Runners Race At Shooting Complex
September 15, 2021
The Chester High School cross country teams competed at a meet Sept. 14 at the World Shooting & Recreational Complex in Sparta.
In the boys’ race, Jacob Handel finished 12th, covering the 3-mile course in a time of 19:31.2. Blake Farmer finished 16th in 19:55.3, Blake Huffman 27th in 22:08.8 and Will Welge 46th in 32:52.6.
In the girls’ race, Maria Nickle led Chester. She ran the 3-mile cour4se in 25:40.7 to place 24th. Madi Kribs was 36th in 30:42.2 and Josalynn Anaya 42nd in 34:13.0.
The Chester boys took sixth at the Du Quoin Invitational. Handel was 3oth, followed by Farmer, 40th; Huffman, 46th; Welge, 55th; and Hunter Decker, 61st.
Kribs placed 55th in the girls’ race.