Bogalusa, Franklinton run in cross country meet
Published 4:56 am Friday, November 4, 2016
Bogalusa and Franklinton competed in the STA-Dutchtown Halloween Cross-Country Run that was Saturday, Oct. 29, at St. Thomas Aquinas.
The schools combined to have seven runners in the varsity two-mile race.
Bogalusa’s Terry Owens led parish runners with a 20th-place finish in the field of 57. Owens ran in 12 minutes, 3 seconds.
Franklinton’s Taylor Cooper (13:41) and Bogalusa’s Kentrae Lewis (13:42) ran 41st and 42nd, respectively.
The rest of the local finishers were Franklinton runners.
Ryan Jenkins (14:17) finished 47th, Christian Spinks (15:14) was 50th and Jordan Blackwell (15:48) and Cody Provost (17:46) were 54th and 55th.
Lakeshore’s Brandon Shows won the event in 10:50, finishing nearly seven seconds ahead of St. Thomas Aquinas’ David Anthon (10:57).
St. Thomas’ Tristan Robertson (10:57) was third, followed by Dutchtown’s Parker McBride (11:04) and St. Thomas’ Logan Lucas (11:07).
St. Thomas Aquinas won the team competition with 35 points in a five-team field.
Lakeshore finished 10 points behind for second, followed by Dutchtown (50) in a close race at the top.
Jewel Sumner (105) was fourth and Franklinton (152) was fifth.
In the girls competition, Franklinton’s Tellise Magee finished 28th with a time of 17:36.
Dutchtown’s Tata Stuntz won the race in 12:05 by just over 54 seconds, as Lakeshore’s Haley Dean (12:59) was runner up in the field of 41.
St. Thomas Aquinas’ Abby Bates (13:14) was third, followed by Dutchtown’s Melissa Landry (13:28) and St. Thomas Aquinas’ Brynleigh Berthelot (13:32) rounded out the top five.
St. Thomas Aquinas won a close team competition with 31 points by six over Dutchtown.
Jewel Sumner was third with 66 points, as three squads qualified for team honors.