Cross Country enters final weeks of season

Burlington’s harriers competed in Worland and knocked out one of the few regular season competitions left before Conference. “Worland is a great meet on a really pretty course,” said Coach Ryan Olson. “The kids usually describe it as a fast course and that showed on Friday.”

Kellen Winters once again took first with the overall best time of 16:06. Connor Hoyt placed 12th, running a 17:34. “Spencer Hamilton ran his best time of the year, finishing in 21:24, with Ariel Cordova right behind him. I thought Ariel Cordova had a really nice meet.  He has battled a few nagging injuries these last couple of weeks, but it looked like he was feeling a lot better.  He has a great shot at being one of our top scorers next month at state.

“I was really impressed with our boys on how they attacked the hill portions of the course. That has been a big emphasis in our workouts these past couple of weeks, spending time on some of the surrounding hills around Burlington. We hope to actually enjoy seeing hills at our meets, knowing that we’ve been prepared for them.” 

With just two meets left in the middle school season, the boys performed well with a 2nd place finish overall. “They continue to be impressive at these meets with much bigger schools. It’s fun to see a different runner each week show up with our best finish. Competition within a team like that can really bring out the best in everyone. Warren Eardley was the top 6th grade runner once again. He’s going to be a great runner these next few years as he continues to grow and work hard,” said Olson. 

Both teams will compete on Thursday with the high school runners in Cody and the Middle School runners in Thermopolis. 

WORLAND RESULTS 

VARSITY BOYS 5000 METERS – 1, Kellen Winters, 16:06.92. 12, Connor Hoyt, 17:34.24. 

JV BOYS 5000 METERS – 21, Spencer Hamilton, 21:24.28. 27, Ariel Cordova, 21:54.29. 39, Bryant Casey, 22:58.64. 49, Jaxon Buck, 24:11.70. 65, Tanner Dunlap, 27:02.79. 67, Brian O’Barr, 28:07.90. 75, Jackson Olson, 37:32.66. 

MS GIRLS 3200 METERS – 70, Vanessa Winters, 17:24.44. 

MS BOYS 3200 METERS – 3, Davin Buck, 11:53.00. 8, Kaleb Christopherson, 12:15.45. 9, Bret Winters, 12:19.41. 11, Warren Eardley, 12:25.80. 33, Benton Bullinger, 14:07.66. 50, Ben Casey, 14:57.01. 68, Charles McNiven, 15:54.04. 78, Orrin Foster, 16:36.55.