Jones places second in four-school meet

By Fred Kroner

Kiara Jones was the runner-up for Homer Heritage on Tuesday (Aug. 17) in the school’s first girls’ cross-country meet of the season.

Jones, an eighth-grader, was second in the 2-mile race at the Edgar County Fairgrounds, in Paris, with a time of 15 minutes and 9 seconds.

Teammate Leah DelRossi, a sixth-grader, placed 16^th in the four-school meet with a time of 23:41.

Paris Mayo, Marshall and Chrisman were the other schools in the meet.

In the boys’ meet between the same schools, Heritage ended with four top-10 placers.

Sixth-grader Christian Paul ran fourth with a time of 14 minutes and 48 seconds. Seventh-grader Clark Roland was seventh (15:42) and eighth-grader Eli Denmark-Collins was eighth (16:04).

Other Heritage finishers were seventh-grader Clayton Thomas, 10^th place (17:01) and sixth-grader Atticus Ashbrook, 20^th (28:58).

Homer Heritage will return to action on Saturday (Aug. 21) at Philo in the St. Thomas School Saber Corn Classic Race.