The Hornets cross country team traveled to Priory High School in St. Louis for a random meet to replace the Platte County one that was canceled. Coach Dickson considered it as a positive to get to go to a new area & have to run a new course against different competition occasionally, so she found the opportunity and “ran with it!”
While not a large meet in terms of quantity, the teams were all primarily Class 3-5 schools out of STL. Despite the heat, hills, & swarms of aggressive bees & wasps that got many of our runners as they went through the woods in the first half a mile, everyone ran quite well. Luke Thompson brought home another win, & Cain Evans followed him in for another Runner Up finish on the complete other side of the state.
Top 10 medaled and the Hornets came away with 4 of them
Boys
Luke Thomson – 1st – 17:10
Cain Evans – 2nd – 17:30
Girls
YJ Lee – 5th – 23:40
Sophie Hurtgen – 10th 25:27 (beating a girl at the line to grab a medal by .39 of a second)
The cross country team will be back in action next Saturday at Kearney for one of the toughest competitions of the season.