Moore wins Ramsey Invitational; Wildcat boys, girls take second
The Louisburg boys and girls cross country teams finished second Thursday at the Ramsey Invitational at Prairie View High School. Members of the team are (front row, from left) Emily Williams, Reese Johnson, Kennady Wilkerson, Carlee Gassman, Trinity Moore, Bree Gassman, Nova Ptacek; (back row) Caden Bradshaw, Carson Houchen, Sawyer Richardson, Evan Murphy, Anthony Davis, Ryan Rogers and Cade Holtzen.
LA CYGNE – The medals continue to
pile up for the Louisburg cross country teams as they added to their collection
Thursday at Prairie View High School.
The Wildcat boys and girls squads both
finished second overall during the Ramsey Invitational as they continue to
improve their times for the stretch run later this month. Louisburg also had
seven individual medalists, including senior Trinity Moore, who finished first
in the girls race.
“I was pleased to see the teams
medal again,” Louisburg coach John Reece said. “The last two weeks have been a
grind with three meets in 14 days, plus workouts. We haven’t run fast yet, but
we do compete very well.”
Moore was the class of the girls
division as she ran a time of 20 minutes and 37 seconds and finished 17 seconds
ahead of Jayhawk Linn’s Kate Dawson, who was runner-up.
Louisburg also had a pair of
runners who finished in the top 10. Sophomore Reese Johnson was sixth in 21:33
and senior Carlee Gassman was seventh in 21:52.
“Finishing
first is always a confidence builder,” coach Reece said of Moore. “She knows
that we are in the middle of the season and still training hard and her times
might not show it yet. Every race is different and she stepped up and ran well.”
Junior
Kennady Wilkerson was fourth on the team with a 24:55 and was 23rd
overall. Freshmen Bree Gassman (25:02) and Nova Ptacek (25:38) took 25th
and 27th, respectively, while senior Emily Williams was 31st
in 25:59.
As
a team, the Lady Cats recorded 57 points to finish second. Central Heights won
the meet with 46 points and Anderson County was third with 65.
Senior
Anthony Davis continues to lead the Wildcat boys team as he was one of four
runners to earn individual medals in their race. Davis was fourth with a time
of 18:37 and was 30 seconds behind the leader.
Sophomore
Ryan Rogers finished sixth overall in 18:53 and fellow sophomore Caden Bradshaw
was 10th in 19 minutes. Junior Carson Houchen also medaled as he
took 13th in 19:23.
Junior
Cade Holtzen was 16th in 19:39, while senior Evan Murphy (20:08) and
sophomore Sawyer Richardson (20:10), were 20th and 21st,
respectively.
Louisburg finished the day with 49 points to take second overall. Central Heights won with 43 points and Anderson County was third with 52.
“The
boys again worked well together and in the last kilometer they really went for
it,” coach Reece said. “Teammate or not, it is about running for yourself in
that last part of the race and they did.”
The
Wildcats will face another challenge this Thursday when they travel to the
Pittsburg Invitational at Four Oaks Golf Course.
Louisburg
also found out where it would be running in the postseason. The Wildcats are in
the Baldwin regional with Atchison, Eudora, Ottawa, Tonganoxie, Bishop Miege,
Holton and Piper.
“I’m pleased with where we are at as of now,” Reece said. “We are
going to be in a very tough regional and we have a lot to do in the next few
weeks to prepare for it.”