SEARSBORO – It was another day for the Montezuma middle school girls to shine when the Montezuma cross country teams hosted their own invitational meet on a sun-soaked Thursday afternoon, Oct. 8 at Big Springs Shooting Complex.
Ava Anderson and the Montezuma Middle School runners easily won top honors in individual and team competition.
Ava covered the 1.6-mile distance in 9:30.6, winning by 48.5 seconds.
“Great work by the junior high girls team to capture a home meet win,” said Coach Kevin Gartman. “We also had a few high school runners adding personal records, including Haileah Eichenberger, Dayton Reif, Cade Lowry and Luke Benson!” he said.
“Thanks to all who came out and supported or helped out,” Gartman said. “It’s always great to see such a strong turnout at the home meet and I’m thankful we had such a nice night to compete.”
The teams were set to be back at Big Springs for the SICL meet on Wednesday, Oct. 15
Montezuma CC Invitational
at Big Springs Shooting Complex
Middle School Girls – 1.6 miles
Team score – 1, Montezuma, 16 points. (First of five schools)
Montezuma runners – 1, Ava Anderson, 9:30.6; 7, Brea Cheney, 11:27.8; 10, Addilyn Ross, 11:41.1; 11, Teagan Sutherland, 11:47.1; 21, Elise Mathes, 13:08.1. 22, Lucy Semprini, 13:15.8; 24, Alyssa Latcham, 13:28.8; 26, Karley Eichenberger, 13:42.2. There were 45 runners.
Middle School Boys – Montezuma had no entrants.
High School Girls – 5K
MHS no team score
Runners – 17, Claire Erselius, 24:20.4; 20, Alexa Rose, 26:12.4; 24, Sophia Semprini, 26:03.6; 26, Haileah Eichenberger, 26:08.4.
High School Boys – 5K
Teams – 1, South Tama County 57; 5, Montezuma 113. (There were eight full boys teams).
Runners – 10, Dayton Reif, 18:59.2; 13, Cade Lowry, 19:14.2; 25, Linkyn Bru, 20:09.6; 30, Luke Benson, 20:45.6; 56, Caio Araujo, 24:37.0; 59, Nicholas Damon, 25:31.9. There were 62 runners.