CLINTON – Three Bladen runners – 2 from East Bladen, 1 from West – claimed the top 3 spots Wednesday in the Southeastern Athletic Conference boys cross country race, and a pair of West Bladen girls were 6th and 7th in the girls meet.
East Bladen’s Johnny Alvarado (pictured above, right) won the boys race with a time of 19 minutes, 37 seconds. West Bladen’s Demon’tre Love (pictured, center) finished 2nd, and East Bladen’s Jacob Knuth (pictured, left) placed third. It was Alvarado’s 2nd straight victory in a SAC-7 meet.
West Bladen’s Lainey Autry finished 6th in the girls race, and teammate Kirsten Warrick was right behind her in 7th place.
East Bladen’s boys tied with St Pauls for first place in the boys meet with 50 points each. The Eagles won the split times tiebreaker by 6 seconds.
Midway won the girls meet with 25 points, and Midway’s Hailey Hope finished 1st with a time of 26 minutes. East Bladen’s girls placed 4th behind Red Springs and Clinton with 132 points.
East Bladen Boys Results
1. Johnny Alvarado 19:39
3. Jacob Knuth 20.23
13. Hunter Demery 23:42
17. Chris Cromartie 23:58
18. Jacob Caulder 24:01
24. Ivan Alvarado 28:01
West Bladen Boys Results
2. Demon’tre Love 19:56
32. Pajton Bordeaux 36:09.
West Bladen Girls Results
7. Lainey Autry 29:54
8. Kirsten Warrick 30:08
11. Holland Davis 31:28
17. Kaden Thurman 34:22.
East Bladen Girls Results
14. Sabara McClean 33:13
16. Gabriella Bray 34:17
33. Niyah Wooten 39:45
34. Brianna Phillips 40:44
35. Kemora McMillian 40:46
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