SMOKY VALLEY VIKING CROSS COUNTRY

LADY VIKINGS WINS INVITE, CLARK FINISHES 3RD.

By Staff

            CLAY CENTER – On Thursday, September 19, the Smoky Valley cross country teams went on the road and  participated in the Clay Center Invitational where Esther Clarks placed third in leading the Lady Vikings to a team title.

            The Lady Viking runners scored a team championship with 64 points, 13 ahead of runner-up Wamego with 77. Riley County (99), Chapman (112) and host Clay Center (124) rounded out the top five teams.

            Esther Clark ran a time of 21:24.10 which placed her third among 79 runners while Hope Willems finished tenth with and Sophia Eyer placed thirteenth with a season best run. Sophia Fruits ran twenty-second to give Smoky Valley four runners in the top twenty-five.

            The Smoky Valley boys placed eighth in the team standings with 216 points, well behind team champion Wamego at 42 and runner-up Chapman with 44.

            The top runner for the Vikings was Isaiah Ayala who ran a season best of 20:07.77 and finished twenty-seventh while Kaden Bishop also had a season best run of 20:10.55 and placed twenty-ninth.

            Next up for the Smoky Valley runners will be on Tuesday, September 24 at Southeast of Saline.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKING CROSS COUNTRY at Clay Center Invitational

Thursday, September 19

LADY VIKING RESULTS =

5K RUN…...

TEAM STANDINGS (top five) = 1. LADY VIKINGS – 64; 2. Wamego – 77; 3. Riley County – 99; 4. Chapman – 112; 5. Clay Center – 124.

LADY VIKING INDIVIDUAL RESULTS = 3. Esther Clark – 21:24.10; 10. Hope Willems – 21:58.11; 13. Sophia Eyer – 22:12.81 (season best); 22. Sophia Fruits – 23:28.49; 28. Emma Chaput – 24:11.67 (season best); 51. Gracia Peterson – 26:48.68; 58. Roxie Riedel – 27:33.02.

LADY VIKING JUNIOR VARSITY RESULTS = 67. Mila Sims – 29:28.34.

VIKING BOY’S RESULTS =

5K RUN……  

TEAM STANDINGS = 1. Wamego – 42; 2. Chapman – 44; 3. Clay Center – 101; 4. Abilene – 108; 5. Marysville – 128; 8. VIKINGS – 216.

VIKING BOY’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS = 27. Isaiah Ayala – 20:07.77 (season best); 29. Kaden Bishop – 20:10.55 (season best); 54. Elijah Spooner – 23:28.62; 59. Henry Bowman – 23:54.23 (season best); 73. Kyle Robledo-Diaz – 26:09.94; 80. Charlie Bowman – 29:16.04.

VIKING BOYS’ JUNIOR VARSITY RESULTS = 37. Connor Frees – 26:57.12 (season best); 50. Hudson Gustus – 32:58.66.

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