Oskaloosa runners compete at Royal Valley
Runners on the Oskaloosa High School cross-country team recently competed in a meet at Royal Valley High School. Following are the Bears’ individual results:
Girls – Audrey Metzger, 12th.
Boys – Adam Engelken, 23rd; Travis Hattemer, 25th; Brian Henry, 27th.
JV boys – Stephen Metzger, seventh; Jacob Rhodes, eighth.
North runners place at Holton, Troy meets
The Jefferson County North boys cross-country team recently finished second at the Holton meet and took the team title at the Troy Invitational. Individuals receiving medals at the events were:
Holton – Varsity: Spencer Wilson, eighth; Jon Peres, 12th; Matt Finley, 14th; Landon Noll, 15th; Cody McMahon, 16th; Dalton Speer, 17th. JV: Scott Noll, second; James Tillotson, third; David Erhart, sixth. Girls JV: Lincoln Kingman, first.
Troy – Varsity: Wilson, third; Peres, sixth; Speer, seventh; Finley, eighth; L. Noll, 12th; S. Noll, 13th; Tillotson, 14th, Erhart, 15th. Girls varsity: Kingman, eighth.
PLHS, West lead county at McLouth CC
The Jefferson West boys and Perry-Lecompton girls paced the county teams taking part Sept. 13 in the McLouth Invitational cross-country meet.
Tonganoxie won both the boys’ and girls’ team titles in fairly convincing fashion. The West boys were sixth while the Kaw boys were seventh. McLouth and Valley Falls also took part but didn’t field enough competitors for a team score. The Kaw girls were second followed by West in third.
The girls’ race featured four countians in the top 10, including individual champ Taryn Brees from Jefferson West and second-place finisher Katie Hirsch of Perry-Lecompton. The Kaws’ Maggie Kuhlman was fifth and West’s Heather Wright was seventh.
Following are the county results from the meet.
Boys – Garrett Jones, PL, eighth; David Collins, VF, 15th; Trey Bruton, JW, 17th; Blake Ross, JW, 19th; Tim Wellman, JW, 21st; Philip Hinman, PL, 23rd; Tanner Clark, JW, 36th; Ethan Merritt, PL, 42nd; Matt Anderson, JW, 49th; Lance Sweeney, VF, 52nd; Martin Lucas, McL., 55th; Gage McMullin, PL, 60th; Lucas Hothan, JW, 61st; Cody Nichols, PL, 62nd; Grant Smelser, McL., 63rd; Lance Morris, PL, 64th; Jarrod Bechard, McL., 68th; Alan Brown, VF, 71st; Cody Cline, McL., 74th; Stevan Nowlan, McL., 77th; and Angel Benton, JW, did not finish.
Girls – Taryn Brees, JW, first; Katie Hirsch, PL, second; Maggie Kuhlman, PL, fifth; Heather Wright, JW, seventh; Sydney Allen, PL, 16th; Kerry Neill, PL, 19th; Ellen Zirkle, JW, 24th; Marissa Wright, JW, 25th; Erika Herring, JW, 30th; Chelsea Cooley, PL, 31st, Belai Mills, PL, 32nd; Tayler Blodgett, PL, 36th; Gelia Gardner, McL., 41st; Marcia Beecham, JW, 43rd; Rhiannon Broxterman, JW, DNF.
