XC Little Lady Bucs take first at Barbour County; Little Bucs place second

Duane Carpenter
September 14, 2023

PHILIPPI – The Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School Little Buc and Little Lady Buc cross-country teams competed in the Down in the Backwoods Middle School Invitational in Barbour County on Tuesday.

The Little Lady Bucs won the team title while the Little Bucs claimed runner-up honors.

For the Little Lady Bucs, they outdistanced second place Elkins by 11 points as B-UMS amassed 30 points and Elkins had 41. Belington was third with 80 and Central Preston rounded out the team scoring in fourth with 81 points.

Madison Knabenshue was the top runner for the Little Lady Bucs placing third with a time of 14:47.97.

Everyone scoring for the Little Lady Bucs finished in the top 10 as Lena Rose Walker ran fifth (15:08.59), Gwendolyn Rogosky ran sixth (15:16.69), Isabella Bowers ran seventh (15:22.62) and Chloe Lewis ran ninth (15:32.91).

The Little Lady Bucs had three other runners place in the top 20 as Bristol Zirkle finished 10^th (15:33.22), Mya Loudin finished 16^th (16:48.99) and Makenna Marsh finished 17^th (16:50.87).

Molly McFadden of Elkins won the race with a time of 14:03.17 while her teammate Ava White was second with a clocking of 14:40.14.

For the boys, they placed second with a score of 60 points while Elkins won the team title with 28 points.

Belington was third with 72 points and Washington Irving was fourth with 74 points.

Scoring for the Little Bucs were Briston Hyre in fifth (13:36.96), Kenton Stump in sixth (13:37.11), Lucas Fortney in 13^th (14:35.84), Grayson Malcolm in 22^nd (15:39.46) and Kylan Hedrick in 25^th (15:49.16).

Jacob Burner of Belington won the race with a time of 13:05.73 while Treven Schaefer of Elkins was second with a clocking of 13:19.30.

Both teams will be back in action running at Elkins Saturday. The Little Lady Bucs will run at 1 p.m. while the Little Bucs will run at 1:30 p.m.

The results:

LITTLE LADY BUCS
TEAM STANDINGS

Buckhannon-Upshur 30; 2. Elkins 41; 3. Belington 80; 4. Central Preston 81 (Kasson, Washington Irving, South Preston, South Harrison, Central Preston and Philippi did not field complete teams)

INDIVIDUAL TOP 5

Molly McFadden (Elkins) – 14:03.17.
Ava White (Elkins) – 14:40.14.
Madison Knabenshue (Buckhannon-Upshur) – 14:47.97.
Zoey Borgman (Central Preston) – 14:51.51.
Lena Rose Walker (Buckhannon-Upshur) – 15:08.59.

LITTLE LADY BUC RESULTS

Madison Knabenshue (3^rd) – 14:47.97.

Lena Rose Walker (5^th) – 15:08.59.

Gwendolyn Rogosky (6^th) – 15:16.69.

Isabella Bowers (7^th) – 15:22.62.

Chloe Lewis (9^th) – 15:32.91.

Bristol Zirkle (10^th) – 15:33.22.

Mya Loudin (16^th) – 16:48.99.

Makenna Marsh (17^th) – 16:50.87.

Haleigh Skidmore (22^nd) – 17:34.08.

Macy Collett (23^rd) – 17:39.98.

Kolbi Orr (27^th) – 18:14.77.

Claire Small (30^th) – 18:41.83.

Emma Whitley (31^st) – 18:46.33.

Alaina Tenney (34^th) – 19:08.44.

Alexis Carr (36^th) – 19:12.07.

Kinsley Ripley (38^th) – 19:17.16.

Kaitlin Davis (39^th) – 19:17.55

Lydia Tenney (47^th) – 20:16.75.

Emma Collett (49^th) – 20:30.03.

Elinor Nuttall (51^st) – 21:08.32.

Jaden Messenger (54^th) – 21:55.99

Alyena McIe (55^th) – 21:58.67.

Emberlee Bennett (57^th) – 23:13.31.

LITTLE BUCS
TEAM STANDINGS

`1. Elkins 28; 2. Buckhannon-Upshur 60; 3. Belington 72; 4. Washington Irving 74 (Central Preston, Philippi, Kasson and South Harrison did not field complete teams).

INDIVIDUAL TOP 5