Over 50 Carroll Cross Country runners recorded their best times of the season at the Wayne Invite on Wed. night. The Patriots rested a few of their top runners, but still managed to claim 3^rd place among the 12 schools in both the Men’s and Women’s varsity races. The Reserve Men also placed 3^rd, while the Reserve Women took 4^th.

The Carroll varsity men were led by a pack of Casey Miller, Mike LaSelle, and Derrick Himmelberg finishing 10^th, 11^th, and 13^th in 17:18, 17:19, and 17:21. Dave Bereda and Seth Chaney teamed up to finish 22^nd and 23^rd in 17:58 and 17:59. Tony Holvoight was close behind in 25^th in 18:07, while Paul Carter rounded out the varsity in 35^th in 18:42. "Casey, Dave, and Tony all improved their times by about 50 seconds."

Lynda Wourms led the Carroll varsity women, finishing 7^th in 20:26. Maggie LaSelle was 17^th in 21:00 followed closely by Molly Holbrook in 19^th in 21:02. Katie Ballman finished 28^th in 21:39 followed closely by Ryan Anne Burns and Pam Daley in 30^th and 31^st in 21:44 and 21:45. Mary Phillips rounded out the varsity in 39^th in 22:21. "All 7 of the Patriot women ran their season best times, with Molly Holbrook, Ryan Anne, and Pam Daley all improving by over a minute!"

Nick Culver led the reserve men with a 5^th place finish in 18:21. Senior Aaron Davis improved his time by over 3 minutes! Mike Nartker, Ron Tipton, Chris Romer, Corey Aubel, and Joe Pastor all improved by over a minute. Steven Brooks, Nick Buschur, Pete Christoff, Nick Culver, Matt Issacs, Jonathon Pyles, Dan Rush, Joe Russ, Brad Bossong, Anthony Kulhanek, Matt Doran, Ed Gemin, Craig Luehrs, Charlie Must, Kyle Rush, Josh Shields, Kevin Woeste, Joe Donohue, Kyle Holbrook, Patrick Johnson, Tom Kleinhenz, and Eric Wyskiver also ran personal best times.

Jenelle Borchers cut over 2 minutes off her time to lead the Patriot reserve women with a time of 22:30. Kat Mihlbachler, Ashley Peeden, and Amber Zimmer also improved by over 2 minutes. Jessica Hoying, Michelle Jacobs, Christie Pastor, Gabrielle Stout, Kathryn Davis, and Christy Jenkins all improved by over a minute. Katie Must, Vanessa Beall, Melissa Bertolo, and Stephanie VanDerSluijs also recorded their best times of the season.

Jenelle Borchers 22:30

Christie Pastor 22:33

Michelle Jacobs 23:21

Christy Jenkins 23:36

Katie Must 23:43

Jessica Hoying 23:57

Ashley Peeden 24:08

Vanessa Beall 24:44

Stephanie VanDerSluijs 24:51

Kathryn Davis 25:02

Amber Zimmer 25:05

Melissa Bertolo 25:44

Mandy Reigelsperger 26:51

Kat Mihlbachler 26:54

Gabrielle Stout 27:38

Nick Culver 18:21

Matt Doran 18:33

Craig Luehrs 18:33

Matt Isaacs 19:27

Peter Christoff 19:34

Charlie Must 19:34

Brad Bassong 19:40

Nick Buschur 19:45

Joe Pastor 19:48

Joshua Shields 20:03

Steven Brooks 20:25

Mike Nartker 20:33

Patrick Johnson 20:36

Anthony Kulhanek 20:43

Corey Aubel 21:00

Dan Rush 21:10

Chris Romer 21:23

Kyle Rush 22:16

Kevin Woeste 22:17

Aaron Davis 22:19

Ed Gemin 22:28

Mike Yerman 22:50

Kyle Holbrook 22:51

Tom Kleinhenz 22:59

Eric Wyskiver 23:06

Joe Russ 23:12

Joe Donohue 23:18

Ron Tipton 23:42

Jonathan Pyles 24:08

Charles Guy 24:40