Earning tickets to State are Morgan Supik (left) Justin Horn, and Julianna Maxfield. Courtesy photo
The Fullerton Warrior CrossCountry Team headed to Hastings for the District D-2 meet at Elk’s Country Club on Thursday, October 13th. The team came home with three individual medalists punching their card to the state meet in Kearney this Friday, October 21st.
Senior Julianna Maxfield won a third-place medal with a time of 21:17 and qualifying for the state meet as an individual for her fourth year in a row.
Sophomore, Morgan Supik earned a 12th place medal and a spot in the state meet race with a time of 22:50. Sophomore, Makayla Robinson finished strong with a time of 24:39 (22nd) with Senior Paige Wood finishing next with a time of 25:26 (25th) and freshman, Elena Reimer in 37th with a time of 27:45. Forty-six female runners participated in the race. There were 9 team points keeping the Lady Warriors away from earning 3rd place as a team and qualifying for the state competition. The Warriors with (32 points) in 4th place and Doniphan-Trumbull with 23 points in 3rd. “The girls have worked hard all season to finish as strong as they did. Their ability to push themselves as well as one another is something we are very proud of!” said Coach Wetovick. “We have two strong senior leaders in Julianna Maxfield and Paige Wood who model every day what it takes to run with heart and tenacity. Their leadership will be greatly missed, but I have no doubt that our younger runners will step up and lead by example,” Wetovick goes on to say.
Our two varsity boy runners ran strong with junior, Justin Horn finishing in 5th place claiming his ticket to the state meet. He ran his personal record time of the season time with a 17:59. Sophomore, Ethan Hoback placed 23rd out of 69 runners with a time of 19:55. “It was awesome to add another runner to our boys team this year. Justin ran alone for the varsity boys last year, so with the addition of Ethan came a sense of teamwork and support. The boys pushed and encouraged each other all season long,” Coach Wetovick stated.
The Fullerton Warriors will wrap up their 2022 cross country season at the NSAA Cross-Country Championships held at the Kearney Country Club on October 21st, 2022. The Class D Boys’ race will begin at 12:00 p.m. followed by the Girls’ race at 1:00 p.m.