The Tri-County cross country team traveled to the Westfield Classic on Sept. 22.
Wyatt Howard ran a good race for middle school, and set a new personal record of 16 minutes 57.29 seconds for a 2 mile race. Jacob Bacon ran a great Varsity race, and also set a new personal record with a time of 24 minutes 30.64 seconds. Zoriah Mills, Sarah Hicks, Tessa Macik-Smith, Geraldine Perez, and Addison Peck also ran well in their Varsity race. Almost everyone earned a personal record during the meet.
Zoey ran the race in 25 minutes 34.55 seconds (PR), Sarah ran it in 25 minutes 56.00 seconds (PR), Tessa ran it in 31 minutes 24.22 seconds, Geraldine ran it in 31 minutes 4.60 seconds (PR), and Addison ran it in 31 minutes 57.14 seconds (PR).
The Varsity girls took eighth as a team overall out of 13 teams who participated in the meet. The girls’ team score was 188 points behind the seventh place team Columbus who scored 152 points.
“I’m very proud of each and every one of my runners. I am seeing improvements and gains from those who ran last season and from the ones who have just joined the sport for the first time. I’m grateful to coach this wonderful group of individuals and to have such a supportive group of parents/guardians, community members, etc. I look forward to the rest of the season, and seeing more gains for my runners both as individuals and as a team,” commented Coach Megan Woyak
The team traveled to Rosholt High School (Trebs Invite) on Sept. 24. The cross country team can’t wait for the meet and to see more fans at their next meets.
