Cross country runners compete at state
PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED
Several local runners qualified for the state cross country meet.
In the boys division, In Class 2A, Tharptown’s Angel Garcia finished fifth with a time of 17:42.
In the girls division, in Class 3A, Phil Campbell seventh grader Avery Wells finished fifth with a personal record time of 22:59. In Class 2A, Belgreen’s Briseyda Luna finished sixth with a time of 22:27. Runners from Franklin County competed in the AHSAA State Cross Country Championships, held at the Oakville Indian Mounds Cross Country Course recently.
In the boys Class 1A-2A meet, Tharptown’s Angel Garcia had the best finish among local runners, finishing 11th in the 3.2mile race with a time of 17:44. Tharptown finished twelfth out of 16 teams with an average time of 19:57.
In the boys Class 5A meet, Russellville finished 11th out of 16 teams with an average time of 18:20. The Golden Tigers top runner was sophomore German Perez. Perez finished in 33rd place with a time of 17:15.
In the Class 1A-2A girls race, the top finisher from Franklin County was Belgreen junior Briseyda Luna. Luna finished in eighth place with a time of 21:21.
RUSSELLVILLE
Russellville’s girls finished seventh out of 13 teams in Class 5A with a time of 23:11. The Golden Tigers top runner was senior Esbeidy Jiminez, who finished in 33rd place with a time of 21:52. Phil Campbell seventh grader Avery Wells finished in 45th place in the Class 3A race with a time of 23:59.
For Russellville, both the boys and girls teams qualified for 5A State. Each team finished third at 5A Section 4 meet. RHS had two medal recipients. Esbeidy Jimenez finished 15th with a time of 21:56 and Connor Evans finished 14th with a time of 17:38. At state, the girls finished seventh out of 13 teams in 5A, and the boys finished eleventh out of 16 teams in 5A.
