GRC runners win conference meet

Callie Miller was named conference freshman runner of the year. Evans was presented with the conference leadership award as well as the overall Conference GPA award. A total of 23 students in

the conference were honored for maintaining a GPA of 4.0.

In the middle school competition, Conkwright Middle won both the boys and girls conference team titles. Lydia Gapp was girls conference runner of the year and Alyssa Gaunce as runner up.

St. Agatha’s Taylor Ritchie was named eighth-grade runner of the year. Ritchie also was named as the recipient of the conference leadership award. Brooke Hollon of Clark Middle was named girls conference rookie of the year.

Gapp (Conkwright), Gaunce (Conkwright), Ritchie (St. Agatha), Loran Smith (Conkwright), Emma Mork (Conkwright) and Kelsey Farmer (Clark Middle) were named to the all-conference team.

In the boys middle school competition, Drew Blevins of Conkwright was named middle school runner of the year. Local runners named to the all-conference team include Blevins, Gary Coleman, Robert Dean, Colby Birkes, Aaron Barnett and Alan Barnett.

St. Agatha won the girls sixth-grade and under competition for the girls and boys team. Julia Pohl (St. Agatha) was named runner of the year for her division. Pohl, along with Sydney Miller, Amanda Payne, Cameron Anderson, Lauren Mossaro and Claire Taylor were named to the all-conference team.

In the boys sixth-grade and under competition, St. Agatha runners David Fiske, Logan Pelphrey, Tristan Hanlin, Andrew Clark and Maxwell Clark were named to the all-conference team.