The Covington Fraternal Order of Eagles hosted the inaugural Three River Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday consisting of eight member schools; Covington, Bethel, Miami East, Lehman Catholic, Milton-Union, Northridge, Riverside and Troy Christian.
And the Covington cross country program had a huge day as Asher Long won the high school boys race in a time of 16:48.2 and his sister Elyza Long won the high school girls race in a time of 19:59.7.
Plus, the Buccaneer boys won the team title with a score of 40 – 11 points better than runner-up Miami East.
The high school Lady Bucc runners finished third as a team in what was a close contest. Covington finished with 45 points, while Miami East won the team title with 35 points and Milton-Union finished runner-up with 42 points.
The junior high girls also won the team title with 40 points. Kassidy Turner finished a team-high fifth place, while Lucy Welborn came in sixth.
The junior high boys finished fourth as a team with Caleb Ryman leading the team with an eighth place finish.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS PLACEMENTS:
1st – Asher Long – 16:48.2
5th – Mic Barhorst – 18:27.4
7th – Tyler Alexander – 19:00.0
12th – Beck Wilson – 19:18.7
15th – Tanner Palsgrove – 19:22.0
16th – Calub Hembree – 19:26.3
20th – Devin Brummitt – 19:29.0
22nd – Drew Gessner – 19:37.6
28th – Owen Rawson – 20:13.1
31th – Preston King – 20:35.7
32nd – Chris Deaton – 20:49.7
33rd – Owen Boehringer – 20:51.9
37th – Carson Taylor – 21:29.2 6:56/M
38th – Ayden Rench – 21:29.4
40th – Noah Chaney – 21:36.0
47th – Avery Gooding – 22:43.8
50th – Wyatt Parker – 23:11.7
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS PLACEMENTS:
1st – Elyza Long – 19:59.7
4th – Johanna Welborn – 21:40.6
12th – Makayla Vanderhorst – 24:50.3
14th – Ella White – 26:19.0
18th – Eve Welborn – 27:29.2
23rd – Summer Anderson – 28:09.5
30th – Audrey Tobe – 32:11.1 10:23/M
31st – Yelena Weaver – 32:57.1
JUNIOR HIGH BOYS PLACEMENTS:
8th – Caleb Ryman – 12:14.7
14th – Chris Ha – 12:51.8
15th – Colt Williams – 12:52.9
18th – Kent Welborn – 13:10.5
20th – Isaac Angle – 13:20.9
21th – Landon Reynolds – 13:23.1
22nd – Brock Gessner – 13:25.2
23rd – Evan Moore – 13:25.9
35th – Henry Skaggs – 14:41.5
40th – Zaq Steele – 15:00.3
42nd – Landon Beeman – 15:22.7
46th – Brock Lyons – 15:47.7
48th – Edison Deaton – 15:51.6
49th – Tyler Miller – 15:55.9
50th – Will Hand – 16:32.6
51st – Owen Miller – 16:34.7
53rd – Regan Miller – 17:22.3
JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS PLACEMENTS:
5th – Kassidy Turner – 13:54.4
6th – Lucy Welborn – 14:06.0
13th – Bella Welch – 15:28.2
14th – Serenity Weaver – 15:29.2
15th – Olivia Angle – 15:29.5
22nd – Mary Larson – 16:32.8
24th – Brooke McDonough – 16:37.2
25th – Maura DuBois – 16:37.5
26th – Lillian King – 16:38.8
31st – Isabella Batdorf – 19:48.2
