Fayetteville girls win in Russellville

Even without one of its top runners, Fayetteville's girls placed three runners among the top 10 and won the Cyclone Invitational held Saturday on the Arkansas Tech campus in Russellville. Sophomores Grace Litzinger and Morganne Browning set the tone for Fayetteville by finishing sixth and eighth, respectively, while junior Chloe Devecsery took 10th. Litzinger ran the 5-kilometer course in 19 minutes, 31.66 seconds, while Browning finished with 19:54.26 and Devecsery crossed the finished line in 20:23.15. The Lady Bulldogs, who were without usual leader Rebecca Boushelle, finished with 40 points, while Conway was a distant second with 102 points. Springdale Har-Ber took sixth with 141 points as Emily Newberry finished ninth in 20:11.59 to lead the Lady Wildcats In the boys division, Sandro Ramirez paced Springdale Har-Ber's boys to a third-place finish. The senior completed the 5-kilometer course in 16 minutes, 6.94 seconds and finished fourth among 170 runners. Teammate Brett Borchert had a time of 16:21.74, which was good for eighth. Har-Ber finished with 80 points -- the same as runnerup Maumelle -- but the Hornets' sixth runner broke the tie by finishing almost 4 seconds faster than the Wildcats' sixth runner. Fayetteville was fourth with 143 points, with Carter Betts' 11th-place finish leading the Bulldogs.

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Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette | 9/26/2017

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