By FCHS cross country coach Stacey Nobbe
The Franklin County Girls Cross Country Lady Wildcats ran on their home course on Tuesday, September 1,
While the Twisters did not have any girls on the team, the Wildcats ran anyway.
Senior Lauren Kelley, finished in first place with a time of 22:13. Junior Katherine Apsley was the next Franklin County finisher with a time of 27:24.
The Wildcat home course is a difficult course so none of the Lady Wildcats were able to record a personal best. However, they expect that to change when they travel to East Central on Sept. 3.
In the boys race, the Wildcats defeated the Twisters 25-33. Senior Drew Grant finished in second place overall with a time of 19:31. That was just 11 seconds behind Oldenburg Academy’s Tyler Kuntz. FCHS captured the next two places. Ben Maze was just seven seconds behind Grant for third place, while Hunter Marshall secured fourth place, just four seconds behind Maze.
Junior Adam Grant had a season personal best of 21:01.
FC travels to Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference foe East Central on Thursday, Sept. 3.