Russell, Morris and Elliott finish at top at Kickapoo Invitational

By Fred Kroner

Three of the first four finishers in the Saturday (Oct. 2) Oakwood girls’ cross-country invitational at Kickapoo State Park were members of the Oakwood/Salt Fork team.

Macie Russell was the winner of the 26-runner race, finishing the 3-mile course in 20 minutes, 12.57 seconds.

Teammate Allie Morris was the runner-up, in 20:56.55. Placing fourth was OSF’s Aubri Elliott, in 22:00.47.

The Comets’ other participants were: Alyssa Wells (12^th in 25:49.58), Rylee Wright (19^th in 28:59.79) and Addie Wright (23^rd in 30:06.17).

All of the Oakwood/Salt Fork runners are underclassmen.

St. Thomas More won the team crown and Oakwood/Salt Fork was second. Scoring was done by tabulating the times for the top five runners from each school.

STM’s team composite was 113 minutes and 26 seconds. Oakwood/Salt Fork’s cumulative time was 117.56.

Oakwood/Salt Fork returns to action on Tuesday (Oct. 5) at a four-school meet at Paris.