Meeker’s Riley Randall and Braxton Bussell took up where they left off last year, winning first and second at the Stroud cross country meet Saturday and leading the Meeker boys to an impressive win.
The Bulldogs had three of the top four finishers and four of the top 10.
Randall finished the two-mile course in 10:35.48 and Bussell finished in 11:40.30. Rylee Pryor finished fourth, in 12:01.89 and Bruce Bussell was 10th, with a 12:47.88 finish. Chase Massie from Chandler was 8th, running a 12:42.49 A year ago, Bussell won the meet and Randal took second. They established their supremacy the rest of the season and went 1-2 at the state cross country meet, with Randall winning his second straight championship and Bussell finishing second.
In the girls race Saturday, Chandler senior Cassie Wright finished fifth, running 6:37.60.
Meeker’s Mallory Blankenship took 8th, running 6:44.62. In the junior high boys race,Stroud teammates Aidan Young and Cal Shields took second and third. Jordyn Neely from Stroud and Brooklyn Hammons from Chandler took second and third in the girls event.