Vinton County XC conquers at invitational

Vinton County Vikings’ cross country team raced and paced to top times at the River Valley Invitational on Wednesday at River Valley High School.

A big win for Alyssa Beckner — she won her first race of the season at the River Valley Invitational with a come from behind finish over the last half mile. Alyssa’s individual victory led the high school girls to a 2nd place finish.

Alyssa Beckner 1st 22:27Maddi Channell 5th 24:48Lexi Hamilton 17th 29:06Mattison Whiteman 19th 29:48Emma Deck 20th 29:52

The high school boys earned a 3rd place team finish as Kellen Mullins lead the way with an 8th place individual finish.

Kellen Mullins 8th 19:42Gavin Jones 14th 20:44Aidan Porter 16th 20:49Landon Prater 19th 20:58Scotty Brewer 21st 21:27Trason Bay 36th 23:35Raymond Blackerby 41st 26:31

Naomi Boyd keeps her undefeated streak intact by leading the middle school girls to the team title. Naomi bested the 2nd place runner by 53 seconds in the two mile race.

Naomi Boyd 1st 12:57Alexandria Blackerby 5th 15:30Tabitha Brewer 7th 15:32Sophia Mayers 9th 15:41Addison Jividen 20th 19:27Willow Grubb 21st 20:36

Both middle school boys ran phenomenal top 10 races as Elliott Douthitt placed 7th in 13:19 and Gavin Bobo placed 8th in 13:24.

The high school teams race next at the Tiffin Carnival on Saturday.

Full results can be found at the following link.

https://www.baumspage.com/cc/ccevent.php?peventid=50&table=C