There were

two fairly large cross country meets last weekend. They

were both large in talent and large in size. Fayette

County, Sandy Creek, and Landmark Christian all traveled

to run in the Carrollton Invitational, while McIntosh and

Starr's Mill ran in the Marist Double Dip Invitational.

Fayette

County ran well and Coach David Phillips was pleased with

the effort put forth by both the boys and the girls team.

The boys, missing two of their top runners, placed 18 out

of 32 teams in the championship division. The top runner

was Tre Alverson who finished 21st out of the 268 runners

in the group. Alverson was followed by Jon Riley (78),

Adam Pekarske (109), Blake Alverson (135), and Josh

Hartley (150).

The girls

team ran in the champion division as well. The team was

led by Jessica Tyre who finished 16th overall. Both Tyre

and Alverson received medals for finishing in the top 25

of their divisions. Tyre was followed by Dana Teat (82),

Clarinda Phillips (88), Taryn Kendall (96), and Rachel

Swafford (111) The girls finished 15th out of 22 teams.

The Tigers also fielded teams to run in the varsity and

junior varsity races. The varsity boys finished 25 out of

36 teams.

Sandy Creek

had their boys and girls squads running in the champion

division at Carrollton on Saturday as well. The girls

placed 18th and the boys placed 17th. The top five girls

were Rae Lynch (22:03), Anya Traille (24:09), Hilary

Vernon (24:40), Alexis McCoy (24:36), and Mandi

Harrington (25:40). The top five boys were Lukas

Fortunato (18:30.4), Brandon Goldstein (18:30.8), Pete

Browning (18:33), Brian Wetmiller (19:00), and Chris

Wilson (19:29).

Sandy Creek

will host 45 schools on their campus on Saturday morning

for their annual Sandy Creek Fall Classic. The course has

been altered a bit from last year and is supposed to run

a little faster. Sandy Creek will try to qualify both

their boys and girls squad for the state meet in

November. The races will begin on Saturday with the girls

championship division at 9 a.m.

Also

running at Carrollton on Saturday were the Landmark

Christian War Eagles. The boys squad had the overall race

winner in Kyle Rabbit and placed fourth overall as a

team. Rabbit finished with a time of 15:58 and was

followed by Clark Rivers who placed 12th overall with a

time of 17:13. Rounding out the top seven for Landmark

were Nathan Kosiba (18:06), Eric Sumner (18:21), Blake

Fertita (18:23), Joseph Cawood (19:42), and Wes

Glass-Hess (20:28). This was the first race of the year

for Kosiba who is coming back from an injury. Coach Bill

Thorn is encouraged by this performance and looks for

good things from this year's team.

The

Landmark girls squad qualified for the state meet a few

weeks ago, but they look fairly far away from that squad

now. The team lost several members to injury for possibly

the rest of the season. They did not run in the

championship division at Carrollton and don't know how

they placed overall. Melissa Register placed 17th overall

with a time of 22:14. She was followed by Claire Bradley

(23:32), Kelly Sumner (18:21), Caroline Krigline (27:54),

and Anna Schultz (29:11). Both teams will run at Sandy

Creek this weekend.

The Starr's

Mill cross country squads ran at the Marist Double Dip

Invitational on Saturday and performed very well. The

girls placed fourth overall while the boys placed fifth.

Eva Massmann led the girls with a fourth place finish and

a time of 20:38. Massmann was followed by Ashley Meredith

(21:15), Katie Hughes (21:51), Cassie Shular (22:08), and

Danielle Pick (23:07). The boys were led by Les Page who

ran a 17:49. Page was followed by Jake Davis (18:13),

Ricardo Ramos (18:24), Jason Fitzgerald (18:28), and Jay

Touchstone (18:41).

Starr's

Mill's performance is even more incredible because they

ran and won last week at Sandy Creek. "I was very

proud of our team," said Coach Stephen Pruitt.

"It is a good feeling to know that our athletes can

run well even with having three meets within seven

days."