Northern Heights’ girls cross country team took the Flint Hills League title on Thursday at Pomona Lake, with freshman Kimberly Smith taking the individual crown.
The Wildcats finished with 32 points, and Smith ran the course in 15 minutes, 39.43 seconds. Heights’ Jasmine King finished second with a time of 16:25.58, and Amy Lee (seventh) and Gesina Miller (10th) also turned in top-10 finishes. Elizabeth Karr (15th) and Chelsea Carr (18th) also finished in the top 20.
Council Grove finished third behind Mission Valley. The Braves had 79 points, led by Emily Frese’s ninth-place finish. Erica Henning finished 14th and Bethany Bacon 16th.
Osage City finished fourth with 82 points, with Cally Aspegren also earning fourth place among individuals. Lauren Portner just missed the top 10, coming in 11th.
On the boys side, Osage City finished second out of four teams with 53 points, behind Herington’s winning total of 40, and Heights finished third with 56. Kyle Stromgren led Osage, finishing sixth, and also placing in the top 10 were Tyler Bartee (eighth), Aaron Furr (11th) Zane Martin (14th) and Nathan Johnson (20th).
Justin Heston and Chris Seematter paced Heights, finishing in second and third place. Also in the top 20 were Brian Hultgren (12th) and Jon Lowder (18th). Council Grove did not register a team score, but the Braves’ Josh Hagar finished seventh.
Hartford’s Veatch takes 24th
Hartford’s Cheyenne Veatch finished in 24th place at the Burlington Invitational earlier this week.
Veatch ran the course in 18:29, and teammate Callie Clark was right behind her in 25th place. Megan Rohde finished 36th.
Spencer Rosenquist represented the Jaguars with a 25th-place finish, running in 20:21.
In the two-mile junior varsity race, Mike Payton led Hartford with a fourth-place finish. Also placing in the top 10 was Chris Moomey, who ran ninth, and Kevin Veatch finished 14th.
Dallas Swisher finished 18th in the 1.5-mile eighth-grade boys race, and Trevor Kuhens finished fourth in the one-mile seventh-grade boys run.
neighbor (anonymous) says...
Congrats for winning League Ladycats! That's two in a row Kimberly, keep working hard and improving like you have all year, and you'll do well in Wamego. Team, work hard this week and be prepared for the regional Meet next Saturday in Mound City. Strive for excellence like you have all season, run your best race and take the team to State.
October 18, 2008 at 11:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mrdeeds15 (anonymous) says...
It might be noteworthy that the Olpe Boy's team won the Burlington invitational by double digits.
October 19, 2008 at 12:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
neighbor (anonymous) says...
mrdeeds15, they only report what the school, AD, or coachs send in. Perhaps Olpe's staff didn't get the info to them? Olpe does have a talented CC program. How did Katelyn Henderson do?
October 19, 2008 at 9:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mrdeeds15 (anonymous) says...
Kaitlin got 2nd behind Dorniker from Chase County. The Olpe girls got 3rd as a team.
October 20, 2008 at 7:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
neighbor (anonymous) says...
Dorneker is from Flint Hills, not Chase Co. Chase Co is in the Flint Hills League with Height. Congrats to Katelyn.
1 Julie Dornecker Flint Hills 15:27
2 Katelyn Henderson Olpe 15:38
3 Ali Bailey Maranatha 16:20
4 Bethany Zarda Maranatha 16:25
5 Aubrie Neises Oxford 16:44
6 Kelsey Vinson Eureka 17:03
7 Chelsea Fullerton Flint Hills 17:03
8 Italy Loving Crest 17:25
9 Raquel Hill Humboldt 17:26
10 Melissa Swanson Oxford 17:32
October 20, 2008 at 5:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )