Senior Hailey Stallings left everyone in her wake as she dominated the girls varsity race at the Warren East Raider Twilight Run, Saturday afternoon in Bowling Green.
With eight teams and 86 runners at the line, Stallings took off swiftly and established an early lead. Nearing the one-mile mark, she led by nearly 30 yards. As she entered the long chute leading to the finish line, there was no runner within a hundred yards as she steamed toward the line. Stallings’ winning time for the 5K race was 20:05.82.
Because the Lady Cougars had just three runners in the race, they did not qualify for a team score. Senior Emery Crume was the second Lady Cougar across the line, finishing 18th overall in a time of 23:13.34. Senior Kaylee Masden was 22nd in 23:59.50.
McCracken County won the team title with 34 points. Bowling Green was second with 61, and Owensboro Catholic was third with 87.
The varsity boys did field a full team and finished ninth of the 11 teams with 226 points. Sophomore Eli Helm was the first Cougar to finish, coming in 19th overall with a time of 18:15.34. Jacob Smith finished 41st in 19:30.71, Gabriel Mudd was 55th in 20:24.95, sophomore Tanner Cadena was 59th in 20:28.77, and junior Draven Stewart was 113th in 24:42.69. Finishing out of the points was sophomore Austin Bohn, 124th in 26:48.01.
South Warren’s Luke Spurrier was the individual winner with a time of 16:23.96. The South Warren team took first with 50 points, followed by Bowling Green (67), and McCracken County (84).
There were nine teams and 103 runners in the girls’ 3K middle school race, in which the Lady Cougars finished fifth with 107 points. South Warren was first with 47 points, Burns was second with 76, and College View took third with 86 points. South Warren’s Megan Kitchens was the individual winner in 12:33.84.
Grayson County had three top-20 finishers in the race. Seventh-grader Chloee Darst was the first Lady Cougar to cross the finish line, coming in 17th overall in 13:45.91. Sixth-grader Alexis Henderson was 19th in 13:49.32, and seventh-grader Corey Milam was 20th in 13:59.07. Also earning points were seventh-grader Kelsey Sneed, 43rd in 15:15.47, and seventh-grader Kaylee Jessie, 44th in 15:18.89
Those running out of the points included: Audrey Helm, 86th in 18:51.49, Riley Pawley, 92nd in 20:06.63, Allison Gibson, 98th in 23:39.84, Amber Clark, 99th in 24:04.36, and Emma Dickerson, 102nd in 26:57.81.
The middle school boys scored 138 points to finish ninth of 13 teams with 141 runners. McCracken County was first with 92 points, ahead of Central Magnet (101) and College View (103). South Warren’s Kellen Patterson was the winner in 11:16.23.
The young Cougars had a pair of runners with top-10 finishes: eighth-grader Peyton Nash, sixth overall in 12:01.30, and eighth-grader Jackson Crume, seventh in 12:10.88.
Also earning points were Houston Brooks, 28th in 13:20.34, Paul Overton, 44th in 13:59.22, and Jaxon Nugent, 74th in 15:18.11.
Finishing out of the points were: Bradley Sneed, 98th in 16:26.97, Tyler Portman, 109th in 17:23.28, GarRhett Stinnett, 110th in 17:25.33, Joseph Clark, 126th in 19:30.24, Zach Behlke, 130th in 20:39.59, and Talon Miller, 140th in 27:49.80.
The girls 2K elementary school race saw 11 teams and 94 runners at the line. The Lady Cougars finished eighth with 205 points. Daviess County finished first with a near perfect 18 points. College View was second with 67 points and Burns was third with 95. Daviess County’s Bentlei Stallings was the individual winner in 8:53.62.
Jayden Nugent was the first Lady Cougar to finish, coming in 33rd in 11:16.06. Reagan Nash finished 39th in 11:28.12, Lillian Lowery was 49th in 11:59.62, Reagan Coffey was 59th in 12:37.57, and Laney Hall was 68th in 12:57.72.
Finishing out of the points were: Maggie Basham, 76th in 14:20.91, Audree Pennington, 78th in 14:46.43, Lila Grace Dickerson, 79th in 14:53.99, Jana Dickerson 83rd in 16:15.74, and Haley Kennedy, 84th in 16:26.81.
Thirteen teams and 125 runners took part in the boys elementary 2K. Greenwood’s Tyler Reiter won with a time of 8:23.99. Greenwood also took the team title with 31 points, followed by Daviess County (80), and Bowling Green (103).
Fifth-grader Landon Lowrey had a top-20 finish, coming in 13th overall with a time of 9:09.54. Also earning points for the Cougars were Ian Meredith, 41st in 10:33.84, Ryder Coffey, 42nd in 10:43.54, Parker Embry, 48th in 10:45.85, and Kollin Blessitt, 59th in 11:10 37.
Members of the “Orange Army” finishing out of the points were: Levi Masden, 72nd in 11:35.24, Daniel Ratley, 76th in 11:57.18, Carter Bernard, 86th in 12:33.98, Christian Lucas, 94th in 12:55.36, Karter Blessitt, 107th in 14:01.40, Cooper Justis, 108th in 14:26.23, Elijah Clark, 112th in 14:35.65, Ayden Coon, 116th in 15:25.60, Kohl Meredith, 117th in 15:42.38, Jaxon Keown, 118th in 15:46.74, Benjamin Powell, 119th in 15:51.81, Jayden Cooper, 121st in 16:20.78, and Keegan Newton, 123rd in 18:22.06.
By Don Brown, Local Sport
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