The Checotah Wildcats competed at a high level at the Muldrow Invitational Meet on Thursday. The Lady Wildcats finished fourth overall as a team. Keys won the event as a team with a time of 14:36.49 followed by Warner 14:56.21 and Heavener 15:15.55 to round out the top three.
Individual results
Molly Craver of Roland won the girls race with a time of 13:27.35, in second place was Allviah Strieker of Keys 13:49.91 and Kambree Ellis placed third with a time of 13:55.95.
Checotah’s Ruby Folkner placed fourth with a time of 14:21.72 followed by her sister Ruthy Folkner (8th) with a time of 14:33.99. Alannah Madding placed 27th (15:52.52), Rachel Stauffer 31st (16:10.92) and Logan Dowdy 33rd (16:13.28) completed the times for the Lady Wildcats.
Boys team division
Heavener placed first with a time of 19:41.71 followed by Warner 21:19.18 and Checotah placed third with a team time of 22:47.64.
Individual results
Seth Lynch of Heavener placed first with a time of 18:42.39 followed by Koulter Drake of Warner 18:43.47 and Jodai Sama Salinas placed third with a time of 18:58.30.
Izayah Tayde of Checotah placed 12th with a time of 20:48.34.
“I’m really proud of how we competed today. The entirety of our teams ran hard and it showed today. This was a big meet with a lot of great athletes and for us to come out and compete against these teams the way we did is something to be proud of,” Checotah head coach Jason Dowdy said.
Checotah results
Place-Name-Time 12 – Izayah Tayde :20:48.34 23 – Cy Hunt-22:11.25 28 – Wes Brown 22:56.31 30 – Mason Rainbolt – 23:30.08 39 – Jaxon Gearhart 24:32.25 52 – Caleb Elkins 25:41.58 66-Baylor Gaxiola 27:59.76 Checotah Team Points HS Boys – 3rd place overall HS Girls – 4th place overall JH Boys – 1st place overall JH Girls – 7th place overall
Individual Medals
Izayah Tayde-12th place overall Ruby Folkner-4th place overall Ruthy Folkner-8th place overall Junior High results
Hunter Madding-2nd place overall Uriah Fairchilds-3rd place overall Jacob Stith-4th place overall Aiden Tayde -20th place overall