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09/07/2026

The Sidney Cross Country teams competed at the Hillclimber Invite at Urbana on Saturday.

The high school boys team finished 4th out of 12 teams, with 80 total runners in the race.
Jeremiah Taylor ~ 10th overall - 19:25
Marlon Tucker ~ 16th ~ 20:25 ~ dropped 1:32 from last year’s race
Dakota Porter ~ 25th ~ 21:22 ~ Season Best ~ Golden Shoe
Carter Shurts ~ 31st ~ 22:08 ~ dropped 25 seconds from last year’s race
Anderson Blackford ~ 44th ~ 23:40
Ashton Krabill ~ 46th ~ 24:13

The High School girls race had 8 teams and 30 runners
Emma Schmiesing ~ 16th ~ 28:36 ~ Season Best
Ruth Atelus ~ 27th ~ 33:37

The Junior High Boys team finished 2nd out of 10 teams, with 34 total runners
Garrett Gold ~ 1st pace (medal) ~ 12:15 ~ PERSONAL RECORD (dropped 20 seconds)
Charles Harter ~ 3rd (medal) ~ 12:33
Bently Ludwig ~ 11th ~ 14:57
Kayden Wesbecher ~ 16th ~ 16:19
Grayson Tucker ~ 20th ~ 17:19 ~ PERSONAL RECORD (dropped 2:33)
Tyce Swiger ~ 27th ~ 18:29 ~ PERSONAL RECORD (dropped 9 seconds)

The Junior High Girls team finished 1st out of 9 teams, with 36 total runners
Jaylynn Tucker ~ 2nd (medal) ~ 15:18 ~ PR (dropped 9 seconds) ~ GOLDEN SHOE
Chloe Dunham ~ 3rd (medal) ~ 15:25 ~ PR (dropped 7 seconds)
Annslie Harter ~ 10th ~ 16:30
Isabella Barnes ~ 12th ~ 16:44 ~ 1st career 2 mile race
Eva Blackford ~ 14th ~ 17:11 (dropped 12 seconds from last year’s race)
Aliana Ward ~ 22nd ~ 19:37
Annabelle Johnson ~ 26th ~ 22:15 ~ (dropped 2:21 from last year’s race)
Layla Browner ~ 27th ~ 22:38

09/04/2026

09/03/2026

Stayed inside on Wednesday…still got in plenty of work.

08/30/2026

The Sidney Cross Country teams competed at the Bob Schul Invite at Milton Union on Saturday.

The high school boys team finished 14th out of 17 teams, with 279 total runners in the race.
Jeremiah Taylor ~ 64th overall (top 75 got a ribbon) - 18:38 - 1st career high school race
Marlon Tucker ~ 142nd ~ 20:29 ~ dropped over 2 min from last year’s race ~ GOLDEN SHOE
Carter Shurts ~ 148th ~ 20:44 ~ PERSONAL RECORD!
Anderson Blackford ~ 160th ~ 20:56 ~ dropped over 30 seconds from last year
Dakota Porter ~ 188th ~ 21:55
Ashton Krabill ~ 215 ~ 22:52 - dropped over 2 minutes from last year’s race

The High School girls race had 16 teams and 175 runners
Emma Schmiesing ~ 149th ~ 30:07
Ruteh Atelus ~ 161st ~ 32:29 ~ First ever 5k race!

The Junior High Boys team finished 21st out of 46 teams, with 427 total runners
Charles Harter ~ 31st (top 75 got ribbon) ~ 12:20 ~ 1st career 2 mile race
Garrett Gold ~ 43rd (top 75 got ribbon) ~ 12:35 ~ PERSONAL RECORD (dropped over 40 seconds)
Bently Ludwig ~ 195th ~ 14:49 ~ 1st career 2 mile race
Kayden Wesbecher ~ 228th ~ 15:15 ~ 1st career 2 mile race
Tyce Swiger ~ 372nd ~ 18:38 ~ 1st career 2 mile race
Grayson Tucker ~ 390th ~ 19:52 ~ 1st career 2 mile race

The Junior High Girls race had 42 teams and 350 runners
Chloe Dunham ~ 104th ~ 15:32 ~ 1st career 2 mile race ~ GOLDEN SHOE
Annslie Harter ~ 112th ~ 15:35 ~ 1st career 2 mile race
Eva Blackford ~ 186th ~ 17:03 (dropped 47 seconds from last year’s race)
Annabelle Johnson ~ 271st ~ 19:23 ~ PERSONAL RECORD (dropped over 2 minutes)

08/28/2026

6:30 AM bus leaves

08/25/2026

08/23/2026

Make sure $50 participation fee is paid, or you can’t compete. Even if it is a partial payment, that will still allow you to run this week.

All athletes are required to ride the school bus to and from competitions. Which means they stay for all races for grades 7 through 12. When not racing, they are either warming up, cooling down, or cheering on their teammates. If your athlete must leave early for a family reason, they can only leave with the parent/legal guardian and a form must be filled out (I will always have some on me at meets, but getting this done prior to race day is preferred).

Make sure the athlete packs snacks and water for race day. Most places will also have concession stands (typically cash only). Make sure to pack your running shoes, all black shorts and jersey. If parents want to organize food/snacks/drinks for the team, I’m ok with that also, but please bring on your ​own.

Parents and Friends - Highly suggest arriving at least 30 minutes prior to your athletes race. Between parking and figuring out where to go, it is best to leave plenty of time so you don’t miss it. Most times it is free to attend, some places will charge for parking (cash only). I will do my best to communicate that. In addition, I will send out race maps (if they give us one).

Most places will also have a 1/2 mile or 1 mile fun run at the end. This is for kids 6th grade and younger. Typically no signups required. Families are more than welcome to stick around for that if they have a younger sibling who wants to run.

I will do my best to give an estimate time on when I think the bus will return to Sidney. We will also tell athletes when we get on the bus to let you know when we should arrive back to the Sidney Track. Please be ready to pick up your athletes.

Speedy Bees Run Club starts this week (grades 1-6th). Grades 7-12 don’t have to stick around for this if they don’t want to, but are more than welcome to help with the younger kids if they want.

08/19/2026

New pole vault pit was delivered today!