Congratulations to the Decatur Community Junior High Cross Country runners. They finished their season Thursday at the Hoxie Invitational with four Oberlin runners medaling.
Trevor Witt won the 7th grade boys’ race; Job Kliewer, a 6th grader, was fourth.
In the 7th grade girls’ race, Kira Burmaster was third, and Misty Kliewer was fourth.
Trevor had a great cross country season, medaling in five of the six meets he competed in. In three of those, he placed first: Quinter, Oberlin, and Hoxie. In the other two – Norton and Wallace County, he placed second. The only meet Trevor did not place at was the McCook meet.
Job Kliewer placed fourth in two meets this year – Oberlin and Hoxie. As a 6th grader, Job was running against 7th graders and 8th graders.
Misty Kliewer medaled in all seven of the junior high meets this year:
6th – Goodland
2nd – Quinter
9th – McCook
2nd – Norton
3rd – Oberlin
5th – Wallace County
4th – Hoxie
Kira Burmaster medaled in four of her five races, including a first-place finish at the Norton Invitational. (Kira is also a member of the junior high volleyball team – playing on both A and B teams, which are both 10-2. They will finish their season on Tuesday at the NWKL Tournament.)
Kira was second at the Oberlin meet, and third at both Wallace County and Hoxie. The only meet Kira did not medal at was the Quinter Invitational. Because of her asthma, she was not able to finish that race.
Rounding out the junior high cross country team were 6th graders Mariah Scott, who placed 10th at the Goodland Invitational, and Jayce Dempewolf, who competed in all seven meets this year.
Congratulations to our junior high cross country runners and to their coach Jenee Davis on a tremendous season.