Mangus, Lions win 2013 Highland County Invitational
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By
Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
Nobody was able to keep up with Fairfield senior Michael Mangus Tuesday. Actually, nobody was even close, as the All-State runner from one year ago paced the field and never looked back with a win at the 2013 Highland County Invitational.
Mangus broke the invitational record with a time of 16:24, as he has now won the event three consecutive years. In '12, Mangus had a time of 17:12, and in '11, his first-place time was 16:33.
[[In-content Ad]]Mangus won the event by 22 seconds, leading the Lions to the overall county championship for the fourth straight year. The Lions have won the title five of the seven times the race has been held since 2007.
The runner-up in the boys race was Hillsboro junior De-Andre Steward at 16:46, followed by FHS senior Blake Hildebrant at 16:54 for the third and final sub-17-minute time.
In fourth place was FHS freshman Wyatt Evans at 17:29, and in fifth was Lynchburg-Clay senior Noah Stoltz at 17:43.
The rest of the Top 10 included HHS sophomore Zach Middleton (17:56), FHS freshman Trent Tate (18:24), HHS sophomore Chase Vance (18:35), HHS freshman Noah Kunce (18:37) and LC senior Gage Waits (18:44).
For the victors, FHS also had Dustin Willey, Matthew Leach and Mason Cain score for them in the event as they totaled a low-score of 26 points.
HHS was second with a score of 38 as Steward, Middleton, Vance, Kunce, Makenzie Conlon, Gabriel Tamborski and Steven Burton were their top runners.
The Mustangs of LC were third as MHS and WHS didn't have enough runners for a team score. For LC, who scored 62 points, Stoltz, Waits, Quinn Stoltz, Christian Inman, Brandon McCammon, Ryan Inman and Bobby Merry were involved with the LC scoring.
For complete results of the 2013 Highland County Invitational, click here.
Mangus broke the invitational record with a time of 16:24, as he has now won the event three consecutive years. In '12, Mangus had a time of 17:12, and in '11, his first-place time was 16:33.
[[In-content Ad]]Mangus won the event by 22 seconds, leading the Lions to the overall county championship for the fourth straight year. The Lions have won the title five of the seven times the race has been held since 2007.
The runner-up in the boys race was Hillsboro junior De-Andre Steward at 16:46, followed by FHS senior Blake Hildebrant at 16:54 for the third and final sub-17-minute time.
In fourth place was FHS freshman Wyatt Evans at 17:29, and in fifth was Lynchburg-Clay senior Noah Stoltz at 17:43.
The rest of the Top 10 included HHS sophomore Zach Middleton (17:56), FHS freshman Trent Tate (18:24), HHS sophomore Chase Vance (18:35), HHS freshman Noah Kunce (18:37) and LC senior Gage Waits (18:44).
For the victors, FHS also had Dustin Willey, Matthew Leach and Mason Cain score for them in the event as they totaled a low-score of 26 points.
HHS was second with a score of 38 as Steward, Middleton, Vance, Kunce, Makenzie Conlon, Gabriel Tamborski and Steven Burton were their top runners.
The Mustangs of LC were third as MHS and WHS didn't have enough runners for a team score. For LC, who scored 62 points, Stoltz, Waits, Quinn Stoltz, Christian Inman, Brandon McCammon, Ryan Inman and Bobby Merry were involved with the LC scoring.
For complete results of the 2013 Highland County Invitational, click here.