GHS cross country earns third, fourth place

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Greencastle's pack running came in handy over the weekend as the cross country team ran in the Decatur Central Golden Spike Invitational.

The boys finished third with 94 behind Bishop Chatard and Decatur Central. Clayton Wilson earned the best finish at seventh-place.

"Several of the runners were able to drop their times considerably from the same meet last season. It was nice to see Braden Pershing starting to make a comeback from an illness that has been plaguing him for most of the season," GHS coach Garry Anderson said. "The Greencastle team is still battling a few injuries and were missing one or two from their starting line-up. Still we were able to put the top six together in a decent pack for scoring."

The girls finished fourth and were led by Emma Wilson finished first with a time a of 18:16 Arianna Pershing finished fifth and Seelye Stoffregan seventh.

"As with the boys team the Tiger Cub girls team is also nursing small injuries and running without a regular line-up," Anderson said. "That is evident with the gap from our number three runner to our number four runner today. However we fought it out with the top teams and finished fourth. It is nice to have our top three finishers to be made up of one sophomore and two freshmen. Freshman Seeley Stoffregen got personal best with a time of 22:44 and several other Tiger Cub girls improved on their times from last year at this meet."

Boys Team Finish:

1. Bishop Chatard 55

2. Decatur Central 71

3. Greencastle 94

4. Whiteland 101

5. Cardinal Ritter 132

Boys Individual Finish:

1. S. Sweet - DC - 16:45, 2. A. Scott - DC - 16:52.7, 3. K. Gross - DC - 16:58, 4. J. Williams - WL - 16:59, 5. J. Crawford - BC - 16:59, 6. J. Edmondson - CA - 17:12, 7. Clayton Wilson - GC - 17:13, 8. K. Krieger - CR - 17:29, 9. J. Oldiges - BC - 17:31, 10. N. Kolbus - BC - 17:32

Other Greencastle: 16. Cameron Lewis - 17:46, 19. Braden Pershing - 17:52, 25. Preston Headley - 18:11, 31. Ben Gellman - 18:30, 36. Jacob Crawley - 18:42, Peyton Jones - 19:45

Girls Team Finish:

1. Mooresville 61

2. Bishop Chatard 74

3. Whiteland 80

4. Greencastle 81

5. Wisdom Builders 131

Girls Individual Finish:

1. Emma Wilson - GC - 18:16, 2. M. Vaulters - MO - 19:35, 3. K. Dietrick - BC - 20:20, 4. K. Blake - CR - 20:26, 5. Arianna Pershing - GC - 20:30, 6. K. Brewer - W - 20:33, 7. Seelye Stoffregen - GC - 20:44, 8. C. Merrill - S - 20:45, 9. A. Hastings - WB - 20:48, 10. I Haggard - MO - 20:52

Other Greencastle: 32. Katerina King - 22:1, 38. Corrie Romer - 23:09

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