ELKINS – The Tucker County Girls’ and Boys’ Cross Country teams traveled to Elkins on October 19th for the A-AA Region 2 Championship Meet. The meet consisted of 6 teams in the Girls’ race and 10 teams in the Boys’ race.
Sophomore Will White was the top finisher for the Mt. Lions as he finished 10th with a time of 19:48.64. The 10th place finish qualified White for the State Cross Country Meet on October 28th at Cabell Midland. Other finishers and times for the Tucker County Boys’ are as follows: 17th Jack Melnick(20:39.57), 18th Joseph Lewandowski(20:39.88), 39th Jonathan Rhodes(22:15.52), 45th Chris Chambers(23:13.97), 47th Taylor Long(23:30.36) and 57th Cameron Wamsley(25:28.55). The Tucker County Boys’ team placed 5th overall(121).
Senior Natalie Evans was the top finisher for the Tucker County Girls’ team with a 32nd place finish and a time of 27:32.77. Other finishers for Tucker County are as follows: 42nd Mikala Betler(30:05.21), 44th Maya Paul(30:31.50), 46th Caitlin Fladung(30:50.20), 47th Zoe Nestor(30:52.53), 55th Kandace Nestor(32:26.88). The Lady Mt. Lions finished 6th overall with a team score of 157 points.
