Girls Cross Country:  Warriors Cruise at Ottawa

The SHS Girls Cross Country team had eight runners record season best times in winning a quadrangular at Buffalo Run State Park in Ottawa Tuesday.  The Warriors gobbled up the first four places and recorded 38 points.  Ottawa was a distant second with 77, Ottawa-Marquette was third with 81 and LaSalle-Peru fourth with 129.

The Warriors’ Carrie McPherson was first overall in a time of 21:21 with teammates Mary Rose Dukelow (21:29), Carissa Apperson (21:45) and Kaylen Palmer (21:46) right behind her.

Sterling runners getting personal best for the season were:
Mary Rose Dukelow, Kaylen Palmer, Gwen Sword, Tori Salazar, Ann Say, Emma Haak, Molly Kunde and Liz Welch.

Top 11 Place Winners:
1st place: Carrie McPherson (Ster): 21:21
2nd: Mary Rose Dukelow (Ster): 21:29
3rd: Carissa Apperson (Ster): 21:45
4th: Kaylen Palmer (Ster): 21:46
5th: from Marquette Mary Spika: 21:54
6th: from L/P Rachel Meister: 22:19
7th: from Ottawa: Payton Magnafici: 22:26
8th: Cecelia Peterson (Ster): 22:31
9th: Kelsey Scanlan (Ster): 22:33
10th: from Ottawa: Katie Thompson: 22:38
11th: Kathryn Gehrke (Ster): 22:48

Other runners from Sterling:
Erica Montiel: 13: 23:04
Gwen Sword: 15: 24:03
Liz Welch: 16: 24:44
Tori Salazar: 19: 24:55
Ann Say: 20: 24:56
Ceara Campos: 23: 25:52
Emma Haak: 25: 26:54
Molly Kunde: 26: 27:04
Charisma Martinez: 27: 27:38