Lady Bucs run second at Forest Festival Invitational; Shreve finishes fourth

ELKINS – Samantha Shreve ran to a top-five finish for the Buckhannon-Upshur Lady Bucs in the Forest Festival Invitational Saturday morning at Davis & Elkins College.

Shreve placed fourth with a time of 23:17.46.

Mia Sappey also had a top-10 finish for the Lady Bucs as she ran ninth with a time of 24:04.29.

The two top-10 finishes held the Lady Bucs take runner-up honors with 72 points.

North Marion won the team title with 65 points while Fairmont Senior was third with 84.

Rounding out the scoring for B-U were Jessica Williams placing 17^th in 25:10.55, Miah Reger running 19^th in 25:22.21 and Pressley Bowers taking 38^th in 28:10.75.

The rest of the B-U line-up included Malia Bowers running 39^th (28:17.01), Harley Gillum placing 49^th (29:49.43), Brianna Dalton running 51^st (31:02.57), Haley White placing 54^th (32:22.15) and Ryanna Hines taking 62^nd (37.27.80).

“The girls ran really well overall,” stated Buckhannon-Upshur head coach Taylor Stacy. “I think there’s still more in them deep down, but thankfully we have another month or so to get it figured out.”

Lydia Falkenstien of Fairmont Senior won the individual title with a time of 21:51.59 while Jenna Barnett of Trinity was second with a clocking of 23:01.66.

The Lady Bucs will run again Tuesday at Doddridge County.