Bearcat runners compete at HOKA McNeil

The Aledo cross country team competed Saturday, Sept. 19, at the 32nd annual HOKA McNeil Invitational in Round Rock. Thirty-two schools competed in the meet.

The Bearcats team placed sixth in the 5,000-meter boys gold division, and the Ladycats placed 15^th in their division.

Holland Gladchuk led the Ladycats with a 47^th-place time of 19 minutes, 6.8 seconds. Noah Lay finished 82nd with a time of 16:31.6 to lead the Bearcats. The top five Bearcat runners finished within 16 seconds of each other.

Aledo competes Saturday, Oct. 3, in the El Caliente Varsity Races, which are part of the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival at the University of Arkansas.

HOKA McNeil Invitational

Varsity girls (5K)

Team finish: 15th

Individual leaders

47. Holland Gladchuk, 19:06.8

66. Mayden Mitchell, 19:28.7

74. Austyn Wiatrek, 19:38.2

158. Isabel Rush, 20:54.6

203. Stella Lamb, 21:48.6

213. Kjersten Loy, 21:59.3

Varsity boys (5K)

Team finish: 6th

Individual leaders

82. Noah Lay, 16:31.6

88. Thatcher Petit, 16:36.6

100. Reed Murray, 16:43.4

102. Andrew Walsh, 16.44.4

110. Jonah Clary, 16:47.4

126. Maddox Murry, 16:54.9

222. Holt Huxel, 17:46.9