Several Central and Brushy runners competed in the Gore Invitational, which took place Thursday morning at the Steve Owens Sports Complex.
In the high school girls’ division, Paris Campbell was the highest placer for the Lady Tigers as she came in 13th (7:29) in the one-mile run. Rileigh Pierce was 19th (8:10), while Callie Huff was 42nd (9:19).
In the high school boys’ division, Noah Buzzard was Central’s lone runner as he placed 19th as he ran the twomile course in 13:58.
In the junior high girls division, Central had two runners place in the top 10 as Sadie Huff was fourth (7:25) and Sara Williams was fifth (7:28) on the one-mile course, while Brushy also had two runners place as Scarlett Harrison was ninth (7:52) and Phebi McMurtry was 17th (8:38).
The Central Tigers were third as a team in the junior high boys 1-mile race with 78 points, losing a tiebreaker with the host Lady Pirates, who also scored 78 points.
Two Tigers made the top 10 as Aiden Cawhorn was third (6:43) and Kage Poindexter was eighth (6:58). Aiden Smith was 34th (8:13), Mason Louthan was 36th (8:14), Ian Greer was 42nd (8:58) and Justin McGlothlin was 45th (9:34).
Brushy’s Ryder Justice was 32nd in the JH boys race with a time of eight minutes flat.
In the elementary boys division, Central was third with 91 points, while Brushy was eighth with 205 points.
Central’s Caden Bair won the elementary school one-mile race with a time of 6:25. Kevin Herrera was 20th (7:53), followed by Mason Baker in 21st (7:57), Conner Gilliam in 26th (8:06), Koleman Edwards in 27th (8:07), Jaxton Poindexter in 32nd (8:27), Hudson Gann in 33rd place (8:33), Joshua Cranford was 60th (9:26), Hunter Emerson was 73rd (10:22) and Austin Girt was 95th (13:15).
For Brushy’s boys, Oliver Frederick was the highest finisher as he came in 19th (7:48). He was followed by Kainen Asbill in 40th place (8:49), followed by Jackson Fleetwood in 49th (9:02), Bryson Lamp in 57th (9:20), Patrick Fletcher in 68th (9:47), Elijah Barrett in 70th (9:54), Chance Young in 83rd (10:50) and William Davis in 94th (13:12).
The Central Lady Tigers were runners-up (65 points) and Brushy fourth (98 points) in the elementary school girls’ 1-mile run.
Three local runners made the top 10 as Central’s Emma Baggs was fourth (7:13), Brushy’s Elizabeth Fleetwood was fifth (7:27) and Central’s Cobie Cawhorn was ninth (7:48).
As for other Central runners, Graye Riggs was 16th (8:13), Michelle Kutil was 17th (8:14), Henley Riggs was 19th (8:19), Kodee Blackburn was 22nd (8:33), Bryar Goodson was 24th (8:42), Sailor Bauer was 25th (8:42), Scotti Wilson was 27th (8:45), Nevaeh Fisher was 34th (9:05), Kynleigh Crawford was 49th (9:43), Callie Thompson was 54th (9:55), Kolbie Hollis was 55th (9:58), Avery Pierce was 65th (10:17), Hadley Gann was 66th (10:20), Cora True was 74th (10:35), Ellie Greer was 83rd (11:04), Sadie Thompson was 85th (11:09) and Haven Kutil was 88th (11:15).
As for the other Brushy’s girls, Avie Lamp was 12th (7:52), Peyton Campbell was 23rd (8:33), Lilly Mcinnerney was 28th (8:45), Jaden Fleetwood was 37th (9:11), Gipsee Reed was 57th (10:03), Tayah Pena was 60th (10:08), Jamey Wickett was 97th (12:11) and Macklyn Christopher was 99th (12:16).
