Junior High Runners Shine at Frontier Valley Conference Championship

The Sand Springs cross country program wrapped up the regular season Tuesday in Muskogee with the Frontier Valley Conference Championship.

The varsity boys placed ninth out of ten teams, led by Rafi Huff with a 5K time of 19:02 for 37th place out of 62 runners. Rhys Foster led the JV team in 25:12 for 82nd place.

Kelsi Hilton was the lone varsity runner for the girls, finishing the 5K in 22:00 for 24th place out of 54 runners. Blakelee Meeker placed 57th in the JV run in 28:38.

Chloe Grona led the junior high girls with a two-mile time of 12:44 for 4th place out of 117 runners. Josie Grona wasn’t far behind with a time of 13:07 for 9th place.

Cole Higgins led the junior high boys to a 7th place finish, running the two-mile in 11:19 for 6th place out of 119 runners.

The varsity runners will return to action on Saturday, October 21st in North Tulsa. The 6A-East Regional Championship will be held at O’Brien Park near Turley with 6A girls starting the day's events at 9:00 a.m.

Varsity Girls
24th - Kelsi Hilton - 22:00

Junior Varsity Girls
57th - Blakelee Meeker - 28:38

Junior High Girls
4th - Chloe Grona - 12:44
9th - Josie Grona - 13:07
59th - Lexi Boone - 16:17
109th - Vivian Burr - 19:52

Varsity Boys
37th - Rafi Huff - 19:02
41st - Dallas Potter - 19:13
53rd - Anshun Syong - 20:07
57th - Jessen Cox - 21:14
59th - Kordel Hartmann - 21:41
61st - Jaxon Perry - 22:14
62nd - Gavin Corbin - 23:05

Junior Varsity Boys
82nd - Rhys Foster - 25:12
89th - Malachi Waldrup - 26:54

Junior High Boys
6th - Cole Higgins - 11:19
20th - Wyatt Shaw - 12:00
27th - Corbin Wesson - 12:29
44th - Canyon Carnahan - 13:05
76th - Presley Gunnery - 14:21
91st - Daniel Stuckey - 15:07
101st - Brier Hartman - 15:24