Woodford County’s cross country runners faced a tough course and top competition Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Bluegrass Invitational in Lexington.
Avery Gill led Woodford in the girls’ varsity 5K race, placing 19th in 20:02.31. Harmony Gampper finished 40th in 20:54.88, with Penny Oxnard close behind in 42nd at 21:05.77.
Lucy Danks placed 79th in 23:06.68, and Ashlyn Dearinger completed Woodford’s scoring five in 93rd at 23:44.74. Genevieve Cox was 106th in 24:40.84, Allie Twehues finished 114th in 24:58.16, and Ava Jones placed 119th in 25:11.49.
Blake Porter led Woodford’s boys in the varisty 5K, placing 38th in 17:29.21. Oliver Cox followed in 55th at 17:45.27.
Gavyn Burns finished 115th in 19:24.51, and Liam Muniz placed 119th in 19:34.66. Logan Cox rounded out Woodford’s scoring five, taking 144th in 20:00.66.
Andrew Wellman was 170th in 21:10.88, Paxton Magruder placed 178th in 21:36.77, and Adrian Bowers finished 181st in 21:58.17. Clancy Fehrman took 185th in 22:22.65, and Julian Muniz placed 204th in 24:53.72.
Emmeline Zaluski led Woodford County Middle School in the girls’ 4K race, placing 13th in 16:23.73. Gentry Moore placed 34th in 17:47.17.
Willa Divine finished 43rd in 18:16.29, followed by Sydney Moore in 48th at 18:35.62. Ruby Holsapple completed the scoring five in 67th at 19:17.78. Hadley Abbott placed 70th in 19:31.74, and Mayleigh Brehm was 76th in 19:43.03.
Ryland Ritchie earned WCMS’s highest individual finish of the meet, placing ninth in the boys’ 4K race in 14:09.16.
Brody Fazio and Zachary Dorsey crossed the line less than three seconds apart. Fazio placed 22nd in 14:40.88, and Dorsey was 23rd in 14:43.37. Hattox Browning finished 35th in 15:11.70, and Ben Free completed Woodford’s scoring five in 79th at 17:13.86.
Sam Magruder led Woodford in the boys’ JV 5K race, placing 71st in 25:20.48. Kenton Grider followed in 72nd at 25:59.53.
Woodford’s next three finishers came through within 18 seconds of one another. Link Christensen placed 77th in 27:14.60, Nate Gresham was 78th in 27:29.00, and Thomas Young finished 79th in 27:31.96.
Gerrit Hall placed 82nd in 28:11.13, and Jake Crain finished 89th in 30:03.51.
This article appears in 5th October.