Cross country: Handley sweeps meet at Millbrook

WINCHESTER — The Handley boys' and girls' teams were each victorious in a seven-team on Wednesday at Millbrook's Third Battle of Winchester Course, with James Wood's Eli Clark (boys) and Kate Konyar (girls) taking the individual titles.

The Handley boys won by seven points with 43 points. The Judges were followed by James Wood (second, 50), Skyline (third, 75), Sherando (fourth, 114), Clarke County (fifth, 136), Warren County (sixth, 138) and Millbrook (seventh, 146).

Clark, a senior, recorded a 3.1-mile time of 16 minutes, 44.11 seconds to win by 25.21 seconds over Skyline's Louden Schucker (17:09.32). There were 104 finishers.

The Judges were led by sophomore Halston Wright (fourth, 17:43.02), sophomore Noah Meleason (sixth, 18:25.04), senior Matthew Doran (eighth, 18:27.17), junior Finn Slaughter (12th, 18:49.36) and sophomore Everett Otto (13th, 18:50.27).

The Handley girls scored 52 points to win by 12 points. The Judges were followed by James Wood (second, 64), Millbrook (third, 72), Warren County (fourth, 92), Skyline (fifth, 125), Clarke County (sixth, 159) and Sherando (seventh, 161).

Konyar, a junior, won by 52.37 seconds with a time of 19:30.85. Handley sophomore EJ Mullins was second in 20:23.22.

The Judges were also led by sophomore Sage Welpott (11th, 22:32.39), junior Ella Warren (12th, 22:33.03), Stephanie Truban (13th, 22:47.06) and sophomore Seneca Welpott (14th, 22:47.55).

Other James Wood boys' leaders: 7. Zachary Harrington 18:27.00; 10. Carrick Amerine 18:32.46; 11. Thomas Newman 18:42.93; 21. Cade Freeman 19:31.70.

Sherando boys' leaders: 5. Jed Bell 18:13.52; 9. Hatcher Smith 18:30.23; 32. Gus Barbe 20:14.41; 34. Ward Heffern 20:17.52; 36. Austyn Zeis 20:23.99.

Clarke County boys' leaders: 17. Isaac Nei 19:16.92; 18. Jonathan Hornbaker 19:18.11; 26. Carter Stanley 19:58.23; 39. Warren Maiberger 20:31.10; 40. Dylan Parker 20:40.96.

Millbrook boys' leaders: 23. Bennet Wiess 19:45.91; 28. John Robbins 20:00.35; 30. Kingston Guerrero 20:05.23; 31. Samuel Lopez 20:13.28; 35. Peter Warner 20:18.06.

Other James Wood girls' leaders: 3. Alina Kieffer 20:48.10; 5. Katelyn Palmer 21:45.73; 27. Ally Oliver 23:50.66; 28. Kirin Nashed 23:50.81.

Millbrook girls' leaders: 7. Addison Stover 22:06.37; 8. Harper Weiss 22:08.96; 17. Marisol Lara 22:57.79; 18. Aubrey Steinmetz 22:59.21; 22. Adilyn Steinmetz 23:10.29.

Sherando girls' leaders: 9. Mia Adams 22:12.63; 32. Ella Carpenter 24:25.36; 42. Mercedes Silver 25:03.23; 43. Alli Lawson 25:09.87; 50. Gabriella Koch 25:53.72.

Clarke County girls' leaders: 16. Elena Stroot 22:55.28; 20. Sasha Danjczek 23:00.74; 46. Madison Lambert 25:43.30; 47. Joelle Cunningham 25:45.17; 48. Maddie Koontz 25:45.18.