Short-handed Lady Hornets finish 13th at Russellville

Photos courtesy of Cynthia Austin

RUSSELLVILLE — The Bryant Lady Hornets were short several of their top runners Saturday as they competed at the Cyclone Invitational cross country meet at Arkansas Tech University. In the 15-team field, the girls finished with 340 points to finish 13^th.

Bentonville won the meet with 18 points, finishing with the top six runners for a perfect score. Fayetteville was second with 89 points.

Aryn Stiles led the way with a 71^st-place finish with a time of 23:11.6. Rebekah Hargis was 90^th in 24:02.7 followed by Pollet Ocana-Reyes (92^nd, 24:05.2), Madison Hagan (95^th, 24:13), Madalyn Knight (102^nd, 24:28.4), Heather Hammett (105^th, 24:41.1) and Salina Fitzhugh (107^th, 24:44.7) to round out the Lady Hornets’ top seven.

In the junior girls’ competition, Bryant was fifth with 190 points. Greenwood won the meet with 48 points. Lake Hamilton was second at 122.

Bryant’s top runner was Mariel Ocana. She finished 22^nd in 14:12.5. Grace Taylor was 34^th in 14:30.5 and Adalynn Mellon was 37^th in 14:31.1.

Maddie Nelson was 60^th and Paige Spicer 61^st to round out the top five Bryant girls. Nelson ran 15:00.5 and Spicer 15:01.9. Gracie Rocha (66^th, 15:05.07) Perla Limon (80^th, 15:21.6) and Kaitlin Phillips (81^st, 15:22.6) followed. For Bryant.