From Staci Schutte
St. Mary’s cross country runners had their first meet of the season on Tuesday, Aug 15 against Batesville.
The boys lost to Batesville, but the Knights had 3 runners earning a ribbon in the top 10. Conner Bedel (13:21), Fletcher Hash (13:29), and Nolan Hash (13:37) took home 6, 8, 9 place ribbons. Nolan Wells (14:57), Landen Fuel (16:05), Maxwell Gauck (15:31), and Henry Schutte (17:26) finished out the boys’ roster for the Knights.
The girls also lost, but had a great race! Josie Slaven (13:20) and Kelsey Slaven (14:36) finished in the top 10 with 4th and 10th place ribbons. Caitlyn Kendall (14:57) and Josie Wenning (15:15) took 12th & 15th. Frankie Fry (15:55), Kylie Harpring (17:02), Harper Kinsey (18:57), Tessa Hersley (19:06), Alex Fry (19:07), Zoe Curd (19:33), Sydney Fry (21:16), and Maya Kress (24:33) rounded out the Knights team.
The Knights will run again on Monday at the Greensburg invitational. Go Knights!