Ventura cross country team competes at Garner

The Ventura cross country team competed on Monday, Sept. 24 at Garner. “The kids ran very well, which was nice since Garner is a great ‘racerfriendly’ course,” said Coach Jenni Schauf.

Girls results
The Lady Vikes finished seventh out of 10 teams with a score of 209. Newman won the meet with a 45. The team was missing their second runner, Amanda Stephenson. Andrea Toppin led the group, placing fifth with a time of 16:02. Other team members included: Brittany Boehnke, 24th, 18:16; Shayna Frederick, 53rd, 21:02; Kayla Bonnstetter, 59th, 21:49 and Susan Cox, 68th, 24:33. “Most of the girls ran their season best times at this meet,” said Coach Schauf. “Andrea continues to run with the lead pack and feels comfortable up there.”

Boys results
With only two boys on the team, Kevin Waldron will really be missed as he is out for the season with a knee injury. The remaining male competitor, Michael Josten, missed the top 30 by one second. He finished in 31st place with a time of 19:41.

Junior High
The Ventura junior high cross country team had two girls and two boys who competed in the two mile race at Garner. For the boys, Connor Grunwald finished in 12th place with a time of 14:07. Heath Hutcheson finished in 23rd place in a time of 16:59. For the girls, Sebelia Markle finished 14th in 16:12, while Ali Juse finished in a time of 24:20 for 25th place.