The Wheatridge Middle School Cross Country team kicked off their season with a home meet at Celebration Park on Saturday, September 9th.
The seventh grade girls all had awesome performances in their one mile races and took second place overall as a team. Medal winners were Hannah Elliott with a third place finish of 6:28 and Natalie Claycamp with a tenth place finish of 6:59. Natalie Yarbrough (7:03), Charli McGill (7:09), Olivia Hinck (7:31), and Taylor Dryden (7:34) all had great first-meet performances!
The seventh grade boys team kicked off their season with lots of great performances as well! Their team consisted of Jackson Elsey (6:38), Gage Graham (6:53), Kyler Leadbetter (6:53), Trevor Hamilton (7:41), Tyler Utter (8:00), Will Korosec (8:31), and Sam McQueen (10:03).
The eighth grade two mile race was well run by all three of the eighth grade runners. Jillian Velasquez earned a medal with her fifth place finish time of 14:08, Sadie Helms ran a 16:10, and Shane Chambers represented the boy’s team with a run of 15:23.
The Mustangs are looking forward to their second meet of the season, which is in Wellsville on Thursday, September 14th.