COVINGTON HAS STRONG SHOWING IN COUNTY MEET

Johanna Welborn won the Miami County Invitational on Saturday. ©Ben Robinson/Color Green Photo

WEST MILTON – The Covington cross country program performed well in the Miami County Invitational at at Milton-Union on Saturday as the boys finished fourth and the girls finished fifth in the team standings.

The Lady Buccs were without leading runner Elyza Long, but still performed very well led by senior Johanna Welborn, who won the race with the time of 19:34.6.

Senior Asher Long was the highest placer for the boys as he took second with a time of 15:34.70.

COVINGTON BOYS RESULTS:
2 – Asher Long – 15:34.70
20 – Beck Wilson – 17:49.20
26 – Tanner Palsgrove – 17:58.90
28 – Preston King – 18:02.90
37 – Calub Hembree – 18:28.1
46 – Caleb Ryman – 18:49.8
55 – Henry Skaggs – 19:20.1
63 – Kent Welborn – 19:42.9
78 – Landon Reynolds – 20:18.0
83 – Edison Deaton – 20:36.3
84 – Brock Gessner – 20:38.3
90 – Grant Blore – 21:00.3
92 – Evan Moore – 21:03.5
95 – Noah Chaney – 21:22.8
107 – Avery Gooding – 22:23.9
108 – Wyatt Parker – 22:27.5
109 – Zaq Steele – 22:33.8
116 – Austin Monnin – 24:05.5
117 – Henry Cantrell – 24:08.8
119 – Talon Pergram – 24:47.5
120 – Will Hand – 25:00.2

BOYS TEAM RESULTS:
1 Tippecanoe – 19
2 Troy – 85
3 Milton-Union – 88
4 Covington – 104
5 Tipp City – Bethel
6 Newton – 136
7 Miami East – 160

COVINGTON GIRLS RESULTS:
1 – Johanna Welborn – 19:34.6
21 – Kassidy Turner – 22:08.7
40 – Delaney Murphy – 23:58.5
42 – Ella White – 24:05.0
45 – Bella Welch – 24:09.8
52 – Makayla Vanderhorst – 24:41.4
56 – Serenity Weaver – 25:13.1
68 – Lillian King – 26:52.0
71 – Kylie Brown – 27:43.8
78 – Audrey Tobe – 29:49.5

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS:
1 Troy – 40
2 Tippecanoe – 57
3 Milton-Union – 93
4 Miami East – 108
5 Covington – 114
6 Troy Christian – 139
7 Bethel – 175

Preston King and the Buccaneers finished fourth as a team in the Miami County Invitational. ©Ben Robinson/Color Green Photo