GIRARD — Humboldt High’s Cubs and Lady Cubs finished third as teams in their respective divisions at Thursday’s Girard High Invitational cross country meet.
Yates Center High had one individual runner in each of the varsity races Thursday. Both earned medals.
In the boys’ varsity 5K race, Humboldt’s Ethan Bartlett paced the Cubs to a third-place finish out of five teams. Bartlett garnered the 10th-place medal with a time of 19 minutes, 16 seconds.
Yates Center’s Ceaton Cooper placed 12th in 19:28.
The Cubs’ No. 2 runner for the meet was Tanner Orth in 16th at 20:04 followed by Nick Keazer in 26th at 21:01.
Andrew Keazer placed 32nd in 22:32 just ahead of HHS teammate Dillon Aikins in 22:34. Bryce Isaac was 36th in 24:48 and Rayden Goltry was 37th in 25:44.
Emily Baker ran her first varsity cross country race for Yates Center Thursday. She finished 10th in the 4K race in 15:45.
“Ceaton took almost two minutes off his time from last week and Emily ran great,” said Kevin Barnes, YCHS head coach. “Our junior varsity runners’ times all went up but most of their placings stayed pretty close to where they were last week.”
Humboldt’s varsity girls were led by Brook Boatwright. The Lady Cubs came across the finish line in a cluster.
Boatwright finished 20th in 23:56 edging out teammate Kolbyn Allen at 23:57. Christian Sallee was 22nd in 24:09, Kristin Todd placed 23rd in 26:03 and Kelsey Cramer was 24th in 26:04.
“I was pleased with both boys and girls. This is the first time we have placed in the girls and boys races as a team,” said Eric Carlson, Humboldt coach.
“Everyone improved this week. I’m pleased how our kids respond to being told to pick up the pace during a race.”
IN JUNIOR VARSITY races, Yates Center’s Sabrina Arell was second in the girls’ two-mile run in 15:47.
Yates Center’s Drake Busteed and Brett Holloway were first and second in the boys’ two-mile race. Busteed won in 12:15 and Holloway ran the distance in 12:39.
Hayden Splechter finished 15th in 14:07 earning a medal for Yates Center. Tyler Keenan was 16th in 14:19 and Dustin Dyer was 25th in 17:17.
Humboldt’s Ronny Jarred claimed the fourth-place medal in 12:47. Caleb D’Armond was 10th in 13:28 and Caleb Vanatta placed 17th in 14:52.
