EmKay Myers and Allison Sinning finished first and second en route to leading the Cabot girls to the team title in the Bryant Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday.
The Panther’s 50 points edged host Bryant by four points, 54, and Russellville by eight, 58. Like golf, the lowest team totals win in cross country with the fastest finishes of the first five harriers counted for the team totals. Myers finished the 5,000-meter course in Bishop Park in a fast 19 minutes, 17.61 seconds with Sinning following at 19:53.59. Myers was the runner-up last year as a junior on a different Bryant course.
Two other harriers finished in the top 20 for the Panthers. Marlene Sheehan was sixth at 21:58.26 while Meagan Duncan finished in 20th place at 23:00.92.
Sixth-place finisher Casey Vaughan lead two other Panthers in the top 20 with a time of 17:23.76. Scott Foltz took ninth place in 17:27.25 and Reed Harrell finished in 12th place in 17:41.43.
Additionally, freshman Micah Huckabee took first place in the girls junior division.
The Lady Panthers take part in an even bigger event this week hosted by Conway. About 20 teams are set to compete in a race at Beaverfork Lake.
