LYNNVILLE – Cross country is tough enough with pathways through trees, grass and underbrush.
Throw in hills – like on many golf courses – and it’s tougher still.
But, Montezuma’s boys, especially, showed more improvement at the Lynnville-Sully Invite on Thursday, Sept. 14, at Diamond Trail Golf Club.
The varsity boys packed closer together, with three runners, Jayden Ross, Carter McKee and Jack Erselius, not far off the 20-minutes mark for the 5k run.
The junior high boys scored as a team, placing second out of three scoring teams. Cade Lowry (13th place), Dayton Reif (15th) and Jaxon Young (16th) all were between 11:39 and 11:46.
Ellen Cook led the varsity Bravettes with a 13th-place finish in 23:14. Next was Vivian Cook, 33rd at 26:18.
Lynnville-Sully XC Invitational
at Diamond Trail Golf Club
High school boys – Montezuma was 7th out of 9 scoring teams.
Braves places and times – 24, Jayden Ross, 20:03. 31, Carter McKee, 20:18. 39, Jack Erselius, 20:34. 49, Jusiah Wetering, 21:32. 53, Bryson Stockman, 21:50. 54, Linkyn Bru, 21:55. 55, Kohen Holland, 21:57. 64, Cael Cheney, 22:42. There were 90 total runners.
High school girls – Montezuma was 7th out of 7 scoring teams.
Bravette places and times – 13, Ellen Cook, 23:14. 33, Vivian Cook, 26:18. 39, Alivia Cline, 26:50. 40, Ashlee Eilander, 27:09. 51, Makenna Johannes, 29:04. 59, Haileah Eichenberger, 32:57. There were 61 runners.
Junior high boys – 1, Pella Christian 26. 2, Montezuma 49. 3, BGM 55.
Braves places and times: 13, Cade Lowry, 11:39. 15, Dayton Reif, 11:42. 16, Jaxon Young, 11:46. 27, Luke Benson, 14:26. 34, Tristan Savant, 16:02. There were 38 runners.
Junior high girls – No Montezuma runners listed.
