CHEROKEE — Crest High’s Breakin Jones took home fifth place Thursday, while Yates Center’s A.J. Belcher finished 10th on the girls side at the Three Rivers League Cross Country Meet, hosted by Southeast High School.
Area middle school runners took home two first-place finishes
Yates Center Middle’s Jaylinn Birk ran to first-place in the seventh-grade girls race with a time of just over 14 minutes in the 2-mile race, finishing in 12 ½ minutes.
The Crest duo of Josie Walter and Peyton Schmidt finished first and second, respectively in the eighth-grade girls run while Marmaton Valley’s Jarred Jamison was the area’s highest finisher among the eighth-grade boys, finishing sixth.
Varsity Girls:
10. A.J. Belcher, Yates Center, 25:50
12. Courtney Spoon, Yates Center, 26:30
13. Pauline Thery, Marmaton Valley, 26:41
Varsity Boys:
5. Breakin Jones, Crest, 19:11
20. Jarrett Birk, Yates Center, 22:39
21. Zach Allee, Marmaton Valley, 22:59
Seventh Grade Girls:
1. Jaylinn Birk, Yates Center, 14:05
Seventh Grade Boys:
