The men and women KC cross country teams traveled to Normal, Illinois for the NJCAA Region 24 meet. Both teams were 3rd behind the Nationally ranked Heartland Hawks and the Lake Land Ducks, Heartland picked up both team titles.
The Blue Angels were led by Rylee Brammeier with her 3rd place finish, earning All Region 24 Honors. Alexis Simmons and Joscelyn Morrow were the next to cross both with career best times. The 4th and 5th counters were Riley Lusch of Centralia (with a career personal best) and Gracie Morgan also of Centralia. Cora Hill was the final Angel to finish.
The Blue Devils put together their best team race of the year dropping their 1-5 team time to 27:49. The Devils led by Oliver Lee and he was followed by Salem’s Robby Shover both with career best times in the 8k distance. Adin Roach and Brady Marshall were the next two to cross the line and Jack Shank was the 5th counter. Noah Markus, Will Tepe, and Blake Heimann finished the race as the next three Blue Devils.
“Lots of great efforts today, lots of best times, highlight of Rylee being the 3rd best DII runner today and men with the plan to drop the team time unfolding was fun to watch!” Coach Hargis.
