BURLINGTON — Marmaton Valley High’s Chance Stevenson hauled in a bronze medal Thursday in the 2012 Three Rivers League Cross Country Meet hosted by Burlington. Stevenson’s 5K time of 18 minutes, 43 seconds, was a scant two seconds ahead
of Rene Rodriguez of Crest High, who finished fourth among TRL runners at 18:45. The event also featured several Tri-Valley League schools, including Humboldt and Yates Center, racing in their separate league contest. Crest’s boys took third
among TRL schools with 48 points, followed by Marmaton Valley in fourth with 52 points. Northeast-Arma, which featured the top two individual runners in TRL, won the boys competition with 19 points. Other local runners earning medals in the TRL race were Crest’s David Womelsdorf, ninth at 19:32, Marmaton Valley’s Marcus Miller, 11th at 19:44, and Michael Armstrong of Crest, 13th at 20:01. Ashtynn Louk of Marmaton Valley earned an eighth-place medal among TRL runners for her time of 18:59. In junior varsity competition, Marmaton Valley’s Marc Waggoner earned 20th place in a 2-mile course with a time of 14:43. Jake
Wise was 27th at 15:19. Josh Wise of Marmaton Valley finished 14th among seventh-grade boy runners, completing a one-mile
course in 6:46. Nate Berry of Crest finished 10th in 16:20. Individual results: Three Rivers League Cross Country Meet Boys
3. Chance Stevenson, MV,18:43
4. Rene Rodriguez, C, 18:45
9. David Womelsdorf, C, 19:32
11. Marcus Miller, MV, 19:44
13. Michael Armstrong, C, 20:01
18. Garrett Booth, MV, 21:07
24. Michael Swift, MV, 21:50
26. Dal Lacy, C, 22:14
Girls
8. Ashtynn Louk, MV, 18:50
MV’s Stevenson takes bronze
