MHS Cross Country Competes in Hesston and Clay Center Meets

by Dina Giles

September 21, 2009

The MHS XC Team traveled to Hesston for their XC meet on Thursday, Sept. 10. The Hesston Meet is a large meet in which there are schools ranging from classifications of 1-6A. The athletes race against all of the schools in their own class (Freshman, Soph. etc..), 1-6A, and then at the end of the race they break into a 1-3A chute to finish and a 4-6A chute.

In the senior boys race, Dillon Hackett won the boys 1-3A race with a time of 17:00.20. It was the fastest 1-3A boys finish of the day and the 4th fastest time 1-6A. Other senior boys running for the Lions were: Logan Wedel at 27th, John Corman - 41st and Kyle Egger - 42nd.

In the junior boys 1-3A race, Garrett Daugherty got 2nd in a time of 17:33. His time was the 4th fastest for the day in the 1-3A boys. Spencer Roy, also a junior, placed 32nd.

Collin Trickle won the sophomore boys race in 17:42. His time was the 6th fastest for the day in the 1-3A boys. Other sophomore MHS runners were: Daryl Simmons - 23rd and Corey Egger - 26th. In the freshman boys race, Isaac Kuder placed 26th.

In the girls races, Anna Trahan took 2nd in the 1-3A freshmen girls with a time of 16:28.16. Her time was the 4th fastest time for the day in 1-3A girls. In the junior girls, Kylee Gragg was 5th in 17:29, Shelbi Hamilton was 6th in 17:34, and Emma Giles was 22nd. In the senior girls, Kendall Perry was 12th. Both boys and girls teams placed 5th as a team at the Hesston Meet.

The Clay Center XC Meet was the site of competition on Thursday, September 17. The MHS team was struggling with illness, so only 8 runners of the 17 on the team raced that day. Anna Trahan placed 4th in a time of 17:07 and Morgan Halderson placed 57th in the girls 4K race.

In the boys race, Collin Trickle placed 6th in 18:11 and Garrett Daugherty placed 7th in 18:24. Logan Wedel was 35th, Daryl Simmons - 56th, John Corman - 58th, and Spencer Roy - 59th. Isaac Kuder was 29th in the boys JV race. "This is a tough course with a lot of good teams competing here," stated Coach Dina Giles. "There were 12 teams, most of them 3-4A. In the boys competition, including JV, there were 134 runners. In the girls race there were 96 runners."