GREENBUSH — Ursula Billings added to her hardware collection Monday, bringing home the Three Rivers League girls cross country championship.
The Crest High standout finished the 5K run in 20 minutes, 19 seconds — nearly 2 full minutes ahead of her nearest competitor. That happened to be Yates Center High’s A.J. Belcher, who finished in 22:18.
The Yates Center girls team took second overall, behind Jayhawk-Linn. Other runners for Yates Center were TyAnna Peoples, who finished 13th, Courtney Spoon in f14th and AnneMarie Smith in 15th.
On the boys side, Yates Center’s Austin Moffet fared well as the school’s only entrant, finishing second in 17:52. Marmaton Valley High’s Zach Allee was his school’s only entrant as well, placing 18th.
Only two schools fielded enough runners on the boys side to qualify for team scores, with host Southeast-Cherokee taking first, and Northeast-Arma second.
Southeast served as the host school for Monday’s meet.
The middle school races had plenty of local participation as well.
Crest’s Breakin Jones was the top eighth-grade boy, winning the 2-mile race in 12:28. Yates Center’s Jarett Birk and Riley Sprinkle took third and fourth, respectively.
Aubrey Allen of Yates Center took second in the eighth-grade girls race.
Clayton Culver finished third for Yates Center in the seventh-grade boys competition, while Josie Walter placed second, Payton Schmidt fourth, Aubrey Allen fifth and Lauren Schultz ninth for Yates Center in the seventh-grade girls race. Sophia Heim of Marmaton Valley was 10th.
Sixth-grader Hanna Schmidt of Crest was the top sixth-grade girl runner.
Next up for the Crest and Marmaton Valley runners is the Class 1A Regional Meet at Prairie Ridge Cross Country Park in Hutchinson Saturday. The girls race starts at noon; the boys follow at 12:35.
Yates Center’s runners, meanwhile, return to Greenbush for what will be their third competition there of the season for the Class 2A Regional. The boys run at 10:30 a.m.; the girls at 11:05.
Three Rivers League
Varsity Girls 5K
