
Beardstown Cross Country
On Tuesday, September 26, the Beardstown Middle School Cross Country team traveled to Liberty to run in the Liberty invite. The boys’ team took fifth place and the girls’ team brought home tenth place. On the very tough Liberty course, several athletes were able to clinch a new personal best. Elsa DeWitt shaved thirteen seconds off her two-mile run. Jomary Rodriuez shaved 1:27 off her previous best. Liam Hymes finished his race 13 seconds faster than his best time, placing 14th and earning another medal. Oscar Cortes cut 27 seconds off his previous best race time. Santiago Quintana was 29 seconds faster, John Haverback shaved 12 seconds off his time, Uriel Torrijos-Gil was 42 seconds faster than his best time. According to Coach Kelly, “all in all, the athletes did a great job representing the Beardstown Tigers on a tough course.”