Oakwood/Salt Fork had three of the top seven runners on Tuesday (Oct. 12) in the Vermilion Valley Conference girls’ cross-country meet at Kickapoo State Park.

There was no team champion as none of the schools had enough runners to be scored as a team.

The Comets’ effort was led by Macie Russell (second in 20 minutes, 12.88 seconds), Allie Morris (third in 21:18.78), Alyssa Wells (seventh in 26:04.35) and Addie Wright (12^th in 31:01.57).

There were 15 runners in the girls’ meet.

In the 23-runner boys’ competition, Oakwood/Salt Fork’s Ethan Brewer finished 19^th in 23:46.26. Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin won the boys’ team title.

Oakwood/Salt Fork will return to action on Tuesday (Oct. 19) at Tuscola.

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Both of the Oakwood/Salt Fork girls who participated in the 80-runner Cumberland Invitational fashioned top-10 finishes.

Sophomore Macie Russell placed third with a 3-mile time of 20 minutes, 26.24 seconds.

Junior Allie Morris was seventh in 21:07.07.

The Comets didn’t have enough runners to be scored as a team.

In the boys’ race, the lone Oakwood/Salt Fork competitor was senior Ethan Brewer, who was 122^nd in 24:16.97.

Oakwood/Salt Fork returns to action on Tuesday (Oct. 12) in the Vermilion Valley Conference meet.

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Senior Ethan Brewer was the lone Comet to participate in the boys’ Oakwood Invitational on Saturday (Oct. 2) at Kickapoo State Park.

Brewer completed the 3-mile course in 23 minutes, 39.74 seconds. He placed 36^th.

Rantoul won team honors. La Salette was the second-place team.

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

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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.

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Two Oakwood/Salt Fork runners finished among the top 25 on Saturday (Sept. 25) in the 147-runner Spartan Classic girls’ cross-country meet in St. Joseph.

Sophomore Macie Russell was 19^th, with a 3-mile time of 19 minutes, 2.37 seconds.

Junior Allie Morris ended in 25^th in 19:25.15.

The Comets’ other participants were: Aubri Elliott (56^th in 21:00.65), Alyssa Wells (117^th in 25:14.74), Rylee Wright (125^th in26:57.40), Brylie Smith (135^th in 28:05.35) and Addie Wright (141^st in 28:27.25).

In a field of 19 teams, Oakwood/Salt Fork placed 11^th with a composite score of 308.

Team honors were captured by Tolono Unity (56), followed by Monticello (66) and St. Joseph-Ogden (87).

Oakwood/Salt Fork returns to action on Saturday (Oct. 2) in the Oakwood Invitational at Kickapoo State Park.

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The lone Oakwood/Salt Fork entry in the Tuesday (Sept. 14) Vermilion County boys’ cross-country meet at Kickapoo State Park was Ethan Brewer, who finished 17^th.

Brewer’s 3-mile time was 28 minutes and 53 seconds.

Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin won team honors over Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Chrisman.

Oakwood/Salt Fork will return to action on Tuesday (Sept. 21) at Urbana Uni High.

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Oakwood/Salt Fork had the top three runners in the Tuesday (Sept. 14) Vermilion County girls’ cross-country meet at Kickapoo State Park.

The individual champion was Macie Russell, who covered the 3-mile loop in 20 minutes and 45 seconds. She then helped the Catlin volleyball team to a two-set sweep at night.

The County runner-up was O/SF’s Allie Morris (21:30) with teammate Aubri Elliott running third (23:08).

Oakwood/Salt Fork won the team crown as no other schools had enough runners to be scored as a team.

The Comets’ other finishers were: Alyssa Wells (eighth in 27:56), Addie Wright (ninth in 30:11), Brylie Smith (10^th in 31:31) and Rylee Wright (11^th in 31:52).

Oakwood/Salt Fork will return to action on Tuesday (Sept. 21) at Urbana Uni High.

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The Comets’ lone competitor in the Saturday (Sept. 14) Paxton-Buckley-Loda Cross-Country Invitational was Ethan Brewer.

He finished the 3-mile course in a season-best 25 minutes and 3 seconds and placed 89th.

Oakwood returns to action on Tuesday (Sept. 14) in the Vermilion County Meet at Oakwood.

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The Oakwood Comets’ girls’ cross-country team ended third in the Saturday (Sept. 11) Paxton-Buckley-Loda Invitational.

Twelve schools entered full teams.

PBL was the team champion with 61 points. Runner-up Herscher had 65 points and was followed by Oakwood with 91 points.

The Comets had three top-10 performers in a meet with 66 runners.

Sophomore Macie Russell finished third in 20 minutes and 14 seconds for the 3-mile course. Junior Allie Morris was fourth in 20:24 and freshman Aubri Elliott was ninth in 21:57.

The team’s other competitors were Alyssa Wells (45^th in 26:55), Brylie Smith (55^th in 28:24), Addie Wright (60^th in 29:56) and Rylee Wright (64^th in 31:03).

All of the squad members posted their best times of the season and Morris registered a lifetime best.

All seven of the team’s runners are underclassmen.

The Comets return to action on Tuesday (Sept. 14) in the Vermilion County meet at Oakwood.

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The Comets didn’t have enough runners to be scored as a team at the Saturday (Sept. 4) Cowchip Classic, in Chrisman, but each of the team’s four competitors achieved season-best times in the meet with flighted races.

Allie Morris’ 3-mile time was 21 minutes and 14 seconds.  In the flight for No. 1 runners, she placed eighth.

Aubri Eliot was timed in 22:33. She took sixth (out of 17 runners) in the flight for No. 3 runners.

Brylie Smith’s time was 30:22. She finished eighth in the flight for No. 5 runners.

Addie Wright finished the course in 30:06. She was 18^th among runners in the No. 6 flight.

In all, 26 high schools sent entries.

All four Oakwood runners faced some adversity.

“It rained pretty hard during Addie and Brylie’s races.” Oakwood/Salt Fork coach Emily Mills said. “By the time Aubri and Allie ran their races, the course was pretty tore up.

“Given the conditions we are extremely happy with how each of the girls did.”

Oakwood/Salt Fork will return to action on Tuesday (Sept. 7) in a meet at Kickapoo State Park.

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