Sallisaw runner 7th at Sequoyah-Tahlequah Invitational
TAHLEQUAH — Sallisaw Black Diamonds cross country runner Sama Salinas was seventh last Saturday’s Sequoyah- Tahlequah Invitational. He had a time of 17:55.55.
TAHLEQUAH — Sallisaw Black Diamonds cross country runner Sama Salinas was seventh last Saturday’s Sequoyah- Tahlequah Invitational. He had a time of 17:55.55.
The Black Diamonds had three other runners compete. Jonas Reid was 48th (20:58.04), Dawson Glover was 55th (21:17.54) and Ethan Wilhite was 126th (32:30.47).
Four Lady Diamonds also ran the course last Saturday.
Haley Birdtail was 64th (18:22.15), Aria Kyser was 66th (18:29.09), Emma Coury was 90th (21:57.96) and Daisy Reid was 92nd (22:07.63).
Jayden Poindexter was the lone Sallisaw Black Diamond to run in the junior high boys’ race, finishing 22nd with a time of 14:35.67.
Three Lady Diamonds were in the JH girls’ race. Melania Duke was 45th (14:15.63), Ellie Coury was 49th (14:37.09) and Lyssa McClure was 79th (17:51.21). The Gore elementary school cross country teams competed in last Saturday’s meet. The Pirates elementary school team finished third as a team with 63 points with two runners making the top 15 — Quinn Montgomery was 12th (6:53.37) and Eli Montgomery was 13th (6:54.35).
As for other Pirates, Tripp Smith was 25th (7:25.4), Easton Lewis was 44th (8:37.85), Jett Ward was 46th (9:00.81), Elijah Fowler was 51st (9:47.26), Luke Williams was 55th (10:18.83) and Elliott Holland was 56th (10:21.46).
The Lady Pirates elementary school squad was seventh with 144 points, and one top-20 finisher as Karsyn Springer was 20th (7:16.48).
As for other Lady Pirates, Annika Pruitt was 23rd (7:20.75), Kimberlynn Quick was 31st (7:42.23), Adalynn Sandy was 46th (8:17.16), Isabella Mannon was 56th (8:30.43), Saige Farris was 63rd (8:45.12), River Johnson was 66th (8:58.82), Tenleigh Lewis was 71st (9:05.86), Elle Keathley was 75th (9:13.64), Carlee Bennett was 76th (9:15.1), Alissa Cox was 78th (9:17.89), Adeline Sloan was 88th (10:06.09), Ella Barrett was 91st (10:31.04) and Hazel Montgomery was 92nd (10:58.66).
The Sallisaw cross country runners will be a part of Thursday morning’s Muldrow Invitational.
