HARLAN — Harlan County’s girls cross country team dominated in Saturday’s Coach Bob Howard Memorial CC Invitational/Area 9 Championships 2023 meet, having five runners finish in the top five, and six runners in the top 10.
The Lady Black Bears won the meet with 15 points while Pikeville placed second with 51 points, and Harlan placed third with 71 points.
Harlan County’s Peyton Lunsford won the event with a time of 20:56.72 while Lauren Lewis (second, 21:38.94), Preslee Hensley (third, 22:03.56), Gracie Roberts (fourth, 22:08.50), and Kiera Roberts (fifth, 23:09.06) rounded out the top five.
Teammate Jaycee Simpson turned in an eighth play finish with a time of 24:23.50.
Coach Bob Howard Memorial CC Invitational/Area 9 Championships 2023
Girls’ Team Results
1. Harlan County 15, 2. Pikeville 51, 3. Harlan 71.
Girls’ Individual Results
1. Lunsford, Peyton – Harlan County – 20:56.72
2. Lewis, Lauren – Harlan County – 21:38.94
3. Hensley, Preslee – Harlan County – 22:03.56
4. Roberts, Gracie – Harlan County – 22:08.50
5. Roberts, Kiera – Harlan County – 23:09.06
6. Rowe, Trinity – Pikeville – 24:10.31
7. Carmical, Harper – Harlan – 24:12.12
8. Simpson, Jaycee – Harlan County – 24:23.50
9. Compton, Cadence – Pikeville – 24:25.06
10. Lyrock, Kaelyn – Bell County – 24:35.72
11. Whited, Kristen – Pikeville – 24:40.03
12. Shepherd, Charli – Harlan County – 24:45.94
13. Williams, Karly – Betsy Layne – 25:27.44
14. Melton, Sadie – Lynn Camp – 25:36.75
15. Compton, Charlize – Pikeville – 25:53.53
16. Gray, Addi – Harlan County – 25:55.46
17. Jones, Abbigaile – Harlan – 25:56.68
18. Hall, Kylie G – Pikeville – 26:10.66
19. Cuz, Isabelle – Lynn Camp – 26:15.22
20. Farley, Ella – Harlan – 26:19.40
21. Hensley, Holly – Leslie County – 26:19.78
22. Leitch, Allison – Pikeville – 26:39.28
23. Harris, Ava – Bell County – 26:42.37
24. Schwenke, Chloe – Harlan – 27:22.34
25. Thornberry, Kenzi – Pikeville – 28:03.22
26. Caldwell, Ericka – Leslie County – 28:06.31
27. Allen, Meredith – Bell County – 28:25.12
28. Norman, Bailey – Phelps School – 28:43.34
29. Carnes, Haleigh – Pineville – 28:56.18
30. Dials, Anniston – June Buchanan – 29:03.62
31. Kelly, Olivia – Harlan County – 29:22.09
32. Partin, Lauren – Lynn Camp – 31:02.88
33. Lisenbee, Ella – Harlan – 32:55.62
34. Toll, Gwendolyn – Harlan – 33:17.03
35. McGuin, Emily – Riverside Ch – 33:52.28
36. Prewitt, Cambree – Lynn Camp – 34:14.63
