VIKING HARRIERS TAKE 1ST, 3RD AT CLAY CENTER

VIKING HARRIERS TAKE 1ST, 3RD AT CLAY CENTER!

By William for www.mcpherson-county-ks.com

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CLAY CENTER – It was a successful day of running for the Smoky Valley cross country team on Thursday as they ran in the Clay Center Invitational and came home with a team and individual championship as well as 15 medals.

The Vikings Ryan Heline brought home an individual championship by finishing first in the varsity boys division while the Lady Vikings won the girls division as a team which included four runners placing in the top ten – Gracie Lambert, Ellise Peterson, Breanna Priddy and Kajsa Peterson.

Overall for the day, the Viking boys had four runners medal while the Lady Vikings had seven girls medal.

“I’m proud of how the girls competed today,” noted Viking Head Coach Holly Toll. “Our gap between our first and fifth place runners is getting smaller. We need to continue to lessen it each week. Gracie (Lambert) and Ellise (Peterson) ran a strong race up front, with Breanna (Priddy), Kajsa (Peterson) and Olivia (Bengtson) supporting them for a first-place finish as a team. Ryan (Heline) ran a great race against Jarrett Pfizenmaier from Clay Center in the boy’s race. The boys finished third as a team.”

Next up for the Viking cross country runners will be on Tuesday, September 24 when they run at Southeast of Saline in Gypsum.

VIKING CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS @ CLAY CENTER:

LADY VIKINGS VARSITY (Team finished 1^st):

Gracie Lambert ran a 22.01 and finished 4^th, Medaled

Ellise Peterson ran a 22.07 and finished 5^th, Medaled

Breanna Priddy ran a 23:18 and finished 9^th, Medaled

Kajsa Peterson ran a 23:46 and finished 10^th, Medaled

Olivia Bengtson ran a 25:32 and finished 17^th, Medaled

Lydia Peterson ran a 26:48 and finished 24^th, Medaled

Zoe Grace ran a 27:15 and finished 26^th, Medaled

Lady Viking Junior Varsity:

Ashlyn Bryant ran a 28:35 and finished 3^rd

Nevada Acheson ran a 32:00 and finished 7^th

VIKING BOYS VARSITY (Team finished 3^rd):

Ryan Heline ran a 17:01 and finished 1^st, Medaled

Garrett Huffman ran an 18:58 and finished 16^th, Medaled

Stephen Peterson ran an 18:59 and finished 17^th, Medaled

Lukas Apel ran a 19:13 and finished 20^th, Medaled

Trayton Miller ran a 19:38 and finished 28^th

Adin Replogle ran a 20:27 and finished 34^th

Justice Gardner ran a 20:30 and finished 35^th

Viking Boys Junior Varsity:

Logan Bodenhamer ran a 21:23 and finished 7^th, Medaled

Cayce Lindstrom ran a 21:35 and finished 9^th, Medaled

Trevor Jones ran a 22:05 and finished 14^th

Caden Kibler ran a 22:34 and finished 17^th

Devon VanFosson ran a 22:38 and finished 19^th

Jamison Sattler ran a 22:56 and finished 23^rd

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