Harvey’s Rowe takes second; Buffalo Creek’s Curtis wins at Lakewood Ranch

Harvey seventh-grader Maddox Rowe earned a runner-up finish Saturday at the Lakewood Ranch XC Invite, completing the boys’ middle-school 3K in 11:32.8.

Buffalo Creek eighth-grader Kai Curtis won in 11:21.4, finishing 11.4 seconds ahead of Rowe. Nolan’s Sully Shea took third in 11:44.9, followed by Buffalo Creek’s Hunter Ransome in 11:48.5.

That gave Buffalo Creek two of the first four finishers. The Palmetto school placed fourth in the boys’ team standings with 100 points; Nolan won with 58.

Harvey, whose two campuses are in Parrish, finished seventh with 159 points. Cayson Stone added an 18th-place finish in 12:34.9, giving Harvey two runners in the top 20.

In the girls’ 3K, sixth-grader Angelina Sauvageau led Harvey in 23rd at 15:04.2. Seventh-grader Sophia Popoff followed in 26th at 15:23.2. Harvey placed ninth with 240 points.

Buffalo Creek’s girls finished seventh with 166 points, led by Emory Acevedo in 20th at 14:37.8 and Presley Hartley in 21st at 14:48.4. Nolan won the girls’ team title with 28 points, and its Katelyn McIntyre won the race in 11:29.5.

The September 26 meet at Lakewood Ranch High in Bradenton included separate middle-school 3K and varsity 5K races.[1][2][3][4]