NORTHWESTERN COMBINATIONAL

Kokomo Tribune - Wednesday, August 19, 2020

BY TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTS

Western won the team title in Tuesday’s 3K meet with a combined time of 51:57. Rossville (55:12), Eastern (58:37) and Northwestern (58:56) rounded out the top half in the eight-team event.

Western’s boys cross country team had a strong showing Tuesday in Northwestern’s annual combination meet.

The meet has three different 3K races — a 1-2 race (for teams’ Nos. 1 and 2 runners), a 3-4 race and a 5-6-7 race — and Western runners took first in all three.

In the 1-2 race, Brayden Curnutt won in a time of 10:02 and teammate Pete Bradshaw was third in 10:10. Eastern's Caleb Vogl was second in 10:05.

In the 3-4 race, Joseph Packard took first in 10:11 and teammate Drew Caldwell was second in 10:39. And in the 5-6-7 race, Matthew Edison was the winner in 10:57 with fellow Panthers Taylor Rathbun (11:04) and Evan Kretz (11:21) taking second and fourth.

GIRLS RACE

Western won the team title in Tuesday’s 3K meet with a combined time of 68:13. Eastern took second with 70:35.

Northwestern’s Hannah Moore won the 1-2 race with a time of 11:55. Kokomo’s Julynne Spidell was second in 12:14.

Western runners Cami Caldwell (13:34) and Destiny Herr (13:43) finished first and second in the 3-4 race. And Western runners Alivia Ford (14:14) and Olivia Shoemaker (14:23) did likewise in the 5-6-7 race.