Fort Campbell continues to pick up valuable course experience with the region cross country meet just over a month away.
Senior Maddison Ruggles, who is also the leading scorer on the Lady Falcon soccer team, led Fort Campbell with a 72nd place finish in a time of 24:52. She was followed across the line by Yasmin Espinoza (99th), Elizabeth Ryan (116th), Alexandra Zacherl (128th), Noah Ellison (140th), Hannah Salas (160th), and Julia Bonano (172nd).
Owensboro’s Breanna Alderton was the only runner to break 20 minutes, finishing the 3.1-mile course in 19:19. Alaina Baumgart of Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau) finished second in 20:14.
The girls’ varsity race featured 195 runners and 17 teams.
Jackson High, TN won the event, edging Daviess County by eight points. McCracken County was fourth. Fort Campbell finished 16th.
In the boys’ varsity race, Damian Bowe led the Falcon runners with an 87th place finish. He was followed by Andrew Sincere (116th), Josh Ricketts (176th), Alec Vaughn (215th), William DeShazo (236th), Cole Alia (277th), and Tyler Mickley (291st).
There were 312 runners and 25 teams in the boys’ varsity race. Henry County, TN brothers Titus Winders (16:10) and Silas Winders (16:20) finished 1-2 in the race. That helped Henry County win the competition with 95 points, ahead of second place Apollo (126) and third place Marshall County (137). Fort Campbell finished 22nd as a team.
In the middle school girls’ race, Joslynn Espinoza finished in 60th place, and Senai Mackay was 94th.
Jacob Gamez was the only middle school boys’ runner for Fort Campbell. He finished in 80th place.