Eagles cross country squads place third at Clay City

Friday, September 7, 2007

CLAY CITY -- The South Putnam boys' and girls' cross country team both posted third-place finishes in the Clay City Invitational. The boys' tallied 57 points, while the girls 48.

Tyler Shoffner was the top boy finisher, with a 10th-place finish with a time of 19:57. Other Eagle finishers were Tanner Barr with a time of 19:58, Dylan Hayes in a time of 20:08 and Andrew Northrop with a time of 20:48. Jon Weaver finished in a time of 20:56, Brad Eickhoff ran a time of 21:07 and Tyler Heavin ran a time of 21:19.

Shannon Egold

For the girls, Shannon Egold finished a minute out of first-place with a time of 22:23. Also finishing in the top 10 was Lauren Haynes in ninth-place with a time of 24:48.

South had four other running lead by Meghan Canary with a time of 26:01, Cassie Davis in a time of 26:09, Amanda Lund with a time of 26:25 and Bailey Birt finished with a time of 30:17.

The Eagles will compete in the John Mitchell Invitational at 10 a.m. Saturday.

At Clay City

Clay City Invitational

Boys Team Results

Clay City 27, Shakamak 38, South Putnam 57, WRV Inc.

Top-10 Individuals (* - Course record)

1. Anthony Witt (SH) 16:28*, 2. Drew Gambill (SH)

17:25, 3. Braxton Griffith (CC) 18:53, 4. Kevin Cook

(CC) 19:16, 5. Jesse Vansickle (CC) 19:22, 6. Josh

Horton (SH) 19:23, 7. Connor Modesitt (CC) 19:48, 8.

Ben Dickey (CC) 19:54, 9. Drew Townsend (WRV) 19:55, 10. Tyler Shoffner (SP) 19:57. Other Clay City: 17. Parker Modesitt, 21:09, 21. Kyle Yocum, 22:07

Other South Putnam: 11. Tanner Barr, 19:58, 12. Dylan Hayes, 20:08, 14. Andrew Northrop, 20:48, 15. Jon Weaver, 20:56, Brad Eickhoff, 21:07, 19. Tyler Heavin, 21:19.

Girls Team Results

Shakamak 38, Owen Valley 47, South Putnam 48, WRV 96,

Clay City 119

Top-10 Individuals

1. Casey Fougerousse (SH) 21:24, 2. Shannon Egold (SP) 22:23, 3. Melissa Jennings (OV) 22:27, 4. Jennifer

Hughes (WRV) 22:50, 5. Danielle Matsel (OV) 23:05, 6. Samantha Ellis (SH) 24:07, 7. Ashley Gladhill (OV)

24:30, 8. Sam Crosby (SH) 24:32, 9. Lauren Haynes (SP) 24:48, 10. Abby Sweet (SH) 25:43 Other Clay City: 16. Andrea Ladd, 26:17, 21. Brittany Richard, 27:05, 23. Stephanie Granger, 27:44, 28. Samantha Stoops, 29:55, 31. Taylor Walden, 33:34 Other South Putnam: 11. Meghan Canary, 26:01, 14. Cassie Davis, 26:09, 18. Amanda Lund, 26:25, 30. Bailey Birt, 30:17

Next meet -- The Eagles will compete in the John Mitchell Invitational at 10 a.m. Saturday.

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