TUCKER COUNTY CROSS COUNTRY RUNS AT RCB AND FRANKFORT

B y Dave Helmick

TuckerCountySports.Com

CLARKSBURG – The Mt. Lions Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country team traveled to Robert C Byrd High School on Tuesday September 8^th to compete in the RCB Invitational.

In the Boys’ race Clay Poling was the top finisher for Tucker County in 21st place overall and Poling posted a time of 23:25.21.  Other results for the Mt. Lions are as follows: 24th-Taylor Long(23:30.11), 27th-Haden Wamsley(23:51.31), 33rd-Trent Eure(27:13.11) and 34th-Ethan McCrum(27.15.58)..

The Lady Mt. Lions ran next and Erin Chambers was the top Tucker County finisher with a 4th place overall finish(23:49.42).  Other Tucker County Girls’ race results were as follows: 6th-Kate Falls(24:15.21), 12th-Katie Hicks(25:48.78), 13th-Karlee Smith(26:06.99), 14th-Hannah Hardy(26:09.28), 20th-Alaira Hudson(27:40.62), 25th-Addison Buckley(29:36.68), 27th-Addie Hicks(30:20.49), 32nd-Kristen Hicks(32:02.93), 37th-Brianna Gooden(34:55.99), 42nd-Kandace Nestor(36:45.43) and 48th-Olivia Myers(43:13.56).

SHORT GAP – The Tucker County Girls’ and Boys’ Cross Country teams traveled to Frankfort on Saturday September 12^th for the 27^th Annual Frankfort Invitational.

In the Girls’ Varsity Race the Tucker County team finished 4th overall as a team.  Individual results were: 6th-Erin Chambers(23:10.8), 20th-Hannah Hardy(24:27.8), 24th-Kate Falls(24:43.2), 34th-Katie Hicks(25:35.7), 50th-Alaira Hudson(27:37.6), 51st-Karlee Smith(27:43.1), 56th-Addison Buckley(28:16.2).   Girls’ JV results: 2nd-Kristen Hicks(27:11.5), 5th-Addie Hicks(28:10.6), 11th-Brianna Gooden(34:05.7).

In the Boys’ Varsity division the Mt. Lions team finished 9th overall as a team.  Individual results were:  48th-Clay Poling(22:25.5), 52nd-Taylor Long(22:46.0), 59th-Wesley Strawderman(24:11.9), 62nd-Trent Eure(25:02.1), 64th-Haden Wamsley(25:23.1), 67th-Ethan McCrum(25:58.5).

Both Cross Country teams will return to action on Saturday September 19th at Grafton and then they will travel to Buckhannon-Upshur on Tuesday September 22nd.  For more info go to TuckerCountySports.Com.