Washington middle school cross-country teams both finish fourth at home

The Washington boys? and girls? middle school cross-country teams both took fourth place at their home meet at the Washington Golf and Country Club on Sept. 25.

The Demon girls tallied 125 points and finished fourth out of five teams. Fairfield won the meet with 31 points.

Eighth-grader Mariah Howard took eighth place in 11:02 to lead the Demons. Seventh-grader Meredith Raber came in 16

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in 11:43, and eighth-grader Makayla Shafer was 27

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in 12:36. Eighth-grader Jenna Engle finished 33

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in 13 minutes flat, and eighth-grader Linda Diaz rounded out the scoring with her 41

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-place finish in 13:50. Eighth-grader Alyson Hesseltine came in 49

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in 14:53, and eighth-grader Maggie Voss crossed the finish line five seconds and one spot later.

The Washington boys tallied 84 points and finished fourth out of six teams. Burlington won the meet with 45 points.

Seventh-grader Jacob Van Osdol took ninth place in 10:08 to lead the Demons. Eighth-graders Owen Horak and David Mares finished 13

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and 14

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, respectively, both crossing the finish line in 10:30. Eighth-grader Kyle Schindler came in 23

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in 10:58, and seventh-grader Brennan Horak crossed the finish line two seconds later in 25

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place to round out the scoring. Seventh-grader Andrew Jeffrey finished 34

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in 11:39, and seventh-grader Austin Stalder was 47

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in 12:20. Seventh-grader Blake Hartzler came in 52

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in 12:35, and eighth-grader Collin Zear was 56

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in 13:06.