CORTLAND — East Palestine junior Marissa Geiss topped local runners by placing fifth at the Billy Goat Challenge on Saturday.

Geiss was fifth out of 116 girls runners in the small-school division at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds.

Teammates Hannah Cunningham, Jaylene Jackson and Hope Figley were 10th, 13th and 17th, respectively, as the Bulldogs raced to a third-place finish.

SMALL SCHOOL

BOYS RESULTS

TEAM STANDINGS: 1. McDonald (60); 2. Maplewood (71); 3. Jefferson Area (154), 4. Black River (155), 5. Stretsboro (159), 6. Girard (170), 7. Mineral Ridge (187), 8. Garfield (196), 9. Independence (200), 10. Burton Berkshire (230), 11. Badger (241), 12. Jackson-Milton (319), 13. Pymatuning Valley (339), 14. LaBrae (408), 15. Columbiana (438), 16. East Palestine (438), 17. Western Reserve (478), 18. Sebring (486).

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

(171 runners)

1. Brody Rupe (McDOnald) 17:08.4; 2. Caleb Domitrovich (McDonald) 17:22.3; 3. Alex Donaldson (Maplewood) 17:22.9; 4. Timmy Pappagallo (Mineral Ridge) 17:29.2; 5. Ricky Marsico (Girard) 17:46.2.

47. Dominic Fertsch (East Palestine) 19:39.0; 79. Dorian Plecha (Columbiana) 21:52.7; 81. Trenton Perkins (Columbiana) 21:53.8; 83. Keegan Harshman (Sebring) 22:57.4; 84. Dominic Ludt (East Palestine) 22:00.1.

102: Joseph Brown (Columbiana) 22:53.8; 105. George Bozworth (East Palestine) 22:57.1; 116. Andrew Latham (Sebring) 24:34.7; 131. Jonathan Nate Burnell (Columbiana) 25:39.6; 138. Brent Gargus (Sebring) 26:16.2; 140. David McDonald (Sebring) 26:34.6; 141. Lucas Billingsley (Sebring) 26:42.6; 147. Ryan Dattilio (Columbiana) 27:36.2; 150. John Rhodes (Columbiana) 26:53.4; 169. Braydon Miller (Sebring) 45:50.8; 171. Colton Thomas (East Palestine) 50:53.4.; 118. Konner Thomas (East Palestine) 52:24.6.

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GIRLS RESULTS

TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Mineral Ridge (44), 2. McDonald (71), 3. East Palestine (71), 4. Garfield (98), 5. Streetsboro (117), 6. Girard (131), 7. Youngstown Mooney (172), 8. Western Reserve (209).

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

(116 runners)

1. Sylvia Traw (Mineral Ridge) 2:01.0; 2. Mariah Bregar (McDonald) 21:24.2; 3. Sylvia Tsarnas (Mooney) 21:38.0; 4. Brooke Polon (Badger) 21:41.8; 5. Marisaa Geiss (East Palestine) 22:21.0.

10. Hannah Cunningham (East Palestine) 22:46.6; 13. Jaylene Jackson (East Palestine) 23:12.2; 17. Hope Figley (East Palestine) 23:27.8; 44. Heather Bishop (East Palestine) 25:57.1; 48. Jasmine Ludt (East Palestine) 26:22.2; 57. Mariam Figley (East Palestine) 27:26.9; 87. Cassidy Fletcher (East Palestine) 31:24.1; 96. Cady McLaughlin (East Palestine) 32:46.2.

106. Anna Chmura (Columbiana) 36:33.9; 110. Destiny Bozworth (East Palestine) 39:35.0; 113. Savannah Jones (East Palestine) 42:21.9; 116. Danielle Spurio (East Palestine) 47:29.0.