Wellington, KS — Wellington, KS - Who's in the House? THE LIONS IN THE HOUSE! It was a beautiful morning for Goddard Cross Country as we participated in our second meet of the season! Wellington is a much different course with more inclines and hills in comparison to ClearWater. Going into this meet us coaches felt like we had a very solid week of practice and have liked what we have been seeing out of the team. We felt like we could run some good race times and "Oh Baby!" did the Lions do that! On the girls side our goals included running faster race times than Clearwater, going after PRs, and winning medals. On the Boys side the mission was very simple; win the meet. Before the meet the message was made very clear; every Black Jersey (Andale) and Purple Jersey (Valley Center) you see you need to stay with them and pass them. The Lions did just that and for the first time since 2006 the boys won the Wellington Invitational and on the girls side we took 3rd place as a team! We had a lot of amazing accomplishments today that I will highlight below. Link to Race Results: https://milesplit.live/meets/630070 Link to Photos Courtesy of Becky Andrews: https://bandrews.smugmug.com/Goddard-Cross-Country-2024/Goddard-CC-Wellington-9-14-24 Accomplishments from Wellington Invitational 2024 1. The Boys 5k WIN the meet and take first place! This is the first time since 2006! Goddard 42 Andale 50 Valley Center 54 2. Luke Griffith based off of Milesplit history was just 2 seconds away from the course record 17:11. 3. We had 4 runners in the top 15 with Goddard having two boys take 1st and 2nd! 4. The Girls 5k take 3rd overall! Valley Center 22 Wellington 50 Goddard 62 5. We had 11 runners medal today! 6. We had 11 runners run a new personal records today! 7. We had 11 runners run faster race times than Clearwater! Girls 5k Accomplishments: 1. Olivia Brownell (Medal) - 6th place finish and ran 26 seconds faster than Clearwater! 2. Brooklyn Jones (Medal) - 21st place finish and ran a new PR! (26:26) 3. Korrtney Koirth (Medal) - 24th place finish and ran a new PR! (26:58) 4. Adeline Hudson (Medal) - 27th place finish and ran 43 seconds faster than Clearwater! 5. Giselle Avitia - Ran a new PR today! (27:50) Boys 5k Accomplishments: 1. Luke Griffith (Medal) - 1st place finish 2 meets in a row with an impressive time of 17:13 2. Nathan Lewis (Medal) - 2nd place finish with an impressive time of 18:03 29 seconds faster than Clearwater! 3. Ayden Smith (Medal) - 10th place finish and ran 8 seconds faster than Clearwater! 4. Levi Brownell (Medal) - 13th place finish and ran 17 seconds faster than Clearwater! 5. Gavin Weaver (Medal) - 20th place finish and ran a new PR! (19:19) 6. Sam Brown (Medal) - 27th place finish and ran 35 seconds faster than Clearwater! 7. Eli Griffith - Ran 1 minute and 35 seconds faster than Clearwater! 8. James Alexander - Ran his first meet of the season and ran a new PR! (21:44) 9. Hudson Donaghue - Ran 58 seconds faster than Clearwater! 10. Cooper Stelling - Ran a new PR! (23:55) 11. Conner Huddleston - Ran 8 seconds faster than Clearwater! 12. Drake Maples - One of our best performances of the day! Shattered is old PR by 1 minute and 44 seconds! Ran a 24:30 today! 13. Adam Vincent - Another notable and outstanding performance! Ran 1 minute and 37 seconds faster than Clearwater! 14. Jordy Doornbos - Ran 35 seconds faster than Clearwater 15. Zach Montgomery - Ran a new PR today! (27:30) 16. Efren Bravo-Bautista - Ran a new PR today! (27:57) Girls 2 Mile Accomplishment: 1. Rachel Povall - Today Rachel ran an excellent race setting a new PR in the 2 mile! She ran a 20:45 today 35 seconds faster than her previous PR! Boys 2 Mile Accomplishments: 1. Aiden Nance (Medal) - Aiden Ran an excellent 2 mile race today and earned a Medal taking 12th place overall! 2. Kyle Horscehl - Ran a new PR in the 2 mile! Ran a time of 20:03 beating his old time 20:11 GO LIONS! Oh Baby it all comes down to this!