Coffee County Cross Country has Excellent Showing at Home Meet

Ethan Welch(left) and Jacob Rutledge(right) in action Tuesday for the CCMS Cross Country team[Photo by Pascale Randolph]

Ethan Welch(left) and Jacob Rutledge(right) in action Tuesday for the CCMS Cross Country team[Photo by Pascale Randolph]

The Coffee County CHS and CCMS cross country teams hosted their annual middle school/high school meet on Tuesday as they welcomed in over 350 runners to their course on the campus of the Raider Academy. Also in attendance for the meet were the teams from Westwood Middle as all the local teams had great individual and team results.
The Red Raiders won their 3rd straight meet as James Lynn broke the tape at 18:01 to come in first place for the boys’ race. Andrew Godwin finished 5th, Bradley Kishpaugh was 7th, Andres Cavalie was 12th and Renato Ayala was 30th for the 6 scoring runners for Coffee County. Coffee County finished 1st out of 10 teams to remain perfect of the year.

Emily St. John(left) Byanka Woods(center) and Sarah Pearson(right) of the CHS Lady Raiders XC team in action on Tuesday. [Photo by Pascale Randolph]

Emily St. John(left) Byanka Woods(center) and Sarah Pearson(right) of the CHS Lady Raiders XC team in action on Tuesday. [Photo by Pascale Randolph]

For the Lady Raiders, Sarah Pearson finished in 3rd place and Emily St. John was 4th as the Lady Raiders finished in 2nd place barely edged out by Marshall County. Byanka Woods was 17th, Chiara Gisinti was 27th, Kelsey Selvage was 46th and Keishel Norton came in 50th as the top 6 for Coffee County.
For the Coffee Middle thinclads, Ethan Welch had an 8th place finish and Jacob Rutledge finished 9th for the Red Raiders. For the Lady Raiders, Shelby Watkins was the 44th place finisher just ahead of teammate Jasie Willis.
The Raider cross country teams travel to Normandy on Tuesday for a match at Arrowhead Ranch. Coffee County will host their second meet of the year on September 29th at the Raider Academy.