Cambria, 8:31.10.

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS: 1, Jillian Wise, Central Cambria, 9:10.10; 2, Irelyn Scott, Richland, 9:17.10; 3, Emerson Rakar, Central Cambria, 9:21.10.

Williamsburg wins ICC

MEYERSDALE — Backed by Ava Dixon’s first-place finish, the Williamsburg girls cross country team captured the Inter-County Conference team title on Wednesday at Meyersdale High School.

Dixon bested the field of 40 runners with a time of 20 minutes, 7.6 seconds, which was nearly 16 seconds faster than second-place finisher Sophie Weyant of Windber. Emma Stone (eighth), Emma Biddle (ninth), Macy Norris (11th) and Adilyn Isenberg (27th) also contributed to the conference team title for the Lady Pirates.

George Nestlerode of Moshannon Valley won the boys race in 16:53.50 with Williamsburg’s Ryland Corl fourth and Tanner Ross sixth. Southern Fulton won the boys team title.

Northern Bedford’s Lily Miller was 10th and Carson Miller 12th in the girls race, and NBC’s Christopher Corle was seventh and Matthew Hess ninth in the boys race.

Juniata Valley’s top finishers were Caden Walters (10th in boys) and Eve McCrum (14th in girls).

BOYS TEAMS: 1, SF–Southern Fulton 32; 2, MU–Mount Union 41; 3, NS–North Star 56.

BOYS INDIVIDUALS: 1, Nestlerode, Moshannon Valley, 16:53.50; 2, Ritz, SF, 17:03.30; 3, Hall, NS, 18:06.90; 4, Corl, Williamsburg, 18:27.20; 5, Fraker, Forbes Road, 18:30.70; 6, Ross, Williamsburg, 18:30.90; 7, Corle, Northern Bedford, 19:04.10; 8, James, MU, 19:11.00; 9, Hess, Northern Bedford, 19:18.40; 10, Walters, Juniata Valley, 19:26.40; ALSO: 25, Stewart, Williamsburg, 20:46.80; 38, Franks, Juniata Valley, 23:05.70; 44, Worthy, Juniata Valley, 26:51.30.

GIRLS TEAMS: 1, WL–Williamsburg 32; 2, WN–Windber 38; 3, SH–Southern Huntingdon 72; 4, JV–Juniata Valley 75.

GIRLS INDIVIDUALS: 1, Dixon, WL, 20:07.60; 2, Weyant, WN, 20:23.50; 3, Madison, Southern Fulton, 20:24.60; 4, Hiller, Southern Fulton, 21:23.80; 5, Causer, West Branch, 21:30.40; 6, Murchie, WN, 21:45.80; 7, Hawkins, North Star, 22:03.40; 8, Stone, WL, 22;35.80; 9, Biddle, WL, 22:36.10; 10, L. Miller, Northern Bedford, 22:51.80; ALSO: 11, Norris, WL, 22:57.70; 12, C. Miller, Northern Bedford, 23:20.00; 14, McCrum, JV, 24:04.10; 22, Kline, JV, 25:10.10; 27, Isenberg, WL, 25:33.10; 31, Sunderland, JV, 26:27.50; 32, Anderson, JV, 26:46.60; 34, Hutton, JV, 27:09.10; 38, Byler, JV, 28:29.30.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS: 1, Conley, Windber, 11:42.90; 2, Houck, Southern Fulton, 11:59.60; 3, Ritz, Southern Fulton, 12:08.80; 4, Detwiler, Williamsburg, 12:15.90.

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS: 1, Brubaker, Windber, 12:23.30; 2, Speacht, Williamsburg, 12:29.80; 3, Barton, Juniata Valley, 13:07.30; 4, Hoey, Northern Bedford, 13:37.00.