ELYRIA CHRISTIAN CROSS COUNTRY

ELYRIA’S REIFF MEDALS AT TRINITY WILD  WIND INVITE

By Staff

            WICHITA – On Saturday, the Elyria Christian cross-country team ran at the sizable Wichita Trinity Wild Wind Invitational where Laney Reiff represented the Lady Eagles well by finishing fifth out of 127 runners.

            Reiff ran a season best time of 20:04.81 in medaling while Joy Beck placed in the top-50 at forty-sixth with a season best run of 22:40.02.

            For the Elyria boys’, Mason Gardner and Matthew Robinson ran the 5K varsity race with Gardner running a season best 18:20.57, good for forty-eighth out of 160 runners.

            Out of 148 runners in the junior varsity 5K, Grant Huxman, Colby Hall and Blake Saffel ran as a team finishing forty-eighth, forty-ninth and fiftieth, respectively.

            The Eagle runners are prepping for the Heart of the Plains/Wheat State League Challenge run  in Halstead on Thursday, October 17 before running at the Class 1A Regional 1 in Wichita on Saturday, October 26.

ELYRIA CHRISTIAN EAGLE CROSS COUNTRY at Wichita Trinity Wild  Wind Invitational

LADY EAGLE RESULTS =

5K Varsity Run (127 total runners) = 5. Laney Reiff – 20:04.81 (season best); 46. Joy Beck – 22:40.02 (season best); 99. Londyn Olsen  - 25:16.20 (season best).

EAGLE BOYS’ RESULTS =

5K Varsity Run (160 runners) = 48. Mason Gardner – 18:20.57 (season best) ; 100. Matthew Robinson – 19:47.41 (season best).

5K Junior Varsity Run (148 runners) = 48. Grant Huxman – 21:40.83; 49. Colby Hall – 21:43.13 (season best); 50. Blake Saffel – 21:44.32; 65. Connor Stark – 22:24.92 (season best).

(The Staff covering McPherson County Activities can be reached by email at macks.people.places@gmail.com)