The Mount Vernon-Lisbon varsity cross country squad competed last Thursday in Solon for the WaMaC Conference Cross Country Meet, with the girls coming in second place and the boys taking fourth.
“The girls team really had a nice conference meet at Solon by finishing runner-up,” said head coach of both teams, Kory Swart.
“We knew that we had top two potential if we ran our race,” he said.
The coach noted that runners Laura Swart and Anna Hoffman earned first team all-conference honors, while Emrie Johnson made the second team all-conference.
Swart said that while the boys had finished in fourth place, he and the team had been hoping to make the top three in the conference.
“We had some fine performances, but we left a few races out there that we can improve upon,” said Swart.
He recognized Quincy Happel and Eli Dickson for leading the team, each earning second team all-conference spots.
The joint school club would be participating in the state qualifying meet the following Wednesday, which Swart said he felt the kids were “ready to go” for.
Mount Vernon-Lisbon’s Klayten Perreault and Luke Stephens race at the conference cross country meet at Solon Thursday, Oct. 14.