Brings Plenty earns medal at Wamego Invitational

An abbreviated version of the Louisburg cross country team took part in what will be one of their largest meets of the season Saturday at the Wamego Invitational.

More than 100 hundred runners took to the Wamego Country Club course to square off in the Class 4A race and four Wildcat boys found themselves in the middle of it all.

Jerynce Brings Plenty, Truman Ellison, Noah Cotter and Spencer Mattison took part in the competition that featured 136 runners from all over the state and one of them left with some hardware.

Brings Plenty earned his first medal of the season as he took 31st in 17 minutes and 50 seconds.

“The boys ran well at Wamego,” Louisburg coach John Reece said. “Jerynce medaled and is progressing well. The three sophomores, Levi, Truman, and Spencer, had great performances. We only had four running because of ACT testing. If we keep on the path we have started, the end of the season will be exciting.”

Ellison and Cotter ran most of the course together and earned a pair of top 50 finishes. Ellison was 44th in 18:29.30 and Cotter was right behind him in 45th in 18:29.53.

Mattison finished with a time of 19:49 and took 90th overall.

More than 20 schools competed in the Class 4A race and Southeast of Saline won the team title with 57 points and Wamego was second with 82.

Brayden Walker of Southeast of Saline won the race with a time of 16:08 and McPherson’s Caleb Mueller was second in 16:16.

Louisburg will field its full team this Thursday as the Wildcats travel to the Wellsville Invitational. Races are set to begin at 4 p.m.

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