Team achieves personal records

Boys Cross-Country

Baylee Comer | Co-Editor-in-Chief

This season, the Warrior cross-country team has faced many challenges but had many highlights as well.

“I think that everyone has worked hard this season,” Deegan Cornelious (9) said. “The bus rides were definitely something to remember.”

At the Mid-Southern Conference in Salem, the team placed seventh out of eight complete teams. According to senior Justin Padgett, competing in conference was a huge step in the right direction for the team.

“We had all seven runners healthy for what seemed like the first time this year. Our placement wasn’t the best, but after this week of hard work, we’ll be ready for Sectionals,” Padgett said.

Coach Bobby Ashley said this was one of the biggest challenges for the team this season.

“I am proud of the way they hung in there the whole time,” Ashley said.

On Oct. 12, the cross-country team traveled to Hanover to compete in the sectional. While there, the boys placed fifth, qualifying them for regional at Columbus North.

At regional, the boys all gained a personal record, or a PR, on the course.

“It doesn’t get any better than that,” Ashley said.