Many personal bests fell, including the girls school record, as the Durant High School cross country teams participated in the prestigious Moore Invitational on Saturday.
Avery Sager had another stellar performance in leading the Lady Lions to a fourth place team finish as she shattered her own school record time in winning the meet individual title with a time of 19 minutes, 29.87 seconds.
Laynee Emert contributed a time of 22:58.71 for 35th ahead of three straight personal bests with Kyah French 55th in 24:14, Katelyn Hitchcock 58th at 24:30.60 and Grace Morrison in 59th with a 24:33.65. Alexi Powell added a mark of 25:39.41 for 69th while Rozlyn Brumley was 73rd by clocking in a personal best 25:49.12.
The Lady Lion JV squad had solid outings as well led by Caitlyn Ortega, who checked in 24th in 25:32.79. Kamryn Brooks was just behind in placing 25th at 25:34.54 and Abigail Hixon ended 86th in 35:21.01.
In the boys’ division, K.J. Lowery spurred the Lions as an individual medalist while claiming 16th with another personal best time of 16 minutes, 59.33 seconds.
Zach Ervin clocked in at 17:50.95 for 43rd place, Chris Becerra tallied a 70th with a personal best mark of 19:20.79 with Hudson Phillips also running a personal best time of 20:06.85 to finish 80th.
All three Lion Junior Varsity runners notched personal best marks with Kolson Gordon notching a 23:39.44 for 141st, Ivan Becerra was 151st in 24:36.37 and Abraham Reyna added a 173rd place mark of 28:47.19.
“It was a great day in Moore with lots of personal best times,” said Durant assistant cross country coach Amanda Reynolds. “We had some great times from the JV girls, who ran their very first 5K competition. We are excited to see how the season unfolds. These kids are putting in lots of hard work and getting better each day. The coaches are proud of them.”
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