The Ohio High School Athletic Association held its cross country regional championships on Saturday as several teams from the Toledo area captured titles.

The Perrysburg girls won the Division I Championship at the Youngstown Regional at Boardman High School.

Lexi Schultz led the way for the Yellow Jackets as the individual champion with a time of 18:07.7. Also running well for Perrysburg were Joslin Downey (sixth, 19:20.3), Charlotte Baxter (14th, 19:50.7), and Julia Motzel (19th, 19:55.3)

The Perrysburg boys took fourth place in their race, as Noah Madden (seventh, 16:23.7) and Jude Krall (19th, 16:39.6) both finished in the top 20. Anthony Wayne’s Ruben Cardenas finished 10th (16:30.4).

Tiffin Regional

At Hedges-Boyer Park in Tiffin, Fremont Ross won the girls Division II title as the Little Giants had three runners place in the top 10: Lily Kiser (third, 17:51.7), Julia Norris (fifth, 18:37.7), and Brooklynn Eisenhauer (seventh, 18:46.2).

Anthony Wayne finished third thanks to strong performances by Avee Lengel (eighth, 18:47.6) and Simone Strickland (19th, 19:40.1).

Bowling Green’s Lilly Downey (ninth, 18:55.3) and Sara Carr (18th, 19:36.0) helped the Bobcats place fourth.

Julia Bocik of Southview was the top local runner placing second with a time of 17:33.3. Other top performers included Maumee’s Arriana Dugan (10th, 19:05.5), St. Ursula’s Emerie Schmidlin (13th, 19:09.7), and Notre Dame’s Stella LeBlanc (16th, 19:31.6) and June Ogrodowski (20th, 19:43.4).

In the boys Division II race, Bowling Green finished second overall. Sam Wiles (sixth, 15:41.0), Lloyd Waldron (ninth, 15:48.9), Rece Simon (12th, 16:00.9), and Adam Proulx (14th, 16:07.3) were the top runners for BG.

Brennan Higgins (third, 15:29.8) and Spencer Frangou (seventh, 15:45.5) helped St. Francis place third.

Steven Owen of Southview was second overall with a time of 15:27.9. Fremont Ross’ Bentley Lopez (eighth, 15:48.1), Findlay’s Camden Stechschulte (11th, 15:54.0), and St. John’s Nick Walker (20th, 16:18.5) all finished in the top 20 as well.

The Bryan boys won the Division III championship thanks to a trio of strong runs from Colton Sheline (fifth, 16:04.3), Josiah Cummins (sixth, 16:17.5), and John Deitemeyer (11th, 16:34.4).

Henry Good (third, 15:48.4) and Evan Strausbaugh (ninth, 16:20.2) of Elmwood led the Royals to a third-place finish.

Archbold’s Jude Hudson placed 20th (16:56.0).

Napoleon’s Gwen Huddle was the girls Division III individual champion with a time of 17:23.0. Other top local runners included Oak Harbor’s Olivia Cherry (sixth, 19:20.7), Liberty-Benton's Josie Kern (13th, 19:54.9), and Elmwood’s Alayna Beasley (15th, 19:57.9).

The Liberty Center girls rounded out the local champions with a victory in Division IV.

Colbie Strayer placed second (18:17.1) while Mya Stark (ninth, 19:13.9) and Castyn Miller (11th, 19:18.2) followed close behind.

Natalie Nixon of Ottawa Hills was the D-IV individual champion with a time of 17:28.7. Piper Padgett (fourth, 18:57.9) also placed in the top five as the Green Bears finished second overall.

Archbold was third and was led by Hadley Hudson (16th, 19:42.9).

Maumee Valley’s Isabella Stueve (12th, 19:20.5) and Patrick Henry’s Blythe Fitzenreiter (14th, 19:36.1) both finished in the top 20.