CLINTON PRAIRIE INVITATIONAL

Kokomo Tribune - Monday, August 19, 2020

BY TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTS

Western runners took five of the top seven places as the Panthers ran away with the team title in the meet at Camp Cullom in Frankfort.

The Panthers’ Brayden Curnutt covered the course in 17:12 to win the individual title. Also for the Panthers, Pete Bradshaw (17:51) and Drew Caldwell (17:52) took third and fourth and Joseph Packard (17:52) and Matthew Edison (18:58) took sixth and seventh.

Western finished with a team score of 19, easily beating runner-up McCutcheon (42).

“It was good to get in that first race. Obviously it was great to get a win in our first outing. We have some new additions to our team and they definitely came to compete,” Western coach Gary Jewell said. “This was Brayden’s first cross country win ever at the 5K distance. Pete, Drew and Joseph ran a great pack race and pushed each other. That’s what we want across the board.

“Matthew Edison ran well in his first cross country race ever,” Jewell added.

Jewell said the course featured a sizable hill that slowed things down by about 30 seconds.

The rest of the field included Clinton Prairie (85), Benton Central (108) and Fountain Central (121). Clinton Central and Tipton had incomplete teams.

Tipton’s Evan Long was fifth in 17:52. Teammates Brody Brack (19:48) and Chris Adams (21:05) were 11th and 22nd.

GIRLS RACE

McCutcheon (41) edged Benton Central (42) for the title with Western (49) finishing third in a competitive meet at Camp Cullom in Frankfort. Clinton Central (106) was fourth, Clinton Prairie (113) was fifth and Fountain Central and Tipton had incomplete teams

Western’s top five runners were: Cami Caldwell (23:01, fifth place); Lauren Bradley (23:24, sixth); Sarah Manuel (24:21, 11th); Destiny Herr (24:42, 12th) and Olivia Shoemaker (26:13, 16th).