Cross Country:  Warriors Fall to Geneseo To Begin Season

The SHS Girls’ and Boys’ Cross Country teams opened the new season by hosting Geneseo in the annual “Grass Relays” event at Hoover Park. In the grass relay format, each team enters a series of two-runner squads that run a six-mile relay.  Each individual runner runs three miles in one-mile increments. See below for complete Sterling results.

On the girls’ side, Geneseo swept the top four places and won 16-47.  Sterling’s top individual performance was turned in by freshman Mercedes Sanchez with a time of 19:31.

Geneseo won the boys races 20-36.  Senior Dylan Harness led the way for Sterling with a time of 15:20.

“The girls and the boys showed improvement over the times of last year,” said SHS Coach Nancy Gehrke.  “All of the top seven boys were faster than their same places of last year times.”

Next Up:  Both squads run at the Galesburg Invite Saturday (9/3) with action getting underway at 9:00 a.m.

Girls Final Results:
Score: Geneseo 16 Sterling 47
1. 37:28 Geneseo
2. 39:40 Geneseo
3. 40:04 Geneseo
4. 40:29 Geneseo
5. 40:38 Sterling - Emily Crossley & Mercedes Sanchez
6. - 8 Geneseo
9. 42:59 Sterling - Mary Franque & Alayna Wolfe
11. 45:48 Sterling - Shawna Anderson & Elisabeth Welsh
14. 53:53 Sterling - Sarah Gunderson & Yessenia Cano
15. Sterling - Charisma Martinez & Paola Canos

Boys Final Results:
Score: Geneseo 20 Sterling 36
Geneseo Placed 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 = 20
Sterling Placed 2,6,8,9 and 11 = 36
1. 31:15 (Geneseo-Reighling & Starky)
2. 32:41 Sterling: Dylan Harkness & Josh Landis
3. 34:19 (Geneseo)
4. 34:38 (Geneseo)
5. 35:06 (Geneseo)
6. 35:25 Sterling: Issac Anderson & Dakota Trancoso
7. 35:35 (Geneseo)
8. 35:58 Sterling Ethan Roche & Matthew Dirks
9. 36.26 Sterling Chris Mackey & Zach Alston
10. 37:12 (Geneseo)
11. 37:44 (Geneseo)
12. 38:18 Sterling Dough Miken & Keaton Dir
17. 42:18 Sterling Zack DePuy & Dough Miken