The East Atchison and Rock Port high school cross country teams traveled to Iowa, to compete in the Clarinda Invitational. Rock Port’s Norah Watkins won the varsity girls’ event with a time of 22:01.22. East Atchison Lady Wolves placed fourth out of seven teams in the varsity 5K and Jayla Irvine placed sixth overall with a time of 24:40.51. The East Atchison Wolves placed seventh out of 11 teams in the varsity boys’ 5K. The East Atchison junior high girls placed first in the 3200 meter run event with two runners placing in the top 10 and four runners placing in the top 20. Results from the event follow:
Varsity Girls 5K (64 runners) – 1st, Norah Watkins (RP), 22:01.22; 6th, Jayla Irvine, 24:40.51; 22nd, Abbie Harms (EA), 27:41.32; 27th, Bella Bywater (EA), 28:09.76; 29th, Evelyn Heintz (RP), 28:27.98; 41st, Rhoni Caudill (EA), 30:36.47; 50th, Bresayda Jimenez (EA), 32:30.00; and 56th, Macy Stepp (EA), 33:54.49
Varsity Boys 5K (108 runners) – 11th, Malachi Skillen (RP), 19:49.34; 16th, Clayton Vernon (EA), 20:10.86; 21st, Quin Staten (EA), 20:43.33; 24th, Cole Anderson (EA), 20:52.06; 53rd, Levi Lucas (RP), 23:55.56; 55th, Isaac Vette (EA), 24:06.49; 70th, Bryon Ohlensehlen (EA), 25:10.97; 92nd, Mason Kingery (EA), 28:32.24; 100th, Luke Swinehart (EA), 30:16.11; 104th, Connor Morton (EA), 31:09.16; 105th, Ben Rolf (EA), 31:26.79; and 108th, Kendall Kingery (EA), 35:12.54
Junior High Girls’ 3200 Meter Run (55 runners) – 3rd, Mikayla Windham (EA), 13:56.98; 9th, Lyla Walker (EA), 15:16.51; 15th, Kennedi Griffin (EA), 15:58.56; 17th, Gracie Walker (EA), 16:03.06; 23rd, Vivianne Hale (EA), 17:08.55; 32nd, Graceyn Reeves (EA), 18:33.71; 39th, Anna Weber (RP), 19:08.85; 43rd, Vera Hale (EA), 19:52.47; 49th, Ava Brown (EA), 22:16.41
Junior High Boys’ 3200 Meter Run (69 runners) – 20th, Kipton Waigand (RP), 13:51.40; 46th, Landon Melton-Burrell (RP), 16:20.36; and 56th, Owen Vette (EA), 17:58.68