ROCKINGHAM — Richmond Senior’s Emely Valencia had the third-fastest time in the girls’ race during a developmental cross country meet Wednesday afternoon at Hinson Lake.
Valencia completed the two-lap run with a time of 24:41:49 in the meet that also included runners from Hoke County and Overhills high schools.
She was soon followed by three more Raiders runners:
The two runners coming in ahead of Valencia were Overhills twins Kylee and Kaylee Golston.
Kylee Golston led the pack finishing at 20:37:29. She might have had a quicker time, but said she was temporarily confused on which way to go on the trail. Her sister finished nearly three minutes later at 23:18:87.
Other runners on Richmond’s girls team included:
In the boys’ run, Ernesto Mendez, Elliot Samuel and Nicholas Crawford finished close together with Alijah Goodwin trailing a little farther behind. Their times were as follows:
Finishing first in that race was Hoke’s Jermaine Manning II with a time of 17:59:69. He was followed by fellow Buck Josiah McCallum at 18:41:67 and Overhills’ Isaac Redmon at 19:48:89.
The Raiders are scheduled to host another meet at Hinson Lake next week.
See more photos from the meet at the RO's Facebook page.
