Clarion Boys Sweep Karns City And Union In Tri-Meet (10/07/14)

(By Coach Keith Murtha)

Liam Raehsler placed all runners in a course record of 17:33 to lead Clarion to a 17-41 win over Karns City. Clarion took the top 3 spots with second place finish by Adam Bettwy and third by Jimmy Smathers. Andrew forest in forth was the top finisher for C-L, Grant Currado was the top finisher for Karns City.

In the girls race, Karns City edged C-L 25-30 with Kaleigh Kirby taking first overall in 23:40 for C-L and Rebecca Pennington, KC placed second over. all . Hannah Frakes was clarion top finisher placing 7th.

In Jr. High race, Nathaniel Lerch was your overall champ in 12:28 followed Curtis Shipley in second. The Clarion boys swept Karns city and Union. Drew Yoder was the girls champ followed closely by Wendy Beveridge, Clarion first finisher and Katie Craig. The girls narrowly lost to Karns City and defeated Union.

(I) was proud of the way (my) teams competed in the rain and conditions and the tremendous growth they have shown!

Clarion next competes when they host the KSAC Championships at County Park on Thursday October 16.

(Thanks to Coach Murtha for this article. Good work, Cats!!!!)