Frankfort Cross-Country Sweeps Team Titles at Progressive Invitational
- Frankfort's boys and girls cross-country teams secured team titles during the 12th annual Progressive Physical Therapy Invitational at the Allegany College Course on Tuesday, according to results reported...
- The Frankfort boys team claimed the team title decisively by finishing with 42 points, outpacing second-place Keyser, which scored 66 points.
- In contrast to the decisive boys standings, the girls team-title race was much tighter, ending with Frankfort scoring 64 points to edge out second-place Musselman, which finished with...
Frankfort’s boys and girls cross-country teams secured team titles during the 12th annual Progressive Physical Therapy Invitational at the Allegany College Course on Tuesday, according to results reported by the Cumberland Times-News.
Frankfort Boys Team Wins Title
The Frankfort boys team claimed the team title decisively by finishing with 42 points, outpacing second-place Keyser, which scored 66 points. The Falcons ran in a pack title format, placing three runners in the top six and five runners in the top 15. Spring Mills runner Isaiah Griffin won the individual boys race with a time of 16:31.0, while Keyser’s Luca Altobello earned the silver medal with a time of 16:45.0. Frankfort’s Mac Alexander and Johnny Jace both crossed the finish line in 16:41.0, and teammate Jack secured fourth place with a time of 16:55.0. For the Golden Tornado, Reed Starcher and Tatum Thompson ran stride-for-stride to finish in the top ten, with Starcher taking eighth in 17:04.3 and Thompson finishing less than a second behind him in ninth place. Allegany’s top finisher was Julian McKay, who took 16th place with a time of 17:55.0, and Myles Thomas led Fort Hill by crossing 48th with a time of 19:41.0.
Frankfort Girls Edge Out Musselman
In contrast to the decisive boys standings, the girls team-title race was much tighter, ending with Frankfort scoring 64 points to edge out second-place Musselman, which finished with 70 points. Musselman’s Sadie Yates captured the gold medal by crossing just 17 seconds ahead of Frankfort’s Bailey Ferguson, who took the runner-up spot with an exact time of 18:00 minutes. Keyser’s Ava Barrick finished third in 18:57.0, followed by Frankfort’s Hailey McBride in fourth with a time of 20:37.0. Allegany’s Zoe Ditto and Corrina Hildenbrand finished 11th and 12th with times of 21:27.0 and 21:52.0, respectively, while Addison Beat represented Fort Hill as its sole female entrant, placing 27th with a time of 23:30.0.
Unresolved Team Matchups Ahead
Whether competing teams will meet again later in the season remains unaddressed in the reported results, leaving upcoming regional postseason alignments and subsequent invitational rematches open as the autumn cross-country calendar progresses.