Macie Russell finishes first at Vermilion Valley Conference meet

By Fred Kroner

Oakwood/Salt Fork’s Macie Russell was the individual winner on Tuesday (Sept. 12) in the Vermilion Valley Conference girls’ cross-country meet at Kickapoo State Park.

Russell was triumphant by 18.16 seconds, covering the 3-mile course in 19 minutes, 55.34 seconds.

One teammate, third-place finisher Callie Richardson, also earned all-conference accolades. Richardson’s time was 21:21.79.

The team’s other scoring runners were Zoe Moudy (14^th in 26:50.49), Miley Pierce (19^th in 36:29.24) and Macie Kinney (20^th in 36:34.79).

Meet champion Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin had a team score of 24 points. The runner-up Comet had a cumulative score of 34 points.

Oakwood/Salt Fork will return to action on Saturday (Sept. 16) in the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational at Detweiller Park.