St. Mary’s cross country team hosted their first race of the season on Monday night against Batesville. The Knights took 1st place in the boys race with Braylon Brancamp claiming 1st overall with a time of 12:10. Conner Bedel (13:31) and Fletcher Hash (14:00) took 4th and 5th place finishes. Landen Fuel (14:40) and Carson Kendall (15:08) finished 8th and 9th. Nolan Wells ran 15:15 for a 11th place finish. Charles Cornett (16:55) and Maxwell Gauck (21:24) rounded out the Knights finishers with 14th and 15th place finishes.
The girls placed 2nd against Batesville at the Monday evening home meet. Alaina Bedel (13:17) led the Knights with a 3rd place finish. Josie Wenning (14:24) took 9th in the race. Makayla Kieffer (14:40), Frankie Fry (14:47), Katie Fisse (14:48), Raegan Abplanalp (14:49), Josie Slaven (14:51), and Kelsey Slaven (15:00) took 9th-14th place finishes. Caitlyn Kendall (16:14) placed 21st, Mackenzie Lohrum (17:32) took 24th, Kylie Harpring (18:01) claimed 28th, and Harper Kinsey (18:24) finished 30th in the race.
The Knights run against North & South Decatur at home on Thursday evening. Go Knights!–
Staci Schutte