ELKMONT CROSS COUNTRY TEAM NEWS

August 30 - The Elkmont Invitational started out the cross country season.  There were four races, boys and girls JV and Varsity.  Our boys and girls varsity teams both came in second  place.  They had some amazing times for this to be the first race of the season. 
   
Elkmont Results:
Lady Devil JV - only had two runners in this one; Nikki Ristau came in 13th with a time of 20:12; Marianna Cooper finished 22 with a time of 23:08

Lady Devil Varsity - second place team finish
Sammi Jo Pressnell was first Elkmont runner in and finished second out 37 runners; 23:57
Fifth place went to Jansen Pugh with a time of 25:30.
To round out the top ten, Hannah Hanback and Stephanie Clem were only two seconds apart and took seventh and eight place with times of 26:06 and 26:08.
29th -  Maddie Hobbs - 30:26  
31st - Alex Green - 33:22
34th -  Chloe Hollingsworth - 34:50

Team Standings:
1.  Madison Academy
2.  Elkmont
3.  West Limestone
4.  ABS
5.  Ardmore

Red Devil JV - thirty-seven runners but only three runners from Elkmont.
24th - Jacob Armstrong             17:35
35th - Alex Armstrong               18:56
37th - Chase Prater                     20:01

 Red Devil Varsity - second place team standing.  

Sixty one runners competed in the last race of the day 
Elkmont's top runner, Tyler Helms came in first with a 18:54
Adam McMahan came in seventh; his time was 19:47
Chance Bailey finished up ninth with 19:58; the last Elkmont runner with a top ten time. 

18th - Nick Shelton         21:21
28th - Ethan Shores         22:46
33rd - Tiyler Walts          23:20
38th - Jacob Ezell            23:57
39th - Chandler Johnson  23:57
60th - Matthew Clem       31:28

Team Standings:
1.  West Limestone
2.  Elkmont
3.  Madison Academy
4.  Athens Bible School
5.  Clements
6.  East Limestone
7.  Ardmore

Sept 1 - The Running Devils had a great race in the XC Pepsi Challenge at Lawrence County High School in Moulton, Alabama.  The boys came in third in the team placements.  In individual rankings Tyler Helms came in third place overall, Adam McMahan came in 14th overall and Chance Bailey came in 19th overall in our section.  Samantha Jo Pressnell came in 10th overall in the girls' division.  The top ten won medals and t-shirts and the top twenty were recognized with shirts.


Sept 8 - The Elkmont Red Devils Cross County Team had a strong showing at the  Chickasaw Trails cross-country race at the Oakville Indian Mounds. . Limestone County’s top runner was Elkmont’s Tyler Helms, who finished in eighth overall in the Class 1A – 4A boys race with a time of 17:51. Helms helped Elkmont to an 11th place finish while Athens Bible finished in 13th and Clements 26th out of 39 teams in the race.

In the small schools girls race, Elkmont’s Samantha Pressnell was the county’s top runner with a time of 22:57. 


*looking forward to more articles and pictures from our cross country team fans