Mustangs win district cross country title; other runners advance to regionals

Lynchburg-Clay wins the boys division. III district championship in cross-country skiing

The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs are the 2024 Division III District Champions.

The Mustangs scored 95 points for their team win at Rio Grande on Saturday, with junior Kyler Fite finishing eighth with a time of 17:04.82, followed by senior Asher Faust in 20th place with a time of 17:42.95.

In 27th place was junior Wyatt Osborne with a time of 18:06.01, followed by junior Elam Faust in 29th place with a time of 18:13.24, and freshman Tavion Hugley took 31st place with a time of 18:21.04.

Senior LC Kayden Faust finished with a time of 19:42.30 and freshman Linkin Barnett clocked in 22:07.19.

The Fairfield boys competed in the same Division III race, with sophomore Ryan Smith placing 37th overall in 18:36.69.

Other FHS boys included: sophomore Griffin Friend (19:55.46), junior Zach Ahsaruk (20:13.81), sophomore Connor Ayers (20:36.99), sophomore Caleb Rice (20:43.53), sophomore Zachary Morris (28:16.94). and junior Greg Achterman (28:56.41).

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Indian boys have 2 divisions. II regional qualifications

The Hillsboro Indians had two boys runners qualify as regional qualifiers in the Division II Rio Grande district meet on Saturday.

Those runners were senior Corbin Winkle and sophomore Rayson Brunk.

Winkle finished seventh with a time of 16:34.18, and Brunk finished 18th overall with a time of 17:11.11.

In 38th place for HHS was senior Chris Souders with a time of 18:04.20.

Other times for HHS included freshman Trenton Gully (20:50.81), sophomore Jayden Wells (21:32.11) and junior Cooper Swope (22:17.06).

As a team, the Indian junior team finished eighth with a score of 270.

The McClain boys’ times included: sophomore Darth Stovall (20:58.48), senior Nicholas Alvarez (26:46.01), senior Jesse Van Hoos (27:13.65), freshman Zander Lyons (27:49.44) and senior Nathan Alvarez (33). :08.36).

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Fairfield’s Humphreys moves up to the division. III Regional Girls’ Race

Fairfield senior Isla Humphreys placed 16th overall at the Rio Grande District III race on Saturday, qualifying for the regional race.

Humphries clocked a time of 21:49.19 in the district race.

In 48th place for FHS was freshman Irina Reeves with a time of 24:23.69.

Fairfield also had junior Madelyn Wiseman (26:12.39), junior Emilia Rehm (27:59.50) and sophomore Taylor Livingston (33:34.58).

For Lynchburg-Clay, freshman Lillian Lane placed 35th overall in 23:21.21.

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Lady Indians and McClain race in District DII races

The Hillsboro Lady Indians competed in the Division II Rio Grande District race on Saturday, where the team finished 15th overall with a score of 384.

At Hillsboro, the top finisher was junior Taylor Thoroman, who placed 49th in 22:43.55.

Senior Abby Letts placed 58th in 23:20.85.

The rest of the HHS times included sophomore Brynn Halstead (27:30.04), junior Alize Hudson (27:35.26) and sophomore Claire Winkle (29:10.25).

McClain’s times included junior Laura Barber (27:34.89), senior Bailey Mitchell (30:47.14), senior Ashley Mitchell (32:22.09) and sophomore Vada Ponder (41:29.13).

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