Logan cross country teams each place 2nd at Central Hardin

Posted on October 26, 2016 2:51 PM

Both of Logan County’s varsity cross country teams finished second in the Ryan Snellen Meet at Central Hardin High School this weekend.

Meredith Johnson topped the Lady Cougars with a second-place individual finish while Thomas Lyne led the Cougars with a fourth-place run. John Hendricks, who almost stayed out of the race because of a leg injury, was second among the Cougars and sixth overall.

“The girls team was missing two of our top five runners,” notes Coach Joe Dan Laster. “However three 8th graders--Eliza Hagens (Auburn), Emma Trent (Auburn), and Alyssa Garret (Lewisburg)—all stepped up and ran extremely impressive runs. They were led by team captain Meredith Johnson who was only just 2.5 seconds away from running a new PR herself.

“Our girls team has been overlooked this year due to the success that the boys have been having. But they have an extraordinary future ahead of them.”

GIRLS 5,000 METER RUN
20:58.68		Meredith Johnson	2^nd	Varsity Girls
22:21.44	SB	Eliza Hagens	7^th	Varsity Girls
22:38.13	SB	Alyssa Garret	8^th	Varsity Girls
23:18.21	SB	Emma Trent	12^th	Varsity Girls
27:01.50	SB	Kela Heltsley	27^th	Varsity Girls
29:52.30		Cheyenne Nash	33^rd	Varsity Girls

BOYS 5,000 METER RUN
17:02.55		Thomas Lyne	4^th	Varsity Boys
17:15.37	SB	John Hendricks	6^th	Varsity Boys
17:45.90	SB	Gage Cousineau	8^th	Varsity Boys
18:00.46		Tanner Morrow	11^th	Varsity Boys
18:19.37		Dean Heltsley	16^th	Varsity Boys
18:21.95		Conner Dill	19^th	Varsity Boys
18:28.37		Damanuel Barbee	21^st	Varsity Boys
19:49.50		Wesley Abney	37^th	Varsity Boys
20:15.84		Devin Roche	42^nd	Varsity Boys
22:17.06		John Higgins	61^st	Varsity Boys
22:48.50		Sam Noe	63^rd	Varsity Boys
24:52.58		Woodrow Stamps	66^th	Varsity Boys

Boys 3200 Meter Run CC Middle School

4^th Steenbergen, Dylan 7 Logan County 12:16.35

5^th Cooper, Bill 8 Logan County 12:19.10

39^th Fears, Trenton 8 Logan County 14:58.62

55^th Trent, Joseph 7 Logan County 16:14.34

73^rd Wheeler, James 8 Logan County 18:25.74

Girls 3200 Meter Run CC Middle School

12^th Stapleton, Molly 5 Logan County 15:24.01

16^th Cole, Ashtyn 8 Logan County 15:59.90

18^th Johnson, Kirsten 8 Logan County 16:17.75

27^th Nichols, Savannah 7 Logan County 17:44.04

Girls 1600 Meter Run CC Elementary

24^th Lawson, Ella 4 Logan County 8:38.49

“If you see any Cross Country runners please give them words of encouragement leading to this weekend. The boys are going after a regional title (which would be the first time we've won a 3A region title ever) and the girls are trying to qualify as many as we can,” Laster says.