The Knoxville Cross Country Squads ran at the Steve Johnson Invitational at Wartburg College in Waverly on Saturday and had several season and personal bests. The girls as a team finished 12th out of 20 teams from a mix of Iowa, Minnesota and other Midwestern states. Norah Pearson, who was only in her second race of the season, led the Panther runners over the line in 24th and earned a medal with a time of 21:21. The Panther boys took 13th out of 24 teams with Seth Walraven finishing 17th running a season best time of 17:20. Runners Joey Hembrook and Faith Roozeboom tell KNIA/KRLS Sports the conference and state qualifying meets are the next big events for the Panthers
Joey: “I think our main goal is to beat Albia at the conference meet, that would be great and for me to beat 19.”
Faith: “We really miss Norah out there, she helps our team, but even if we don’t make state we want to improve and I think we can make state.”
Two personal records were set as Andrew Jackson ran an 18:40 finishing in 70th place for the boys and Anna Buttell ran 24:32 to set a personal best for herself. The Panthers are back in action Tuesday at the Centerville Meet in Moravia.