East Central won both cross country dual meets at Franklin County Thursday. The Lady Trojans swept the top five spots for 15 points while the Lady Wildcats scored 63. The Trojan boys won 21-44.
“Wildcast freshman Esther George achieved a season personal best of 24:49, giving a good kick in the last tenth of a mile for a strong finish of the girls race,” said FCHS Stacey Nobbe. “She has consistently been improving while also consistently being the top finisher for our girls. Senior Katherine Apsley was the next finisher for FC with a time of 26:53. She is starting this season with faster times than she ran last season. Kenzie Rogers, Moorea Nobbe and Isabella Thiemann continue to show improvement, but they faded in the last mile. When they combat that, they will become more competitive in upcoming meets.”
“Seniors, Adam Grant and Ben Maze stopped East Central from receiving a perfect score in the boys race,” noted Nobbe. “Adam placed third with a season personal best of 19:09. Ben was right behind him in fourth with a season personal best of 19:10. Ben and Adam started the race in the lead, but were passed by East Central’s Michael Schwieback just before the first mile. Adam, Ben, and East Central’s Cole Benegas kept fighting for the second spot throughout the whole second mile until Adam and Ben finally pulled away. In the third mile, Adam and Ben continued to battle for second place causing each of them to push to those season PRs. Freshman, Owen Darwish is still developing as a long distance runner and is improving his times dramatically. He’s dropped from a 28:59 to a 25:42.”
East Central results were not available.
We thank coach Nobbe for the information.