The Eisenhower Knights cross country team traveled to the Ed Myers sports complex in Titusville on Saturday to compete in the District 10 championship races.

The Knight boys race had 21 schools and128 runners competing. The Knights top finisher was Joe Mistretta who finished in 74th place with a time of 19:53. Teammates Trenton Courtney and TJ McAulay finished in 91st and 114th with times of 20:32 and 23:00 respectively. While fellow Knight runners were not far behind as J.E. Unida finished 118th with a time of 23:23, Derrick Little finished 124th with a time of 24:51.

For the girls race there were 22 schools and 115 runners competing. The Lady Knight runners were paced by Peyton Kellogg’s time of 24:48 which was good for 70th place. Teammate Madison Cathcart finished in 85th place with a time of 25:44. All of the Lady Knight runners ran well in their final race of the 2022 season. Emily Grosch finished in the 90th spot with a time of 26:19, Kendra Chase finished the race in 27:13 to get the 100th spot, finishing 108th was Alexis Christenson in 28:47. Teammate Lillian Cathcart was right behind her in the 109 spot at 28:48. Brooke Andersen finished in 31:34 to finish 114th.

“We had hoped to finish higher in the team scores,” stated Knights head cross country coach Darlene Beach. “But we have been dealing with some runners being out due to health issues last week. I give them a lot of credit for competing as several of them just got back to practice at the end of the week.”

Many of the Knight runners ran their best times of the season and that was not lost on Beach “It was good to see several of our runners post personal best or season best times.”

It was the final race for several of the team members.

“I just wanted to thank our senior runners for all they have done and their dedication to the program, they will be missed,” Beach added, as Seniors Madison Cathcart, Alexis Christensen, Brooke Andersen and Kendra Chase all ran their final race as members of the team.