Piedmont’s cross country dominance is starting early these days.
The seventh grade girls team opened the Mustang Harrier Invitational meet Friday morning at Wildhorse Park with an overall first place finish over second place Deer Creek.
They were followed by the boys seventh graders who finished first overall.
The eighth grade girls team was clipped by Deer Creek to finish second, and the boys team finished fourth Friday.
The high school teams will run tonight, weather-permitting, in an after dark event at Wildhorse Park against schools from around the state.
On Friday, in seventh grade, Kira Dankenbring finished third individually. Evie Blankenship was fifth, Kenley Crawford sixth, Lillian Toole 10th, and Maci Bird 13th. Brooke Collins was 15th and Cami Bray 20th, and all earned medals by finishing in the top 20.
The seventh grade boys were led by Nelin Kimery who finished fourth. He was followed by medalists Jackson Scott eighth, Levi Ross 10th, Beckam Humes 11th, Ethan Lam 11th, Jaxton Finley 14th, and Landon Jones 18th.
The 8th grade girls finished as runner-up.
Lily Scheck finished second in the individual standings. Makinlee Selph came in sixth place. The other scoring runners were Maya Daniels in 18th, Melaina Hartfield in 20th, and Anna Kishman in 29th.
The 8th grade boys finished the day with a 4th place finish.
Cohen McIntosh led the charge with a second place finish. Landry Finch finished 5th, Tyler Vu was 33rd, Addison King was 35th, and Coleman Smith was 48th to finish out the scoring.
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