Girls Cross Country beats Athens, Wyalusing
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 17, 2014
The Wellsboro Varsity Girls Cross Country team remained undefeated as they defeated both Athens and Wyalusing on Tuesday, September 16.
Wellsboro beat Athens 24-34 and Wyalusing 15-50. Junior Jada Jackson was the top finisher for the girls team as she came home second in 22:33. The Lady Hornets then finished fifth through ninth as Freshman Anna Bleggi (22:59), Senior Annie Sweeney (23:43), Junior Camryn Keane (23:52), Junior Jordyn Coffee (23:57), and Junior Samantha Bailey (24:17) all ran together.
Senior Caitlynn Butler finished 13th (25:49) and Freshman Aiyana Hazlett was 18th (29:14).
For the boys, Wellsboro lost 44-16 to Athens and 48-15 to Wyalusing. Sophomore Alden Weiner was the hghest finisher in 11th place at 20:16. Sophomore Bryon Callahan was 14th (20:51), Freshman Kyle Wilson was 16th (21:38), Freshman Connor Brought was 17th (21:43), Senior Dalton Messmer was 22nd (23:37), and Freshman Noah Smith was 26th (29:10).
In the Middle School races, Wellsboro swept the meet. The girls team beat Athens 15-50 and the boys beat Athens and Wyalusing 15-50. The top 5 girls were Jamie Palmer, Zoe Iseri, Dani Hunt, Brooke Unangst, Sophia Robinson. The top 5 boys were Aidan Perry, Bergen Weiner, Kristopher Stringham, Zack Bush, and John Mundy.
The Varsity girls improve to 4-0 while the boys fall to 0-4. The teams will be back in action on Saturday, September 20 as they participate in the Altoona Invite.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
