Left to right: Emily Cathey, Galilee Raymer, Abby Rogers, Lydia Hurd, Baylynn Butler, Liya Butt.(Photo:GaryBolden)

8/29/23

Chattanooga, TN

Rhea County Boys and Girls ran in the Woodland Meet One held in Chattanooga on 8/29/23. Girls finished 5th and boys finished 6th in the meet. Freshman Liya Butt was the top Lady Eagle finisher with a 9th place finish and Emly Cathey was 11th, just 7 seconds behind Liya at 22:20. Corydon Butler was top finisher for Eagles with a 17th place finish and 20:06 time. There were 27 different high school teams competing in the meet. The meet was a little different as a deluge of rain made running quite an adventure, but runners braved the elements to complete the event.

Girl's Results:

Team Standing: 5^th out of 15

Liya Butt - 9^th - 22:13

Emily Cathey - 11^th - 22:20

Baylynn Butler - 31^st - 26:12

Abby Rogers - 33^rd - 26:25

Lydia Hurd - 80^th -33:20

Galilee Raymer - 81^st - 33:30

Boy's Results:

Team Standing: 6^th out of 17

Corydon Butler - 17^th - 20:06

Alvin Bishop - 38^th - 21:26

Braydan McMiller - 44^th - 22:07

Adam Giusto - 67^th - 23:10

Artem Serozhyn - 70^th - 23:20

Chaz Lemons - 74^th - 23:41

Leviticus Davis - 75^th - 23:44

Boys Pic left to right: Corydon Butler, Leviticus Davis, Adam Giusto, Alvin Bishop, Artem Serozhyn, Braydan McMiller, Chaz Lemons.(Photo:GaryBolden)

After the meet, RCHS Cross County coach Amy Baird said, "I always go into the first meet of the season with no expectations. This year, that its especially true because our practices have been interuptted first by the storms and then the heat. So these kids have had to do quite a bit of training on their own. I give them credit because overall our runners ran very respectable times for the first meet of the season. And, on top of that, we did really well versus the competition. So I think it's a great start and look forward to what this season holds!"