Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Hancock Does Well Despite Tough Competition

By: Drema Johnson

On Saturday October 23 the Hancock County Cross Country teams traveled to Owensboro to compete in the Apollo Invitational. Although the girls didn’t have a full team, they did exceptionally well. Leading for Hancock County was Drema Johnson. She placed third with a time of 21:29. Other finishers included Sydney Young placing eighth with 22:10, Kensey Estes placing fourteenth with 22:48, and Tanisha Johnson placing fiftieth with 29:13. 

“All of my runners exceeded my expectations,” Coach Wes Meserve stated. “This was a pretty hard course, so times weren’t the best, but the places were even better than they were projected to be. For them to go out and do as well as they did, I have to say that it was the best race that I’ve seen all season.

The varsity boys also did extremely well. Cody Roach led the race for Hancock County. He placed eighth with a time of 17:52. Other finishers included Cody Inman placing fifty- fourth with 20:30 and Josh Daugherty placing fifty- ninth with 20:54.

“I started out too fast, because I overheard some of the boys in my race talking about boxing me in.” Roach stated. “I knew I didn’t have many options so I just went for it.”

Just like varsity, middle school gave it their all, and in return got great results. The boys were led by Cody Schroader who placed fourth with a time of 15:14. Others included Austin Schadler sixth with 15:26, Dylan Johnson eighteenth with 16:16, Bailey Terry forty-eighth with 17:57, Bo Powers sixty- ninth with 18:47, Wesley Nevvitt seventieth with 18:47, and Jacob Young eighty-ninth with 20:19.

As far as the girl’s middle school, Kirsten Johnson led the race with 16:58 and Kelsey Rodgers placed eighth with 18:13.

“I’m very proud of my middle school runners as well.” Meserve stated. “A few of my boys were up there with some of the top runners in the state, and Kelsey proved just how far she has really come. Also, Kirsten, as a sixth grader, won her race beating some of the best middle schoolers in the state.”

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