Cross-Country: Lynchburg-Clay’s Fite, Huguely qualify for state; local runners compete at regionals
Pictured are Lynchburg-Clay 2025 state cross-country qualifiers (l-r) Tavion Huguely and Kyler Fite at the regional championships. (Photo courtesy of Lynchburg-Clay High School Athletics)
Two runners from Lynchburg-Clay High School have qualified for the 2025 OHSAA State Cross-Country Championships due to their individual finishes at the ’25 Regional Championships held at Pickerington North High School on Saturday.
The two runners from LCHS are senior Kyler Fite and sophomore Tavion Huguely.
Fite finished in 19th place overall in the Division III, Region 10 race at PNHS on Saturday with a time of 16:26.56. Huguely was 22nd overall in the Division III regional race with a time of 16:28.29.
Last year, Fite qualified as an individual his junior season and was a member of the Mustangs’ state-qualifying team. As a junior at regionals in ’24, Fite had a time of 16:54.54 for 21st overall.
Huguely raced at regionals a year ago and had a time of 18:12.01 for 72nd place, as he was on the state-qualifying team of LCHS in ’24.
Also this season for the Mustangs, the team placed 11th overall as they raced against 33 teams in the ’25 regional race, finishing with a score of 384 with an average time of 17:40.
The Mustangs also had the following finishes, as there were a total of 279 runners in the race: Wyatt Osborn (18:06.10), Elam Faust (18:36.85), Logan West (18:42.37), Glenn Watson (19:09.01) and Cylus Arrington (19:12.17).
In the Division IV, Region 14 race (also held at Pickerington North High School), the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs, Whiteoak Lady Wildcats, Fairfield Lady Lions, Fairfield Lions and Whiteoak Wildcats all raced in the Division IV boys and girls races.
Lynchburg-Clay had one runner, that being Lilly Layne, who finished in 47th place overall with a time of 21:40.48.
Whiteoak also had one runner in the girls race, that being Sofia Juarez, who was 71st overall with a time of 22:42.97.
The Lady Lions of Fairfield had their team race at regionals, with the team finishing 22nd overall.
Fairfield’s times were: Allyson George (24:32.32), Iryna Reeves (24:38.46), Madelyn Wiseman (26:19.57), Emelia Roehm (29:03.07), Bailee Miller (29:21.93) and Trinity Everhart (30:31.47).
There were a total of 184 runners in the girls Division IV race.
In the boys Division IV race — where there were 189 runners — the Fairfield boys had two runners in that race, as Vincent Ballard had a time of 19:12.01, and Blake Walters had a time of 19:13.19.
Whiteoak had three runners in the Division IV race as Keegan Eyre was 64th overall at 18:18.46, while teammate Shane Mitchell-Cox had a time of 19:06.72 and Tre Lamb had a time of 20:02.54.
The Division III, Region 10 race included the Hillsboro Lady Indians and McClain Lady Tigers in the girls race, and the McClain Tigers had one representative in the boys race.
For the girls race, Hillsboro’s Taylor Thoroman was 80th out of 279 runners with a time of 21:35.52. Teammate Quinn Swope finished with a time of 23:57.64.
The McClain Lady Tigers had their team racing at the event, where they had the following times: Lila Banks (22:47.23), Laura Stevenson (25:24.17), Laura Barber (27:32.38), Olivia Stegbauer (27:33.27 and Vada Ponder (30:17.71).
In the boys Division III race, McClain’s Isaac Mincey had a time of 20:11.66.
The Hillsboro Indians boys team raced in the Division II, Region 6 race on Saturday, where they had two runners. Easton Inman finished with a time of 19:18.15, and teammate Luke Thompson had a time of 20:16.28.