Connersville

The team made the short bus ride to Liberty on Wednesday to participate in the Union County 7 team invitational. The team had another great competition, achieving more personal bests by several runners. The girls were running with an incomplete team, but posted some excellent times. They were led by Cree Slater in 22nd (14:21) and Essmae Brewer 23rd (14:23 PB). Riley Smith finished 32nd (15:08 PB) and Leanna Paul was 53rd with a personal best time of 17:45. The boys had another great performance placing 2nd, only 3 points behind the host Patriots. Leo Moyer continued his incredible season with another 1st place finish in a time of 10:34. Desmond Shipman had his best race of the season, finishing 2nd with a personal best 10:56! Clay Glover continued his late season surge, placing 6th with a PB of 11:31. Noah Frost finished 16th (12:23), Landon Bales was 20th (12:33PB), Boyd Durstine 25th (13:02), and Hunter Gregory 29th (13:24). Ryan Owens crushed his previous best time completing the circuit in 14:31 placing 44th and Andrew Biehl with a personal best time of 15:01 finished 51st. The boys qualified for the Indiana State meet and will travel to Terre Haute on Saturday 10/3 to compete with the best in Indiana.