AURORA | The Centennial League Championship girls cross country race was top-heavy with runners from Cherry Creek and Arapahoe Oct. 5 at the Aurora Sports Park, but a pair of local runners earned top-10 finishes.
Cherokee Trail freshman Jade McDaniel and Grandview senior Summer Abeyta followed a string of six Bruins and two Warriors across the finish line to take ninth and 10th place, respectively.
McDaniel’s time of 20 minutes, 28.3 seconds, and Abeyta’s 20:37 landed them both all-league second team honors, which also went to Abeyta’s senior teammate Julia Pace (who placed 12th in 21:02.1) and Eaglecrest freshman Jenna Winn, who came in 13th in a time of 21:06.9.
Grandview scored 95 points to take third with a nine-point margin over Cherokee Trail with Eaglecrest in fifth and Smoky Hill in seventh. Host Overland did not have enough finishers to register a team score.
Cherry Creek sophomore Emily Cohen cruised to the individual Centennial League title with a time of 17:52.8 and helped lead the Bruins to the team crown as well with a total of 22 points. Arapahoe finished second with a score of 53.
The Centennial League Championship meet moved back to the Aurora Sports Park after it has recently been run at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds.
Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at sports@aurorasentinel.com. Twitter: @aurorasports. IG: Sentinel Prep Sports
2023 CENTENNIAL LEAGUE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (GIRLS)
Oct. 5 at Aurora Sports Park
Girls team scores: 1. Cherry Creek 22 points; 2. Arapahoe 53; 3. GRANDVIEW 95; 4. CHEROKEE TRAIL 104; 5. EAGLECREST 119; 6. Mullen 140; 7. SMOKY HILL 210; OVERLAND no score
Top 13 individuals: 1. Emily Cohen (Cherry Creek), 17 minutes, 52.8 seconds; 2. Karli Holmes (Arapahoe), 18:40.4; 3. Kinley Wolfe (Cherry Creek), 18:59.1; 4. Audrey Thiel (Arapahoe), 19:15.0; 5. Baylor Wolfe (Cherry Creek), 19:27.1; 6. Mattie Sheehan (Cherry Creek), 19:45.4; 7. Caroline Laughlin (Cherry Creek), 20:08.6; 8. Sophie Hamm (Cherry Creek), 20:19.3; 9. JADE MCDANIEL (CHEROKEE TRAIL), 20:28.3; 10. SUMMER ABEYTA (GRANDVIEW), 20:37.0; 11. Genevieve Hockin (Mullen), 20:43.7; 12. JULIA PACE (GRANDVIEW), 21:02.1; 13. JENNA WINN (EAGLECREST), 21:06.9
— Full 2023 Centennial League Championship girls cross country results, here
