60th Annual Valkyrie Race: Peeples and Hansen Place 1st & 2nd

The 60^th Running of the Trinity –Sacred Heart Cross Country meet held at Tom Sawyer State Park saw an incredible amount of runners from teams throughout the Ohio Valley (Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Illinois, West Virginia, and Texas). The meet has been rich with tradition that the meet director, Chad Waggoner of Trinity added a seeded varsity race in order to accommodate more teams. The Bowling Green lady Purples placed 4^th out of the 37 teams in the Girls Varsity division. Madison Peoples won the race (19:05) and teammate Britney Hansen finished in 2^nd (19:35). Sammantha Sutton placed 23^rd (21:08), Sallie Sutton finished 54^th (22:10) and Kristen Dent rounded out the scoring finishing at 58^th place (22:15). There were 203 runners in the race. The Boys placed 22 out of 36 teams. Trajon Hall finished 16^th out of 238 runners (16:59).

Central Hardin hosted the Fairgrounds Frenzy. 15 teams competed in the annual cross country meet. Meade County won the girls division led by Jenna Shereyk (20:31). Barren County finished 3^rd. Leah Jessee led her team placing 3^rd with a time of 21:00, Kirsten Thomerson finished 14^th (22:24)Keyla Roeder placed 17^th (22:37) and taylor Davis finished 42^nd (24:31). Grayson County placed 6^th and were led by Hailey Stallings 2^nd place finish (20:53), Heather Priddy placed 18^th (22:45), and Morgan Kamapel finished 26^th (23:21). Glasgow finished 8^th. However it should be noted that their lead runner (Rebekah Howard) was participating in the Trinity Sacred Heart Middle School division at Tome Sawyer State park. She finished with a time of 11:17 in a 3K that was good enough for 3^rd place out of 167 runners. The Lady Scotties were led by Faylee Brown’s 23^rd finish (23:10), Autumn Copass placed 30^th (23:40), Acey Page finished 55^th (25:23), Samantha Stone placed 56^th (25:23) and Maddy Hutton’s 60^th place finish (25:35). The Boys race was led by Barren County’s 4^th place finish, Barren County – 7^th place, Allen County – 9^th place, and Glasgow – 13^th place team placements. Eli Thoma of Grayson finished 14^th (18:22), Brandon Reed of Barren County finished 17^th (18:32), Noah Saltsman of Grayson County placed 20^th (18:53), James Estes of Allen County finished 23^rd (19:03), Luke Weedman of Grayson County finished 30^th (19:15), and Chase Waters of Allen County placed 32^nd (19:18).