Thursday, Sept. 19 the Blue Dragon Harriers traveled to Chamberlain to compete in their 20 team invitational. The Varsity Girls finished fourth overall. Leading the way for the Lady Blue Dragons were medalists MaKayla Heesch(14) and Jordyn Williams(19). They covered the 500m course in 20:54 and 21:29 respectively. Payton Campbell(24) 22:09, Kylie Christensen(27) 22:22, and Tayler Benson(37) 23:03 rounded out the other varsity runners in the field of 70 runners.
The Varsity Boys finished 11th overall. Preston Bohl led the way as he finished 1st overall in a time of 16:51 out of 83 runners. Devon Leedy(46) 19:25, Sam Schleuter(51) 19:42, and Evan DeBates(75) 20:50 rounded out the other boy Blue Dragon runners. In the Girls JV, Adair Hanisch(3) 18:25 and Mia Christensen(8) 19:40 were able to bring home hardware. Other JV girls were: Kaci Danforth(18) 21:39, Eliza Potter(24) 23:05, and Sarah Welch(29) 24:11. In the boys JV, Matthew Gilbert was able to bring home a medal as he finished 8th overall in a time of 15:42. Chris Wynia(52) 20:42 and Noah Schotzko(55) 21:36 were the other JV runners that competed in Chamberlain.
“We had a better day than the last meet,” said Coach Jason Bohl. “It was hot and humid but we are getting better every meet and look to continue that improvement as we approach the post season.”
-Photos by Kernit Grimshaw
