Perryville and Saxony Lutheran competed in the Woodland Invitational on Oct 8. Saxony Lutheran’s girls team finished first of the four teams competing, with Perryville finishing second.
Sophomore Briley Meyr led the way for the Lady Crusaders, finishing 2nd overall with a time of 22 minutes and 30 seconds. Raylee Matthews finished 4th at 22:53.70, Emmy Bengtson was 5th at 23:17.20, Adalyn Brandhorst was 8th at 23:59, Eva Williamson was 9th at 24:46.40, Muriel Brummel was 21st at 27:08.60.
Senior Lucy Blythe was the fastest Lady Pirate, finishing 12th at 25:47.10. Addelynne Kirn was 16th at 26:37.30, Esveidy Antonio Garcia was 17th at 26:40.20, Grace Buchheit was 18th at 26:49.40, Anna Rehagen was 22nd at 27:12.10.
Sophomore Easton Blechle was the fastest runner from Perryville on the boys side, finishing 13th overall with a time of 19 minutes and 41.30 seconds.
As a team, the Perryville boys finished eighth. Cale Austin finished 42nd at 21:46.60, Colton O’Keffe was 44th at 21:46.60, Aidan Unverferth was 59th at 22:52.40, Jonathan Randolph was 64th at 23:03.10, Finley Moran was 74th at 24:37.90, Blake Mayberry was 75th at 24:45.80, Landon O’Day was 80th at 25:17.10, Adrian Ernst was 81st at 25:17.60 and Andrew Smith was 95th at 29:57.
Saxony Lutheran’s fastest runner was Evan Ward, who finished 16th overall with a time of 19:48.70.
The Crusaders boys team finished third. Brady Keys was 17th at 19:49.50, Conrad Bradhorst was 19th at 19:52, Jacob Schupp was 20th at 20:03, Samuel J. Petzoldt was 35th at 21:13, Jackson Hager was 49th at 22:12.90, Silas Hohenadel was 57th at 22:47.60, Charles Hillis was 63rd at 23:02.30, Samuel O. Petzoldt was 68th at 23:54, Jaegen Pickel was 69th at 24:01.90, Liam Kelley was 71st at 24:06.90, Aiden Rhodes was 86th at 26:31.40, Noah Meyr was 90th at 28:13.20, Gabriel Oslund was 92nd at 28:59.40 and Sawyer Goodman was 94th at 29:06.70.
