Middle School Classic wraps strong season for Ole Brook JV cross country
Published 3:00 pm Wednesday, October 26, 2022
A season full of first place finishes ended with another trophy for the Brookhaven High boy’s junior varsity cross-country team last week at the MHSAA Middle School Classic.
With the eighth graders on the team running a final time in representing Alexander Junior High, the squad won the Medium Sized Schools Division with a dominating performance that had six runners in the top 15 overall.
Eighth grader Cooper Wallace was first overall with a time of 10 minutes and 33 seconds over the 3K course at Choctaw Trails.
Second was Isaac Iles (10:46) of Brookhaven and his brother Ian Iles (10:52) came in as the fifth placed finisher.
Both of the Iles brothers are in eighth grade as is Coelman Knott, who finished in seventh place overall with a time of 11:04. Knott is the son of BHS head cross country coach Shannon Knott.
Eighth grader Cohen Leggett (11:41) finished in 14th place and seventh grader Jeremiah Henning (11:42) was right behind him in 15th place.
Other finishers for Ole Brook included Jackson Greer (12:16), Landon Newman (12:19), Mason Eady (12:26) and Karr Wolfe (12:30).