ROSE HILL, Kan. – The McPherson Middle School cross country teams wrapped up their season on Tuesday at the Patriot League North meet. The top team finish came from the 8th Grade girls squad in second place.
McKaylee Peterson paced the 8th girls team with a time of 14:02.36 in the two-mile race. Sloan Shober finished 7th (15:23.26), Arayalyn Bookless was 9th (15:34.37) and Kamdyn Unruh took 10th (16:15.70).
In the 8th Grade boys race, only two Bullpups competed, but they were both in the top ten and Finn Kramer took the individual title with a time of 11:48.01. Moses Thomson finished ninth at 13:52.52.
In the 7th Grade girls one-mile, Mali Casebeer finished in 2nd Place with a time of 6:48.44. Zora Griffith was also in the top ten in 10th Place at 7:16.29. Other runners were: Joyce Klein (17th, 7:39.91); Kathrynn Swigert (18th, 7:49.24); Scarlet Lyman (20th, 8:07.15) and Lael Stevenson (23rd, 9:00.27).
Finally, in the boys one-mile in 7th Grade, Juan Gaspar Francisco was the top runner for the Bullpups in 7th Place with a time of 6:23.09. Emmett Ringer finished 12th at 6:36.76 and Peyton Miller rounded out top 15 finishes in 15th at 6:50.34. Others in the race were: August Barrow (17th, 6:58.55), Cole Sherwood (28th, 7:27.12) and Reid Weber (34th, 8:06.33).
