Sentinel photo by MIKE GOSS
Mifflin County’s Koy Aurand leads teammates up a hill.
REEDSVILLE — Mifflin County hosted State College for a cross country meet on Tuesday. The Husky boys won, 26-30. MC girls fell, 19-42.
“I’m really pleased with the guys today. It was really impressive. We held out a couple of our top guys and still were able to get a solid effort. It’s not a great time to pull back. They had another hard week of training and they still looked great today. I’m pleased,” MC boys coach Alex Monroe stated.
State’s Stephen Fowler was in first place at 17:05 and teammate Ben Alexander was third at 17:46.
Mifflin County’s Wyatt Kauffman finished second at 17:17 and teammate Aidan Scavitti earned fourth place at 17:50. Koy Aurand was fifth at 17:51 and Hart Oden landed in sixth place at 17:52. Styers Oden had a ninth-place time of 18:02 and Hoyt Rodenbaugh ran to 10th place at 18:10 for the Huskies.
“I think just sticking with their top guy was good. Our team did really well today,” Kauffman added.
State’s Sylvia Hutchinson placed first in the girls race at 21:53. Teammate Alexa Peterson was second at 22:00. Husky Amilia Coffey was third at 22:27. Teammate Ava Wagner placed sixth at 22:49 and Ava Kratzer was 10th at 22:59.
“We saw improvement today. We haven’t raced in a week which is really good, we had so many races going on so I feel like today was our first opportunity to see where they are at with having a little bit of rest this past week. I was pleased they were putting good effort, we just have to keep improving and working hard in practice,” Huskies coach Neil Breneman said.
“Working together through it, me and Ava Wagner were able to stick with each other for the first two miles. I was able to get the lead in the last mile. It definitely helped me run with her,” Husky Amilia Coffey noted.
The MC girls battle Central Dauphin East today at 4:30 p.m. MC boys compete Saturday at the Mt. Lion Invitational in Altoona.