Hornets split home opening meet with Athens
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 20, 2018
The Wellsboro Varsity Cross Country teams split their first home meet of the season on a new course with Athens on Wednesday, September 19.
In the girls race the Lady Hornets picked up a 25-34 win. Athens boys edged Wellsboro 27-29.
Junior Kylie Butler finished 2nd overall in 26:15, freshman Madeline Bryant (27:38) was 4th, sophomore Aislinn Hoose (28:07) was 5th, senior Kara Doane (28:13) was 6th, freshman Regan Regina (29:34) finished 8th, sophomore Alexis Banik (29:38) was 9th, and junior Alex Chilson (32:12) was 10th.
For the boys, senior Bergen Weiner (20:17) took home a 2nd place finish followed by senior Zack Busch (21:24) in 3rd, sophomore Aidan Fletcher (22:41) in 7th, junior Brennan Warner (22:47) in 8th, sophomore Tylar Wright (22:49) in 9th, and senior Aidan Perry (22:52) in 10th. Senior Trevor Weaver came home 13th in 24:13, freshman Gabe Guignard (25:51) was 18th, and senior Taylor Wheeler (25:52) was 19th.
In the Middle School race the young Lady Wildcats topped Wellsboro 24-31. Athens boys won due to Wellsboro not having enough runners. Julia DeCamp finished 3rd overall in 13:38 and Ezra Lawton was 8th in 15:49.
The loss drops the Hornets to 0-3 (0-3 NTL) while the Lady Hornets are 1-2 (1-2 NTL). The teams will be back in action on Tuesday, September 25 in a tri-meet with Northest Bradford and Canton.
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.
