SUTTON, W.Va – Samuel Walker and Julius Hobbs finished third and fourth to lead the Buckhannon-Upshur High School cross country team to a second-place overall finish at the Braxton Invitational on Saturday.
Walker and Hobbs both broke the 20-minute mark on the 5K course at Holly Grove Park, with Walker clocking a 19:42 and Hobbs finishing a step behind at 19:45. Herbert Hoover’s Caleb Siders won the race in a time of 19:18.
The remainder of the Buckhannon-Upshur top five were Harrison Walker in 11th (20:29), Tanner Hardman in 24th (21:26) and Corey Hamner in 25th (21.42).
Rounding out the Buccaneer runners were Caleb Hamner in 33rd (22:24), Andrew Dahlheim in 53rd (24:44), LJ Wyatt in 65th (27:04), Jackson McNeish in 76th (31:11) , Grant Summer in 77th (31:12) and Nathaniel Beer in 81st (35:04).
Nicholas County won the meet, with B-U in second and Elkins in third. The hosts, Braxton, finished fourth, Richwood was fifth, Notre Dame sixth and Scott seventh.
The complete results:
| Place | Athlete | School | Time |
| 1 | Caleb Siders | Herbert Hoover | 19:18 |
| 2 | Preston Prather | Nicholas | 19:35 |
| 3 | Samuel Walker | Buckhannon-Upshur | 19:42 |
| 4 | Julius Hobbs | Buckhannon-Upshur | 19:45 |
| 5 | Elijah Lanagan | Nicholas | 19:55 |
| 6 | Kaleb Brown | Braxton | 20:12 |
| 7 | Riley Nicholas | Nicholas | 20:13 |
| 8 | Logan Kelbaugh | Nicholas | 20:26 |
| 9 | Steven Schumacher | Elkins | 20:28.20 |
| 10 | Ethan Board | Nicholas | 20:28.63 |
| 11 | Harrison Walker | Buckhannon-Upshur | 20:29 |
| 12 | Tate Roach | Braxton | 20:31 |
| 13 | Luke Anger | Elkins | 20:35 |
| 14 | Devin Lawson | Webster | 20:36 |
| 15 | Alex Fennel | Nicholas | 20:38 |
| 16 | Todd Spencer | Braxton | 20:40 |
| 17 | James Smoak | Elkins | 20:45 |
| 18 | Charlie Smoak | Elkins | 20:48 |
| 19 | Seth Young | Nicholas | 21:06 |
| 20 | Ethan Cutright | Buckhannon-Upshur | 21:08.17 |
| 21 | Brad Bostic | Nicholas | 21:08.54 |
| 22 | Tyler Hinkle | Nicholas | 21:08.99 |
| 23 | Alex Irvin | Nicholas | 21:22 |
| 24 | Tanner Hardman | Buckhannon-Upshur | 21:26 |
| 25 | Corey Hamner | Buckhannon-Upshur | 21:42.30 |
| 26 | Chris Bender | Webster | 21:42.97 |
| 27 | BJ Utt | Braxton | 21:46 |
| 28 | Matthew Gainer | Elkins | 21:51 |
| 29 | Brandon Weese | Elkins | 21:59 |
| 30 | Chris Fry | Elkins | 22:04 |
| 31 | Isaac Blake | Richwood | 22:13 |
| 32 | Braxton Kenney | Elkins | 22:22 |
| 33 | Caleb Hamner | Buckhannon-Upshur | 22:24 |
| 34 | Tyler Short | Webster | 22:25 |
| 35 | Spencer Vaught | Buckhannon | 22:29 |
| 36 | Tyler McKisck | Elkins | 22:31 |
| 37 | Trey Stanley | Richwood | 22:36 |
| 38 | Nathaniel Whetsell | Elkins | 22:51 |
| 39 | Anthony Jarrell | Scott | 22:53 |
| 40 | Landen Ratliff | Gilmer | 22:54 |
| 41 | Nathan Cooper | Elkins | 22:58 |
| 42 | Hunter Shreve | Elkins | 23:04 |
| 43 | Trenton Payne | Braxton | 23:06 |
| 44 | Anthony Godwin | Braxton | 23:35.43 |
| 45 | Brandon Rossi | Elkins | 23:35.94 |
| 46 | Jordan Graham | Braxton | 23:40 |
| 47 | Johnny Sweeney | Nicholas | 23:44 |
| 48 | Hayden Morrison | Nicholas | 23:58 |
| 49 | Anthony Dong | Elkins | 24:01 |
| 50 | Mason Titchnal | Notre Dame | 24:47 |
| 51 | Jordan Hobart | Richwood | 24:39 |
| 52 | Isaac Wolfe | Notre Dame | 24:42 |
| 53 | Andrew Dahlheim | Buckhannon-Upshur | 24:44 |
| 54 | Quinn Jeckering | Nicholas | 24:52 |
| 55 | Emeral Counts | Richwood | 24:54 |
| 56 | Nich Bush | Calhoun | 25:09 |
| 57 | Tyler Chewning | Elkins | 25:14 |
| 58 | Ty Haley | Gilmer | 25:17 |
| 59 | Ethan Phillips | Richwood | 25:27 |
| 60 | Vasa Ruble-Osborn | Notre Dame | 25:35 |
| 61 | James Besten | Notre Dame | 26:08 |
| 62 | Jacob Poole | Gilmer | 26:16 |
| 63 | Jordan Donaldson | Nicholas | 26:34 |
| 64 | Nich Moore | Calhoun | 26:47 |
| 65 | LJ Wyatt | Buckhannon-Upshur | 27:04 |
| 66 | Macrae Morrison | Nicholas | 27:13 |
| 67 | Jasper Clark | Elkins | 27:29 |
| 68 | Travis Jones | Elkins | 27:56 |
| 69 | Aidan Smith | Notre Dame | 28:34 |
| 70 | JJ Lipscomb | Nicholas | 28:53 |
| 71 | Andrew Jarrell | Scott | 28:54 |
| 72 | Quentan Toler | Scott | 29:02 |
| 73 | John Hickman | Nicholas | 30:19 |
| 74 | Aaron Adkins | Scott | 30:20 |
| 75 | Josh Schoolcraft | Calhoun | 30:48 |
| 76 | Jackson McNeish | Buckhannon-Upshur | 31:11 |
| 77 | Grant Summer | Buckhannon-Upshur | 31:12 |
| 78 | Logan Basinett | Calhoun | 31:48 |
| 79 | Patrick Nanners | Buckhannon | 32:22 |
| 80 | John Whitt | Scott | 33:56 |
| 81 | Nathaniel Beer | Buckhannon-Upshur | 35:04 |
| 82 | Luke Carte | Scott | 37:31 |
| 83 | Logan Bragg | Braxton | 43:03 |
| 84 | Zack Davis | Notre Dame | 43:52 |
