PLEASANTON — Marmaton Valley, Crest and Yates Center’s cross country runners earned top finishes at their final meet of the season in Pleasanton Thursday.
Crest’s Peyton Schmidt earned first place, while Aubrey Allen snatched seventh in the varsity girls 5000-meter run. Yates Center’s Jalynn Birk also took 10th place in the girls race. In the boys 5K race, Crest’s Gunner Ellington finished sixth.
Marmaton Valley’s runners finished tops in the JV and middle school races, with Emma Louk earning first place in the seventh grade girls two-mile run. Sophia Heim took second place in the JV girls 5K run.
Crest
In the varsity boys race, Ellington crossed the finish line with a time of 18:02, followed by Elijah Taylor in 22nd place at 19:51.
In the varsity girls, Peyton Schmidt took first place with a time of 19:53 while Allen got seventh place with a finish of 22:23. Kaylee Allen took 12th place with a time of 24:29.
For the eighth grade boys two-mile run, Jimmy Ayers snatched a fifth place finish with a mark of 13:09. In the seventh grade girls two-mile run, Lynnex Allen got second place with a finish of 13:53 while Jordan Allen took home 10th place with a time of 15:47.
In the seventh grade boys two-mile run, Crest’s Wyatt Francis took 13th place with a time of 15:31 while Lukas Taylor got 14th place with a time of 15:33.
Marmaton Valley
Marmaton Valley’s youngsters ran well in the JV and middle school races. 
Sophia Heim finished with a time of 25:14. In the JV boys 5K run, Brendon Newman earned an eighth place finish with a time of 22:46.
In the eighth grade boys two-mile run, Thomas Allee took home sixth place with a time of 13:30 while Colin Ard took 10th place with a finish of 13:30.
In the seventh grade girls two-mile run, Emma Louk won with a time of 13:30.
In the seventh grade boys two-mile run, Jalen Curl took fourth place, clocking in at 13:18. Case Drake took ninth place with a time of 15:08, and Daniel Allee took 17th place with a finish of 15:57. Logan Sneed finished in 22nd place with a mark of 16:43. 
Yates Center
Jalynn Birk led all Yates Center runners with a time of 23:51, good for 10th place. Asher Arnold took 28th place with a time of 20:22 for the varsity boys.
In the eighth grade boys two-mile run, Isaac Stoll took 11th place with a time of 14:54 while Maddox Bysfield took 17th place with a finish of 18:06.
In the seventh grade boys two-mile run, Laken Culver took home 12th place with a finish of 15:29, while Joseph Bishop took 20th place with a time of 16:38. Connor Bysfield took home 21st place with a time of 16:39.
