With Hemmelgarn and Roth racing on the 4x800 relay last year, Minster finished third at state (9:23.39).
“We worked so hard all year,” Chaney said. “We all wanted it so bad.”
Minster won the Division III cross country championship last fall with Hemmelgarn placing third and Roth ninth.
“Cross country was a great experience,” Hemmelgarn said. “In this one, I just wanted to see what I could do.”
Fort Loramie’s Mylee Shatto, Colleen Borchers, Lauren Moore and Claire Rethman finished second (9:34.91). Coldwater’s Ava Giere, Carlee Goodwin, Kiersten Keller and Haley Alig placed third (9:43.31). West Liberty-Salem’s Megan Adams, Ashley Yoder, Teagan Boyd and Mallory Bostick took fifth (9:48.11).
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