Both the boys and girls cross country team of North Decatur ran in the JCD Invitational this weekend. Both race results are below.
Girls – Leading the charge for North and earning 14th place out of 62 runners was Dorothy Robbins in a time of 24:39. Junior Ava Lecher ran her best time of the season finishing in 25:40 followed by Norah Amerberger in 26:46, Sophomore Emerson Gunn with her best time of the season and missing her PR by 1 second finished in 27:40, Brookly White 27:48, Olivia Reisman 28:22 and Jessie Biltz 28:32 rounded out the top 7 scores for North. Also competing and running her fastest time of the season was Lauren Miller 28:59 and she was followed by Jewel Verseman in 29:22 and Cecilia Barber in 35:52.
Boys – The boys battled their way to a 6th place finish. Leading the way for North was Junior Eli Weisenbach in a great time of 18:50 good enough for a 15th place finish out of 83 runners! Junior Jackson White continues his steady and consistent running for North finishing in a time of 20:36 followed closely by Harper Gunn in 20:40. Jayden Lawrence and Cletus Rennekamp crossed the line with identical times of 22:11 and Sam Cathey ran a solid 22:36 for the Chargers. Junior Teagan Striecker fought hard throughout the 5K finishing in 24:11 as did freshman Clayton Ruf who once again ran a PR as he eclipsed the 25 minute mark for the first time in his young career with a time of 24:56. Logan Summey 25:27 and Jake Demitt 30:40 also had great efforts on the day.
(Submitted by school’s athletic department.)