Riverdale hosted a meet at Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island on Saturday featuring two class 3A teams and several top 1A teams and runners from the western Illinois.
The EP Lady Panthers took 3rd in an eight team field as they tallied 97 points behind Rock Island with 51 and Moline with 88. Freshman Sarah Link placed 10th to lead the EP squad crossing the line in 20:59. She was followed by fellow freshman Jessie Deneve in 16th clocking a 21:48. Chloe Slock took 18th in 22:15, with Clara Ashdown finishing 23rd in 23:08, and Jillian Norman completing the team scoring in 30th with a 24:24 clocking. Brooke Lalley 32nd (24:25), and Taylor Robshaw 40th (26:17) finalized the Panther top 7.
The boys placed 4th among eight teams posting 89 points with Rock island taking the win with 45 points. Riverdale was the runner-up with 58 followed by Moline with 70.
Competing with 92 runners the Panther’s Charlie Link took third overall in 16:33 as Gabe Mahn from Rock Island won the meet in 16:03.
Despite running without their number two runner, Lucas Dreisbach who is out with an injury, EP had a nice pack of runners following Link into the chute. Jacob Gibson placed 18th in 18:01, a few places ahead of Tyson Skinner in 21st, with a time of 18:12. Alex Bomleny continued to show his great improvement taking 22nd in 18:17 and sophomore Gus Schultz impressed with a 25th place finish in 18:30. Aidan Jepson in 29th (18:42) and Nathan Punke crossing the line in 35th (19:18) completed the Panther top seven.
The Panthers will host their annual invitational at the Lake Erie Country Club on Tuesday, which will also feature middle school races starting at 4:00PM.
