CC cross country finds their groove at the Marion Invitational
By Andrew Ferrell
The Columbia City Lady Eagles Cross Country team dance their way into a fourth place finish at the Marion Invitational on Saturday morning. The race featured some of the best schools in the area, with four of the twenty three teams falling in the top 25 state rankings, the headliner being No. 2 ranked Noblesville.
A high-spirited head coach Bob Fahl said, "It was a very big leap for us because we had many of our varsity runners clock massive personal records, beating them by at least a minute and a half."
The top runner for the Lady Eagles was Renee Menzie (18:59) who broke her own school record and finished in 4th place, leading all area runners. Following Menzie was junior Laken Lefever (19:18), who also set a personal record and finished in the 11th overall spot.
Helping complete the fourth place team finish was Mercedes Zello (20:25) in 32nd place and a personal record, Carlee Hearld (20:51) in 41st, and Samantha Engle (21:49) in 70th.
"I'm flying high right now cause we are going to be in fine shape," Fahl concluded.
(Talk of the Town photo contributed) The Columbia City Lady Eagles Cross Country team focuses in on the beginning of the race. The team finished in 4th place at the Marion Invitational, an event hosting some of the areas top teams.