The Wheatridge Cross Country team ran at their last meet of the season on Thursday, October 4th. The weather was amazing and the runners had outstanding last meet performances!
The seventh graders raced one mile. Caroline Kuzma (7:02), Riley Hutchinson (7:36), Kendall Elbert (8:22 PR), and Emmaleigh Wiehn (9:45 PR) represented the girls’ team well. Nick Utter (6:16), Matt Wintjen (6:46 PR), Sam Laird (7:00 PR), and Max Goodwin (8:05 PR) represented the boys’ team well.
The eighth graders raced two miles. The girls’ team took first place with 37 points and remain undefeated for their entire season!! Hannah Elliott took second place (first in league) with a 12:55, Natalie Claycamp took fifth place (four in league) with a 13:18 (PR), Charli McGill took eleventh place (ninth in league) with a 13:42 (PR), Makenna Bartels took fourteenth place (eleventh in league) with a 14:03, Olivia Hinck took twentieth place (fifteenth in league) with a 14:26, and Taylor Dryden took twenty-eighth place (twenty-third in league) with a 15:31 (PR).
The boys’ team took fourth place with 111 points. Gage Graham took fourteenth place (tenth in league) with a 12:19 (PR), Chance Henson took sixteenth place (eleventh in league) with a 12:27 (PR), Jackson Elsey took nineteenth place (thirteenth in league) with a 12:44 (PR), Nathan Pascarelli took thirty-fourth place (twenty-second place in league) with a 13:31 (PR), and Jack Schroeter took thirty-fifth place (twenty-third place in league) with a 13:32 (PR). Kyler Leadbetter ran a 13:53, Trevor Hamilton ran a 14:31 (PR), Tyler Utter ran a 14:56 (PR), and Dillon Magee ran a 15:23.
The Mustangs had an awesome season and are sad to see it come to a close.