Two athletes moved up to Varsity competition in last week's cross country meet in Volga, and JV saw their hard work come to fruition as well.
Head Coach Jason Bohl expressed his pride at his athletes' success.
"Sebastian Deyoung and Emma Hanson tried their hand at the varsity level for the first time this year," he said. "They both ran well considering it was their first race at 5000m. Sebastian would finish in 27th with a time of 19:08 and Emma would earn a medal with 19th place in 21:38."
These times are spectacular for the two young athletes, who added 1000 meters to their race for the first time this season.
"On the Junior Varsity end, the Boys JV team finished first overall," said Bohl. "Noah Schotzko and Nathanael Roberts crossed the finish line in first and second place with respective times of 15:56 and 16:13 over 4000m. Talon Miller (13th- 17:20) and Cooper Smith (20th-18:19) were the other JV boys that medaled.
"Eliza Potter was our only girl JV representative and she was also able to earn a medal with her 8th place finish in 20:27," noted Bohl.
"Rounding out the Blue Dragons Boys JV were: Lukas Ludewig (26th-19:43) and Isaiah Coburn (34th-22:33)."
All are PR times for the athletes.
"The next action for the Garretson Harriers will be Thursday [October 5] when they travel to Salem to compete in the Big East Conference meet," said Bohl.
