Cross Country 2019

Press Release 4.9.19

The Wheatridge Mustangs traveled to Spring Hill for their second meet of the
season.


The eighth grade girls’ team took second place overall with a score of 42 points!  
Hannah Elliott in the 3200 meter run with a time of 13:30, Makenna Bartels in the
400 meter run with a time of 64 seconds, and the Sprint Medley team (Leiker,
Yarbrough, Claycamp, Bartels) with a time of 2:06.55, and Abri Leiker in the Long
Jump with a distance of 14’10.5’’.  Second place finishers were Natalie Yarbrough
in the 100m Hurdles, the 4x100 relay team (DeFrancesco, Claycamp, Yarbrough,
Dye), Avery Bell in the 800m run, and Natalie Claycamp in the 200m run. Third
place finishers Abri Leiker in the 100m dash, Hannah Elliott in the 1600 meter run,
Alexis Hilliard and Avery Bell with a tie in the High Jump.  Natalie Yarbrough took
fourth place in the Pole Vault.


The seventh grade girls’ team took third place overall with 35 points.  First place
finishers were McKenzie Sullivan in the 100 Hurdles with a time of 18.96 and
Aaliyah Green in the Discus with a distance of 77’10’’.  Second place finishers
were Ty’Lir Davis in both the 100m dash and the 200m dash, the 4x100 Relay
(Sanders, Sullivan, Phipps, Ficken), the 4x200 Relay (Hutchinson, Maginness,
Manka, Page), the Sprint Medley (Lowe, Sanders, Ray, Phipps), and Aaliyah
Green in the Shot Put.  Ellie Parks took third in the 400m run, Ashley Sanders
took fourth in the 100m Hurdles, and Logan Ray took fourth in the 200m dash.


The eighth grade boys team took third place overall with 39 points.  First place
finishers were Angel Terrazas in the long jump with a jump of 15’5.75” and
Pierson Carlisle in the Pole vault  with a jump of 8’ . Second place finishers
were Gage Graham in the 3200m run and the 800m run, Jacob Venevongsoth
in the 100m hurdles, Jason Leyritana in the 100m dash, the 4x100 Relay
(Terrazas, Leyritana, Nichols, Carlisle), Third place finishers were Dante Njoroge
in the 3200m Run, Chance Henson in the 400m run, Jack Schroeter in the
800m run, Nick Lopeman in the shot put, the 4x200 Relay (Taylor, Venevongsoth,
Lomas, and Long), and the 4x400 Relay (Elsey, Griffith, Henson, Schranz).
Fourth place finishers were Jackson Elsey in the 3200m run, Cooper Nichols in
the 100m dash and the Discus, and Leo Schranz in the 1600m run.


The seventh grade boys team took second overall with 59.5 points. Event
winners were the 4x100 Relay (Shoemaker, E. Porter, C.Porter, Kindler) who
set a new school record with a time of 51.9, Eithan Kodger in the 1600m run
with a time of 5:40.1,Elijah Porter in the 800m run with a time of 2:32, Mason
Shoemaker in the 100m dash with a time of 12.24 and in the 200m dash with
a time 25.7, Sprint Medley Relay (C. Porter, E. Porter, Shoemaker, Kodger)
with a time of 1:59.11. Second place finishers were Jai’den Suber-Mcdonald
in the 100m hurdles, Chase Moreland in the 400m run, Nick Utter in the 800m
run, Cameron Porter in the 200m dash,Serge Otainkouya in the Discus, the
4x200m Relay (Suber-Mcdonald, Easley, Gilmore, Kindler), and the 4x400
Relay (Utter, Suber-Mcdonald, Reyes, Moreland).  Third place finishers were
Eithan Kodger in the 100m Hurdles, Adrian Reyes in the 400m run, and Serge
Otainkouya in the Shot Put. Fourth place finishers were Cameron Porter in the
100m Dash, Jai’den Suber-Mcdonald in the 200m dash, and Eithan Kodger in
the long jump.

The Mustangs are looking forward to competing in their third meet of the season
on Tuesday, April 17th in Eudora.