The Lakota East women’s cross country team had a strong showing at the Lebanon Running Warrior Invitational on Saturday despite not having their #1 runner (Jocey Willis) in the lineup. They placed 6th out of 14 teams.
Senior, Dani Thorner, took charge for the Lady Hawks with a 15th place overall finish out of a 223-runner field. Thorner’s time for the 5k (3.1 mile) course was 21:16. Senior teammate Sarah Renfro ran a season-best time of 21:48 to be the 2nd East runner. Her place was 26th overall.
Sophomore, Brooke Wilson just missed her lifetime best time of 22:11 by running 22:12 to place 34th overall. The Thunderhawk #4 runner was sophomore Meredith Brown, running a season-best 23:05 to place 63rd overall.
Rounding out the scorers for East was junior Ella Huelskamp, also running a season-best 23:08 to place 65th overall.
Next up for Lakota East Cross Country is the Troy Twilight Invitational, next Saturday night, September 11th.
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