BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Keystone Heights High School’s cross-country teams participated in the Sept. 28 Bale n Trail hosted by Bartram Trail High School, with Ryder Thomas and Noah Yara placing second and third, respectively, in the boys freshman-sophomore race.
Thomas ran a time of 17:57 in the 216-individual race, which placed him behind Episcopal’s Aaron Ches, who had a time of 17:40. Yara crossed the finish line in 18:11.
The Indians, who placed eighth out of 21 teams, had two other runners finish in the top half of the field: Jason Parales, who had a 94th-place time of 23:14, and Gavin Morford, who had a 107th-place time of 23:37.
Also running were Alex Mahaffey 24:21, Oliver Miller 24:56, Eli Rabe 25:47, Mason Gray 27:37 and Hunter Gray 27:53.
Keystone’s Olivia Griffin took fifth out of 184 in the girls freshman-sophomore race, finishing with a time of 22:33.
Melody Tyre placed 22nd with a time of 24:43, while another two runners also finished in the top half of the field: Cali Chamberlain, with a 43rd-place time of 26:04, and London Williams, with a 50th-place time of 26:38.
Also running were Madilyn Miller 28:50, Clara Beth Robinson 32:12, Raina Daniel 37:03, Madylinn Michaud 40:28 and Ava Blackburn 42:11.
