by CHARLIE HUST
Webster County senior Iszack Whitsell continued his strong running style on Saturday, finishing second overall in the 49th Annual Daviess County Invitational held at Yellow Creek Park in Owensboro.
Whitsell took the early lead in the race but was overtaken by eventual winner Tristan Durbin of Apollo midway through the 5K race. Durbin finished with a 16:34.59 clocking on the hot and sweltering day while Whitsell crossed the finish line in 16:50.64.
Host Daviess County easily won the meet with all five runners in the top 20. Madisonville-North Hopkins was second while the Trojans looked very strong in third place despite racing without two of its top runners Trevor Cole and Nolan Pettit, out with an injuries.
Webster Boys Results
Iszack Whitsell, 2nd 16:50.64
Ronnin Periard, 27th 19:09.35
Preston Glazebrook, 28th 19:11.68
Mitchael Shelton, 33rd 19:19.96
Robert Daugherty, 35th 19:39.96
Jeremy Garrett, 44th 19:58.29
Caanan Floyd, 47th 20:02.84
Spencer McCormick, 78th 21:33.52
Reece Clayton, 94th 22:35.24
Poom Prasopsvkh, 136th 29:01.52
Boys Team Results
1. Daviess County 28
2. Madisonville-North 63
3. Webster County 114
4. Owensboro 126
5. Henderson County 134
6. Apollo 139
7. Spencer County (IN) 157
8. Butler County 241
9. Breckinridge County 251
10. Hancock County 267
11. Owensboro Catholic 269
The Lady Trojans kicked off the meet in the first meet of the day with a solid performance, placing fourth overall in the nine-team 5K meet.
WCHS junior Ali Cherry led the charge in 15th position with a time of 23:20.26. Rachel Keeley of Owensboro easily won the race in 20:46.81.
The next group of Lady Trojans was ‘bunched’ very nicely as Canlor Cole was 17th, Kendra Griffin 18th, Hannah Pritchett 23rd and Hadley Mitchell 24th.
Webster also received strong showing from the rest of the squad to earn a fourth-place finish in the talent-ladened meet. Owensboro won the race with 38 points while host Daviess County was second (69), Hancock County third (84) and Webster County fourth (97).
Webster Girls Results
Ali Cherry, 15th 23:20.26
Chanlor Cole, 17th 23:41.27
Kendra Griffin, 18th 23:41.63
Hannah Pritchett, 18th 23:53.85
Hadley Mitchell, 23rd 23:58.22
Kaile Branson, 36th 25:34.62
Carrie Grace
McCormick, 39th 25:57.64
Madison Townsend, 50th 27:33.04
Savannah Jones, 60th 29:05.23
Harley Meredith, 65th 29:25.29
Girls Team Results
1. Owensboro 38
2. Daviess County 69
3. Hancock County 84
4. Webster County 97
5. Butler County 106
6. Madisonville-North 140
7. Apollo 146
8. Christian County 183
9. Henderson County 211
Webster County put a strong middle school girls’ squad on the course, finishing sixth overall.
Sadie Wurth led the way in 22nd position with a 14:28.57 over the 3K course. Cassie Adkins was 28th (14:37.40), Colleen Glazebrook 31st (14:49.04) and Carsey Daniel 41st (15:20.30). Natalie Austin was 64th overall (18:34.12) while Leah Harley was 71st (19:36.08).
In the boys middle school 3K, Luke Glazebrook placed 80th in 15:02.75.
Webster County will travel to Murray this Saturday for the Calloway County Invitational.