by Scott Sacry
Hamilton hosted the Hamilton Invitational at the Daly Mansion on Thursday, October 3rd. The cross country teams from Darby, Corvallis, Hamilton, and Stevensville were among the 17 total schools participating.
In the boys race, Corvallis’ Jack Davidson won with a time of 16:31.95. Darby’s Ben Martin took 5th (16:59.26), Corvallis’ Carter Koerner (17:09.00) was 6th. Hamilton’s Evan Bennett (17:12.80) was 7th, and Corvallis’ Marrek Jessop (17:14.31) was 8th. Stevensville’s highest finisher was Benjamin White (18:31.26) who finished 29th.
In the girls race, Hamilton’s Aleigha Child took 2nd with a time of 19:16.16. Hamilton’s Claire Seifert (20:05.26) took 3rd, Corvallis’ Violet Jessop (20:32.97) took 4th, Corvallis’ Autumn Benson (21:07.39) took 8th, Hamilton’s Reecelyn Walthall (21:10.73) finished 10th. Darby’s highest finisher was Lily Adair (21:33.14) who took 16th.
In the boys team standings, Corvallis took 1st, Hamilton took 2nd, Stevensville took 7th and Darby took 8th. In the girls team standings, Hamilton took 2nd and Corvallis took 3rd.