As the post-season has arrived, the top runners have stepped to the front of the line as all of the area teams competed on Saturday in their respective league championship meets.

Tippecanoe, Tecumseh, Greenon and Northwestern competed in the Central Buckeye Conference meet, Troy in the Greater Western Ohio Conference, Bethel in the Cross County Conference and Troy Christian in the Metro Buckeye Conference meet.

CBC- Tipp City has no trouble sweeping the boys’ and girls’ CBC titles, as the boys cruised to a 40 point win. Mitchell Poynter led the way with a title in a time of 15:28.49, while teammates Thomas Chaney (16:22.95), Tim Andrews (16:26.20), Jordan Brown (16:38.49), Keenan Gradell (16:40.17) and Jacob Stillwagon (16:40.39) all placed in the top nine.

Northwestern was third overall with 93 points, Greenon sixth with 166, and Tecumseh ninth with 227.

Northwestern was led by Justin Prack who was third with a 16:13.33, with Ryan Cleland tenth (16:51.65), Kyle Jamison 19th (17:19.90) and Liam Randall 22nd (17:28.52).

Greenon’s top time went to Max Pettit with a 16:55.75, placing him 12th overall. Joel Pensworth was 17th (17:17.20), Cameron Haught 24th (17:31.49).

Tecumseh was led by Jack Dague (18:46.52), Caleb Ricks (18:46.67), Trent Studebaker (19:02.35), Garrett Gemmaka (19:31.88) and Reid Hale (19:36.96).

In the girls’ race, Tipp won with a total of 21 points, Tecumseh was third with 98, Greenon fifth 159 and Northwestern sixth 187.

Tipp took home second through fifth, as Kaili Titley (19:09.11), Katie Taylor (19:09.28), Abbi Halsey (19:09.29) and Laura Fink (19:18.51) dominated the top five spots. Stephanie Fink was seventh (19:30.10) rounding out their top five scores.

Tecumseh’s top runner was Morgan Crowley with a 20:57.99, with Danielle Franklin 25:15.34, Emma Hoover 21:44.53, Breanna Crowley 22:13.38 and Staci Harmon 22:23.61.

Greenon’s top runners included Rachel Dewey who ran a 21:46.16, Olivia Blevins 22:37.84, Rhiannon Morlock 23:18.01 and Katie Conley 23:19.99.

Finally for the local schools, Northwestern’s top time went to Brooke Smith who placed 14th with a time of 20:43.51, while their other two top 50 runners were Maddie Johnson with a 23:10.80 and Kaylee Parrett 23:42.72.

GWOC- The Troy girls’ cross country team not only won the GWOC North title on Saturday, but tied for the overall conference title with Centerville with 19 points.

Troy’s Morgan Gigandet claimed the overall title with a 17:26.59, while three of her teammates also finished in the top 15, as Megan Myers ran 18:54.53, Kate Pence 19:03.73, and Emma Shigley ran a 19:09.00.Olivia Tyre also finished with a time of 19:32.70 and Rachel Davidson ran 20:03.41.

In the boys’ race, the Trojans finished second overall in the GWOC North, falling just short to Butler.

Winning the GWOC title was Troy senior Stephen Jones, who finished at 15:17.39. Parker Hench raced a time of 17:27.39, Andy Smith 17:30.50, then the trio of Pete Sheehan 18:05.87, Carter Hench 18:09.97 and Adam Falknor 18:17.38.

MBC- Troy Christian boys’ finished second in their league meet on Friday night. Isaac Flora was the lowest time for the Eagles with an 18:06.32, placing him seventh overall. Right behind him was teammate Nick Pratt with a 18:17.05, and Zach Davidson also finished in the top 15 with a time of 19:02.59. Noah Davidson finished 19th with a time of 20:28.42.

CCC- Today at the Cross County Conference meet, Bethel’s Korry Hamlin finished as conference runner-up in a time of 16:03. He was followed by Coleman Clark in 11th place in a time of 17:23. Both young men earned all cross county conference honors with their finishes. Connor Whelan finished in 42nd place in a time of 19:01, Benton Wright finished in 51st place in a time of 19:17 and Chase Heck in 53rd place in a time of 19:22. Bethel finished sixth as a team.

Kaitlyn Balkcom led the girls with a 44th place finish in a time of 23:50. She was followed by Kaylee Baugh in 59th place in a time of 25:42, Eiliana Wright in 61st place in a time of 25:48, Olivia Norris in 73rd place in a time of 29:19 and Morgan Jergens in 77th place of 31:56.