Russell medals at CC meet

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lions and Lady Lions cross country runners made their second outing of the season Tuesday, Sept. 6 at Eula.

The runners returned to competition Wednesday, Sept. 14 at Hawley. Results will be reported next week.

At Eula, Albany had four runners in the varsity boys race, two in varsity girls and three in JV girls.

“We are are starting to prepare for midseason now,” coach Ginger Norton said. “The runners are preparing for the next three meets before district on Oct. 12 at Anson. Most of the runners are improving on their times.”

Sidney Russell medaled by placing in the top 15 of the varsity girls race, which had 115 runners. Russell finished 12th with a time of 13 minutes, 33 seconds. Briley Tabor finished 41st in 14:40.

In the varsity boys race, which had 70 runners, Jonathan Coody led Albany entries by finishing 19th in 20:07. Brayden Watson placed 43rd in 22:08 with Jayce Tinkle 48th in 22:56, followed by Landon Kreitler in 58th place with a time of 24:36.

In the JV girls race, which had 45 runners, Maci Hatchett placed 18th with 18:10. Myleigh Leveridge was 22nd in 19:06, and Jaci Chapman was 35th in 21:12.

“We have had several medalists in the varsity divisions – Sidney Russell in the girls, Jonathan Coody in the boys – and Maci Hatchett in JV girls in previous meets at Haskell and Eula,” Norton said.