Elementary school students from seven schools were on the run recently in School District 47’s annual fall cross-country race.
One hundred and ninety-eight runners from grades three to seven followed “rabbits” Rachel Horspool and Sawyer Gowans through the trails at Sunset Park in Wildwood.
Top six winners in each category are listed below.
Grade three girls: first Melusine Yerna, École Côte du Soleil (ECdS); second Alison Ruegg, Assumption School (AS); third Brianna Narduzzi, Grief Point Elementary School (GPES); fourth Alana Kondra, AS; fifth Ilia Nakamey, GPES; sixth Sarah Banks, GPES.
Grade three boys: first Luke Shipley, GPES; second Marcus Cramb, GPES; third Evan Dendewicz, Edgehill Elementary School (EES); fourth Andrew Krowitz, GPES; fifth Austyn Leach, GPES; sixth Rafael Reghelian, ECdS.
Grade four girls: first Annika Schmunk, GPES; second Brooklyn Vanderkemp, GPES; third Sarah Schweitzer, AS; tied fourth Sarah Maguire, AS and Julia Austin, EES; fifth Ainsley Needham, GPES; sixth Kaylee Rolland, EES.
Grade four boys: first Jake McCormick, EES; second Leo Head, AS; third Ethan Taylor, ECdS; fourth Nathaniel Hees, GPES; fifth Gavin Gendron, James Thomson Elementary School (JTES); sixth Jeffrey Chernoff, GPES.
Grade five girls: first Kristen Naude, AS; second Camryn Cline, Henderson Elementary School (HES); third Cayce Hollingsworth, GPES; fourth Catherine Forsyth, GPES; fifth Hannah Cramb, EES; sixth Sidney Elliott, GPES.
Grade five boys: first Connor Casparie, GPES; second Jerod Timothy, AS; third Oscar Thoms, ECdS; fourth Wade Southern, GPES; fifth Jaydon Tessman, AS; sixth Nicholas Porchetta, AS.
Grade six girls: first Ally Carpendale, GPES; second Taylor Kinley, GPES; third Ella Vallance, AS; fourth Kristen Skorey, GPES; fifth Ashley Duyvesteyn, AS; sixth Marcy Tietzen, GPES.
Grade six boys: first Caleb Parkhouse, AS; second Michael Behan, AS; third Chris Fisher, ECdS; fourth Liam Schreiber, AS; fifth James Timothy, AS; sixth Quinn Elzer, EES.
Grade seven girls: first Carsyn Casparie, GPES; second Catriona Hopper, GPES; third Katyja Senilov, GPES; fourth Jillian Banks, GPES; fifth Uma Picken, EES; sixth Katie Dohm, AS.
Grade seven boys: first Casper Poelen, GPES; second Carter Chard-Hill, EES; third Keegan Chard-Hill, EES; fourth Jacob Gallagher, JTES; fifth Zach Salehian, AS; sixth Alex Gallacher, EES.
