The Wheatridge Middle School Mustangs traveled to Wellsville for their second meet of the season. The hot weather didn’t get them down and they ran well against the other 18 schools.
The seventh grade boys and girls ran their first two mile race of the season. Medal award finishers were Hannah Elliott who took fourth place (14:23), Natalie Claycamp who took twelfth place (15:36), Charli McGill who took twentieth place (15:51), and Natalie Yarbrough who took twenty fifth place (16:11). Olivia Hinck (16:35) and Taylor Dryden (18:09) had great races as well! The boy’s team fared well with Gage Graham (15:05), Jackson Elsey (15:25), Trevor Hamilton (18:08), Kyler Leadbetter (18:28), Tyler Utter (20:20), Will Korosec (20:28), and Sam McQueen (26:24).
The eighth grade girls all ran medal-winning races! Jillian Velasquez took fifteenth place (15:24), Zoey Edwards took sixteenth place (15:26), and Sadie Helms took twenty fifth place (17:06). Shane Chambers represented the boys team with a run of 14:47 (PR).
The runners are excited to run at Trail Ridge Middle School on Saturday, September 16th.