Freeman runners edge Medical Lake in cross country

FREEMAN – Kaylee Dennler won the girls individual race, but Freeman pushed across just enough runners in the Top 5 to win the final Northeast A League cross country race, 28-32 at Freeman High School on Oct. 19.

Freeman’s boys put four runners in the Top 5 and scored 22 points to Riverside’s 42 and Medical Lake’s 66. Both boys and girls won 15-50 over Newport which did not field the required seven runners.

Dennler’s 21 minute, 45 second time was nearly a minute ahead of the first Freeman runner, Ella Jones (22:25). The Cardinals ran 5-6-7 with Mya Gardner (23:24), Hazel Grubaugh (23:28) and Au...