It was a beautiful day in Spring Hill for Wheatridge Cross Country runners. WMS faired extremely well and brought home a total of eight medals!
The first race of the meet was 7th grade girls. Kenzie Gust brought home a 3rd place medal with a time of 7:35, Shelby Baldwin brought home a 4th place medal with a time of 7:48, and Erin Smith took 16th place with a time of 11.36. The second race of the meet was 7th grade boys. Mitch Lumley brought home a fifth place medal with a time of 6:21. The rest of the seventh grade boys did a great job of representing WMS; Chase Eccles took 15th (7:05), Kole Edwards took 25 (9:06), Triston Gibson took 26 (9:17), Logan Kleinsorge took 28th (9:30), Ryan Blackwell took 29th (10:37), and Jackson Edwards took 30th (10:59).
The eighth grade girls had a triple medal day; Skyler Bartels brought home a 4th place medal with a time of 15:42, Jamie Gaither brought home a 5th place medal with a time of 15:44, and Haley Meyers brought home a 9th place medal with a time of 16:15. The eighth grade boys brought home two medals; Timothy Stuart placed 2nd with a time of 13:09 and Rodolfo Berrum placed 4th with a time of 13:35. Noah Spencer took 13th (14:55), Josh Lopeman took 17th (16:10), Trenton Bilhimer took 22nd (18:22), and Taylor Lindburg took 23rd (23:53). Wheatridge looks forward to running in Ottawa on Saturday.