Two county teams participated in what was the biggest cross country meet of the season on Saturday.
Holtville and Wetumpka traveled to the Jesse Owens Classic this weekend, hosted by Lawrence County HS, and raced against thousands of runners from across the southeast.
Holtville and Wetumpka’s boys and girls teams were four of 305 teams that participated in the race, while multiple other runners participated without a team.
Both Holtville teams raced in the Bronze divisions. The Holtville boys finished in 32nd place out of 38 teams, while the girls finished in 25th place out of 26 teams.
On the boys side of things, Holtville’s Brenen Miscisin had the best place finish of any racer from either school. He placed 68th overall in the Bronze race with a time of 18:18.21. He was followed up by Jonas Mann (121st), Sam Segarra (170th), Joel Dyess (272nd) and Logan McGough (390th).
Mann was the only other Bulldog to finish the race in under 20 minutes as he clocked a time of 19:05.48. Segarra was just behind him at 20:58.25.
In the girls race, Alexis Troglen had the best finish of any girl from either school. She finished 100th overall to pace the Bulldogs with a time of 23:29.61. Thirty seconds later, Abella Adams finished 121st overall with a time of 23:59.75.
Kylea McCord (173rd), Adalynn Guthery (234th) and Adalyn Weaver (266th) rounded out the team qualifiers for Holtville while Lily Kuykendall (271st), Payton Wright (272nd) and Ashlynn Rexroad (279th) were the last three Holtville runners to cross.
Wetumpka’s squad was split up across three different races.
Eli Holden and Zachary Pierce both raced in the Gold race, and Holden placed the best time of any boy from either school. He finished with an impressive time of 17:34.72, but placed 189th in a race filled with excellent runners. Pierce also cracked the sub-20 minute mark with a time of 19:00.09 and finished 270th overall.
The rest of the Wetumpka boys raced in the 5K Red race. The five-man team finished in 26th place out of 32 teams. Bennett Williams led the Indians with a time of 18:44.74 and an 85th place finish. Behind him was Julius Williams (160th), Walter Lynch (211st), Collin Spradlin (326th) and Samuel Larson (375th). Williams finished with a time of 19:43.03.
There were only three Wetumpka girls who raced in the event, and they all raced in the 5K Red despite not having enough to field a team score.
Nyema Walker finished 104th with a time of 24:33.43, Jacey Williams finished 178th with a time of 26:42.97 and Beverly Ramirez finished 225th with a time of 30:24.14.
