Hutchinson, KS — September 16, 2021 Goddard High School competed in our 3rd meet of the season in Buhler, Kansas. There were a lot of positives to take away from this meet with PR's and some runners earning medals! Below is the recap for each race, times, and a link to pictures. Goddard will look to learn/take away from the experiences at Buhler into next week at Lake Afton! Pictures: The following link will take you to pictures taken by Becky Andrews from yesterday's meet. https://bandrews.smugmug.com/Goddard-Cross-Country-2021/Goddard-Cross-Country-Hutch-91621/ C-Team 4K Race The C team race was ran by both Boys/Girls. Our 2 Senior girl runners Piper Hartzler and Maxine Bartnick both earned medals for the race placing 3rd/4th for girls. On the boys side our team took 1st place led by Braxton Summers! Braxton Summers, Owen Granados, James Alexander, and Caleb Blackwood all earned medals at this race! 4K Times Girls: 3rd: Piper Hartzler - 27:01 4th: Maxine Bartnick - 28:59 Boys: 1st: Braxton Summers - 18:56 2nd: Owen Granados - 19:18 3rd: James Alexander - 19:20 5th: Caleb Blackwood - 20:54 6th: Cooper Hudson - 20:57 9th: Adam Vincent - 25:37 JV Boys 5K Jack Allen competed in his 1st 5K of the season and ran a 23:56. Jack will look to take his experience from Buhler and improve on his time next week at Lake Afton. Varsity Boys 5K At the Varsity level we had a lot of positives to take away from this meet! Luke Griffith, Ayden Smith, and Nathan Lewis all ran better times compared to our last 5K race in Wellington! As a team we took 5th place. Buhler presented itself as a difficult course for our team in what was a very fast race! Out of all the freshmen who competed in the varsity race our freshmen took 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, and 10th overall. A lot of positives and good learning experiences for our team as we move forward. Our underclassmen are seeing what it takes for us to get to the top as a team. The team will look to improve next week at Lake Afton! Varsity Boys 5K Times 27th: Luke Griffith - 19:59 PR 33rd: Ayden Smith - 21:01 PR 34th: Nathan Lewis - 21:05 PR 36th: John Esparza - 21:54 37th: Nathan Harkman - 22:16 40th: Conner Huddleston - 22:46 41st: Hudson Donaghue - 23:18 GO LIONS!