The 2017 Whiting Warrior Cross Country Season is now underway as the Whiting Cross Country runners now have two meets under their belts. There were some changes this year as Alex Lamp (New K-12 P.E. Teacher/Athletic Director) has taken on coaching cross country for the 2017 season. Coach Lamp has had experience with Cross Country and Track while in college and is excited about being the new cross country coach this season.

Whiting Cross Country practice began in the early morning on Monday August 14th with about 10 students participating in the first practice (and the number of students keeps growing!) Students worked hard preparing for the first meet in the Riverside area of Sioux City. The first meet took place on Thursday August 25th. Junior High runners couldn't participate in this meet so it was only Boys & Girls Varsity and Junior Varsity High School runners. The course in Sioux City didn't have very many hills so the first meet of the season started off with a much easier terrain for the runners.

Here are the results from the Tuesday August 29th meet in Logan:
Boys 5K Varsity
51 Hildreth, EJ 10 Whiting High School 19:46
78 Hildreth, Marvin 12 Whiting High School 21:06
83 Miller, Nicholas 11 Whiting High School 21:13
95 Christensen, Landon 11 Whiting High School 21:57
125 Warren, Nick 12 Whiting High School 24:49
130 Sprock, Casey 10 Whiting High School 29:25

Girls 5K Varsity
80 Meyers, Kirsten 10 Whiting High School 28:58.91

Girls 3200 Junior High
8 Hildreth, Maggie W08 Whiting High School 14:55

Here are the results from the Thursday August 24th meet in Riverside (Sioux City):
Boys 5K Varsity
37 EJ Hildreth 10 Whiting High School 21:47
46 Landon Christensen 11 Whiting High School 23:39
47 Nicholas Miller Whiting High School 24:13
52 Nick Warren 12 Whiting High School 26:20
53 Marvin Hildreth 12 Whiting High School 26:40

Girls 5K Varsity
54 Kirsten Meyers 10 Whiting High School 29:26

Also at the Logan-Magnolia meet, Maggie Hildreth placed 8th overall in the Junior High 2 Mile Race and received a ribbon. Congratulations Maggie!

Warrior Cross Country has just begun! The next meet is on Tuesday September 5th in Treynor. Wish our runners good luck at the next meet!