Oakland's Brice Walkowski and Siegel's Rachel Strayer talk about their individual titles at the Region 4 cross country meet.


With victory comes the spoils, and Siegel's boys cross country state title has the Stars well represented on The Daily News Journal's All-Area team.

Runner of the Year finalists Dawson Reed and Tucker Moss helped Siegel capture the Division I Large School state title.

Central Magnet sophomore Fuji Anday is also a finalist for Runner of the Year after leading the Tigers' transition into the Large School division with success, capturing a state team berth.

Reed was the Stars' top runner all season, finishing second in the Region 4 meet and placing sixth at state. His checked in at 16:09.32 at state.

Moss had an outstanding rookie year, taking third in the region meet and 10th at state. Anday was consistently the Tigers' top runner, placing 16th at state after a fifth-place finish in the region meet.

The Runner of the Year will be announced at a ceremony near the end of the school year.

The DNJ All-Area Boys Cross Country Teams include:


Canaan Anderson

Siegel, So.

Why chosen: One of the top area runners all season, Anderson shook off an injury that kept him out of the region by finishing 20th in the Large School state meet (16:48.66).

Fuji Anday

Central Magnet, So.

Why chosen: Placed 16th at the Large School state (16:42.04) meet and fifth in the region meet (17:29.97).

Tucker Moss

Siegel, Fr.

Why chosen: Captured 10th at the Large School state meet (16:23.01) and third at the region meet (17:09.45).

Dawson Reed

Siegel, Sr.

Why chosen: Finished sixth at the Large School state meet (16:09.32) and second at the region meet (17:03.68).

Brice Walkowski

Oakland, Sr.

Why chosen: Won the Region 4 title (16:45.55) and finished 30th in the state Large School meet (16:57.40).


David Carlton, Oakland, Sr.

Eli Cramer, Riverdale, So.

Ryan Phillips, Oakland, Sr.

Seth Robinson, Siegel, So.

Jordan Shirley, Central Magnet, Sr.

Coach of the Year

Phil Young, Siegel

Why chosen: Led the Stars to the Large School state title after a second-place finish at the Region 4 meet. Siegel scored 72 points at state, which was 56 better than second-place Knox Catholic. The Stars had four runners in the top 22.