2026 Moeller "Primetime" Invitational Recap! 

By: Head Coach Dave Prenger

The Moeller "Primetime" Invitational was contested on August 28th, 2026, for the tenth year at our home location at the Christ's Church Mason. The church has been an outstanding partner in hosting this event, and we look forward to continuing our relationship with them in years to come.

It is a huge amount of work to put on this event and Moeller Cross Country wishes to thank Course Manager Charlie Lytle, Coach Jerry DiCristoforo, Coach Frank Russo, Gavin Gray, Rusty Herzog, and all the parents who worked the turf crew, lights, finish-line, crowd control, first-aid, parking, cleanup, and other assorted odd jobs.

Also a special "shout-out" to all others outside of cross country who provided a helping hand with this huge undertaking, including the Moeller Swim Team. Thank you very much!

In addition, we especially want to thank our corporate sponsors for supporting our Primetime event, especially presenting sponsor Tri-State Running Company.

Please continue to support those businesses throughout the year and at other meets they may happen to visit. For more information and links to those sponsors, visit: https://www.moeller.org/PTI

The Crusader Cross Country Team opened the season under the "Friday Night Lights" on August 28th, 2026 hosting the Moeller "Primetime" Invitational presented by Tri-State Running Company at the Christ's Church Mason in Mason, Ohio, finishing 4th of 19 teams with 150 points.

This year's top finisher for Moeller was Junior Jacob Jankowski in 18th place with a time of 17:14 (out of 172 runners). Also scoring for Varsity: Junior Luke Long (20th – 17:22), Junior Hayden Sorg (33rd – 17:59), Sophomore Michael Becker (44th – 18:20) and Junior Murphy Maynes (59th - 18:37). Finishing out Varsity were Keegan Schrameck, Noah Stullberg, Zachary Guthrie, Lucas Thompson, Logan Todd, Jackson Rechtstein, Dominic Broek, Grady Kloesz, Mateo Carrelli, and Alex Kanyuck.

The JV squad finished 4th out of 13 teams with a score of 122. Top finisher for that race was Junior Nicholas Nedzel in 30th place with a time of 19:38 (out of 229 runners). Also scoring were Andrew Bedel, Gabriel Angeles, Max Westendorf, and Joseph Picard.

Complete meet results can be found here: https://www.moeller.org/PTI

For the upcoming meet, the team is going to Lebanon, Ohio on September 5th, 2026, to compete in the Lebanon Warrior Invitational at Lebanon High School.

Thanks to all who support the Crusader runners for this outstanding primetime event! We greatly appreciate it.



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