Cross country: Gulf's Grippo, Wiregrass' Hippely claim SAC titles

Sunshine Athletic Conference

at Crews Lake Park

GIRLS

Team scores

1. Wiregrass Ranch 25; 2. Gulf 57; 3. Mitchell 84; 4. Land O' Lakes 129; 5. Pasco 150; 6. Ridgewood 151; 7. Anclote 166; 8. Wesley Chapel 197; 9. Zephyrhills 251.

Top 10 Individuals

1. Kari Grippo, Gulf 18:31; 2. Nikita Shah, Wiregrass Ranch 19:05; 3. Elise Cedre, Wiregrass Ranch 19:58; 4. Claudia Cancello, Mitchell 19:58; 5. Chelsea Davis, Wiregrass Ranch 20:00; 6. Elaina Cancello, Mitchell 20:05; 7. Berlin Waters, Wiregrass Ranch 20:29; 8. Emily Payne, Wiregrass Ranch 21:13; 9. Savannah Goode, Wiregrass Ranch 21:17; 10. Mia Savino, Gulf 21:17.

BOYS

Team scores

1. Wiregrass Ranch 30; 2. Land O' Lakes 68; 3. Mitchell 118; 4. Anclote 126; 5. Land O' Lakes Sunlake 131; 6. Gulf 133; 7. Wesley Chapel 146; 8. Ridgewood 160; 9. Pasco 261.

Top 10 Individuals

1. Sam Hippely, Wiregrass Ranch 16:19; 2. Travis Nichols, Land O' Lakes 16:31; 3. Ermias Bireda, Wiregrass Ranch 16:33; 4. Tyler Stahl, Land O' Lakes 16:44; 5. Nicholas Kostakis, Mitchell 16:49; 6. Kenneth Fessel, Sunlake 16:50; 7. Tyler Mattera, Wiregrass Ranch 16:52; 8. David Hill, Wiregrass Ranch 16:56; 9. Christopher Sorrick, Anclote 16:58; 10. Nick Buliga, Gulf 17:01.

SHADY HILLS --

Some runners lost feeling in their hands but managed to run in the cold Sunshine Athletic Conference meet Saturday at Crews Lake Park.

Gulf's Kari Grippo won the girls race with a time of 18:31 with Wiregrass Ranch's Nikita Shah second (19:05).

Wiregrass Ranch's Sam Hippely (16:19) beat Land O' Lakes' Travis Nichols (16:31) for the boys title.