GILLETTE, Wyo. - The Spearfish boys cross country team finished third at the Wayne Chaney Memorial Invite Friday in Gillette, Wyo.
Jared Hicks and Randy Vette led the way for the Spartans with a pair of top 10 finishes. Hicks led the way in eighth with a time of 17 minutes, 45.64 seconds and Vette was ninth in 17:53.72.
Graham Heberlig was 26th, Tanner Triscori was 32nd and Tim Poper finished the course in 33rd place.
"This meet is normally very tough competition and I didn't know what to expect," said Spearfish head coach LeAnn Vette. "I was very pleased and coming off of back-to-back races is not always easy but the team responded well."
The Spearfish girls finished second in the junior varsity division, led by freshman Aimee Owen with a time of 2:23.04.
"Because our girls are so young, she's (Owen) been consistently our top girl and is just a tough competitor," said Vette.
Tera Potts led a pair of Sturgis runners in the girls varsity race finishing in ninth place with a time of 20:43.43. Taylor Fernen was the other Scooper runner who competed and was 32nd in 22:43.94.
Campbell County, Wyo, won the boys team title while Sheridan, Wyo., took the girls.
CENTRAL RUNNERS SHINE: The Rapid City Central girls cross country team placed three runners in the top 10 on the way to a second place team finish in the Bob Salmi/Al Sahli Meet at Lee Park Golf Course in Aberdeen on Friday.
Chelsey Biegler and Megan Johnson paced the Cobblers in the eighth and ninth spots, respectively; both with a time of 18 minutes, 8 seconds. Myrissa Clark finished one second behind her teammates for 10th place. Ashley Williams finished 11th in 18:19.
Courtney Neubert of Aberdeen Central won the race in a time of 15:36. The Golden Eagles took six of the top seven places en route to the girls' AA team title.
On the boys side, Aberdeen Central's Josh Wilson won the race in 16:26. Shaun Henderson of Huron took second in 16:59.
Tony Smoragiemcz led the Cobblers with an eighth place finish in a time of 17:51. Josh Hanks (11th place), Eric Sanders (13), Nate Senesac (16) and Sean Lamke (17) rounded out the team points as R.C. Central finished fourth place in the team race.
The Cobblers are off until next Saturday when they travel east again to run at the Huron Invitational.
