Springs Valley Community High School

The Springs Valley cross country team continued its strong season on Saturday, traveling to Lincoln City to compete in the Heritage Hills Invitational. As they competed against bigger schools like Gibson Southern, Pike Central and Heritage Hills, the Blackhawks were able to find plenty of success. Nine new personal records highlighted the event for Springs Valley including six from its boys’ team. Grant Brown and Alan Marshall led the way, placing third and fourth respectively. Brown set a new PR by breaking the 17-minute mark for the first time in his career, recording a time of 16:50.1. That time is just eight seconds off the school record set by Brian Resenbeck in 2011. Marshall also ran one of the fastest 5Ks in school history on Saturday, setting a new PR with a time of 17:08.8. Carson Brown wasn’t far behind them in ninth place with a PR time of 17:54.2, Max Pendley PR’d in 29th with a time of 19:32.2, and Harold and Henry Dybsetter each set new PRs with times of 25:20.3 and 27:14.6 respectively. Owen Weisensteiner placed 49th with a time of 20:53.7. Keira Lynch was out front for the girls’ team, racing her way to a 17th-place finish and a new personal record with a time of 23:55.9. Josie Robison and Lily Hickman were Springs Valley’s final two PR setters, posting times of 28:50.2 and 33:05.1 to finish 38th and 45th respectively. Sophie Harris ran a season-best time of 24:45.6 to place 22nd, Jadyn Lynch finished 39th with a time of 28:50.4, and Alexis Courtney set a new season-best time at 29:18.7 to finish 40th. The Springs Valley boys placed fourth out of eight teams at the event. The girls placed sixth. The Blackhawks will gear up and go once again on Tuesday, traveling to Paoli for the Orange County Meet.