COVINGTON – The Covington cross country program put forth a great performance on Saturday in the Buccaneer Invitational at the Covington Fraternal Order of Eagles Picnic Grounds as the Lady Buccs won the meet and the boys finished runner-up as a team.

Individually, Buccaneer senior Asher Long won the boy’s race with a time of 15:57.4, which broke the course record. His sister, Elyza Long, finished second in the girls race with a time of 20:12.5 and Johanna Welborn came in third with a time of 20:30.9.

BUCCS TOP FIVE FINISHERS:
1st – Asher Long – 15:57.4
11th – Preston King – 18:04.3
13th – Beck Wilson – 18:17.7
16th – Chris Deaton – 18:20.8
20th – Tanner Palsgrove – 18:26.7

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TEAM SCORES:
1 Milton-Union – 42 – Top 5 Times: 1:29:45.7
2 Russia – 47 – Top 5 Times: 1:29:40.4
3 Covington 61 – Top 5 Times: 1:29:07.0
4 Bethel – 128 – Top 5 Times: 1:34:44.3
5 Graham Local – 154 – Top 5 Times: 1:35:28.9
6 Arcanum – 156 – Top 5 Times: 1:35:32.0
7 Miami East – 158 – Top 5 Times: 1:36:25.6
8 Franklin Monroe – 205 – Top 5 Times: 1:39:54.4
9 Greenon – 224 – Top 5 Times: 1:41:30.8
10 Tri-Village – 301 – Top 5 Times: 2:00:47.6
Inc. Bradford – 3 finishers
Inc. Greeneview – 1 finisher

LADY BUCCS TOP FIVE FINISHERS:
2nd – Elyza Long – 20:12.5
3rd – Johanna Welborn – 20:30.9
14th – Kassidy Turner – 23:00.6
17th – Lucy Welborn – 23:32.6
22nd – Delaney Murphy – 24:05.8

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TEAM SCORES:
1 Covington – 52 – Top 5 Times: 1:51:22.6
2 Russia – 63 – Top 5 Times: 1:55:03.1
3 Greenon – 73 – Top 5 Times: 1:55:57.9
4 Milton-Union – 94 – Top 5 Times: 1:57:56.4
5 Miami East – 103 – Top 5 Times: 2:00:00.6
6 Graham – 145 – Top 5 Times: 2:06:43.4
7 Franklin Monroe – 150 – Top 5 Times: 2:07:04.5
Inc. Arcanum – 3 finishers
Inc. Bradford – 4 finishers
Inc. Greeneview – 1 finisher
Inc. Bethel – 3 finishers
Inc. Tri-Village