Local runners open CC season

By Sam Waller

Seven Albany athletes opened the cross country season Sept. 1 by competing at the Haskell Cross Country Meet.

“This first meet gave the kids a chance to see where they are and where they need to be as far as conditioning and pace,” Albany coach Tate Thompson said. “It also shows how important the workouts are – how important it is for them to push themselves in practice so that they are able to perform in meets.”

Because of a malfunction with the timing system, official times were unavailable. Reported times were kept by the coaches.

In the varsity girls division, which had 104 runners, Albany’s Briley Tabor finished in 22nd place with an unofficial time of 15:22. Also running the two-mile race for the Lady Lions was Avery Kleiner, who finished 44th with a time of 17:12.

Jonathan Coody was Albany’s lone finisher in the three-mile varsity boys race, which had 86 entries. Coody placed 25th in a time of 20:57.

Albany had three junior high runners, all in the seventh grade girls division, which had 51 runners. Ashlyn Miller earned a medal by finishing fourth, covering two miles in 16:48. Tatum Grady placed 33rd and Brooke Richards finished 48th. Their times were not available.

Albany was scheduled to compete at the Eula meet on Tuesday before taking two weeks off.The next meet will be Sept. 22 at Hamlin.