XC Teams are Regional Champs & Runners-up!
Lake County High School’s cross country teams brought home 2 plaques from their regional meet in Delta last Friday!
The Lady Panthers were expected to win, but they ran away with the competition, beating the 2nd place team by 30 points! The team’s secret to success is their pack running. Chloe King led the crew by finishing 4th in 20 minutes 44 seconds. Tal Sheleg placed 5th in 20:51, and Indigo Olsen took 6th in 21:00. Aimee Lenhard ended up just a little behind- running 21:31 for 8th place. Finnley Stanek also snuck into the top 15, placing 14th in 22:10. Lyza Zoller had a very strong performance, finishing the 5 kilometer course in 22:40 and 19th place. Returning to action from the injured reserve list, Amara Olsen took 31st in 24:07, and Layla Horning finished 40th in 25:07. With this dominant performance, the Lady Panthers scored 23 points. Colorado Rocky Mountain School ended up 2nd with 53 points.
The boys’ team missed out on qualifying anyone to state last year, so they were on a mission to get redemption in Delta. They were ranked 5th as a team going into the meet, and they needed to finish among the top 4 teams in order to qualify for State. Jaren Peters had a solid finish, placing 9th in 18:32. Jude Peters and Raymond Harvey made the biggest place jumps to end up in the top 15 and bring home individual medals. Peters was 11th in 18:48, and Harvey outkicked a North Fork athlete to take 15th in 19:18. Matthew Wilson ran 20:35 for 30th place, and Wilson Anderson finished 39th with his time of 21:04. Henry Greene turned in his best performance of the season, running 24:17 for 66th place. Olathe High School won the boys’ team competition with a score of 49, but the Panthers took 2nd with 61 points, edging out Colorado Rocky Mountain School’s 66 points!
The next stop for both teams is the Colorado State Championships at Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs on Saturday, November 2. The 2A men race at 1 pm, and the Lady Panthers look to bring home another state trophy when they race at 2:20 pm.