Wabash Middle School hosted their own invite Saturday morning at the city park.
Led by a 2nd place finish by Jeffery Small the Apaches finished 2nd to meet winner West Noble. The Chargers totaled 32 points to the Apaches 60. Manchester came in 3rd with 70 followed by Western (78), Frankton (120), McCulloch (170), and Huntington Catholic (192). Southwood, Northfield, Whitko, and Lakeview Christian did not have complete teams.
The rest of the Apaches remained consistent with Kedryn Evenson coming in 5th. Demetri Shull continued his stellar season coming in 11th. Easton Cantrell ran to a 16th place finish with Macklin Denney 27th, Alex Perkins 32nd, and Phoenix Brown 38th. There were 58 runners in the race.
In the reserve race Will Sullivan came in 2nd in his first race of his career. Lukas Rojas finished 11th, Aiden Young 13th, Finn Fairchild 38th, Barrett Benzinger 44th, and Isaac Mattern 48th. There were a total of 53 runners in the race.
The Wabash Lady Apaches cross country team competed on their home course Saturday morning, finishing with a strong third-place performance.
Coming in first for the running Apache varsity race crew was 8th grader Teresina Cordes, taking 1st place overall and running a time of 11:35 (the fastest home course time from a Wabash Apache). Second for the team, and also being added to top 10 fastest Apache home times was 8th grader, Sutton Stoffel, running in with a time of 12:26 and placing 5th overall. Following in was 7th grader AdaLynn (Grace) Jones with a season PR time of 13:00 and taking 10th place. Jones will also be added to the fastest Apache top 10 times on the home course. Another orange and black runner into the shoot was 8th grader, Briar Stoffel, running in with a time of 14:17 and taking 29th place. The next Apache was our 5th grader, Eva Sommers, with a time of 15:01 and placing 37th as an individual. The next Apache in was 6th grader Isabella Scott with a time of 15:56 and placed 47th overall. Next for the Apaches was 6th grader, Braelyn Kelly, running in with a time of 16:17 and placing 50th. In the varsity race, there were 61 runners and the girls placed 3rd out of 7 complete teams. There were 11 schools represented within their race.
For the reserve race, our team of 5 came in with their best efforts. First for this race on our team was 5th grader Ruby Cantrell with a time of 16:11 and placing 9th overall. Following into the shoot was 7th grader Alexis Lynn with a time of 16:46. Lynn placed 10th overall. Up next was 7th grader Adelyn Edwards finishing her race in a time of 19:48 and placed 15th overall. Next into the shoot was 5th grader, Rory Edwards, with a time of 20:07 and finishing in 16th place. Round out the Apaches was Harper Ellet, a 7th grader, finish her race with a time of 20:25 and taking 17th place. The Apaches toed the line with 17 female athletes, but also had boys to compete with as well. There were 53 total runners in the race. There were 3 complete teams (Wabash taking 3rd), with 5 schools represented in their race.
Our middle school Lady Norse ran at Wabash Saturday morning, placing 5th as a team. Adalynn Hawkens placed 9th overall with a time of 12:59, Audrey Hawkens finished in 14:05, Brynley Rice in 14:53, Kailynn Beeks in 15:45, Kenzie Dietrich in 15:50 and Faye Leffert in 17:36. In the boys race we had Declan Haupert first for the Norse in a time of 12:56, Gabriel Hyden in 12:57, Hudson Texeira in 13:58 and Carson McClure in 20:01.