Hayesville High School’s cross country athletes hit the road Wednesday, Dec. 2 to compete against Hiwassee Dam and meet host Swain County. For the first time this season, Hayesville wasn’t atop the podium as both the women’s and mens teams finished in the runner-up sport to the Maroon Devils.
One record that didn’t suffer a blemish was Ryelan Snowden’s undefeated streak. Snowden bested all male runners with a time of 17:24 to wrap up his third overall win this season. For the Lady Jackets, Kayson Kriegar’s 21:41 time was good enough for second in the event.
Mens individual results:
Ryelan Snowden: First place, 17:24.
Paul White: Sixth place, 18:32.
Eli Roberts: seventh place, 18:36.
Landon Hughes: ninth place, 20:14.
Bryan Davenport: 15th place, 21:21.
Cameron Gray: 16th place, 22:50.
Logan Kaiser: 18th place, 23:46.
William Wimpey: 20th place, 24:31.
Dawson Coats: 22nd place, 25:07.
Women’s individual results:
Kaysen Krieger: second place, 21:41.
Caroline Burch: eighth place, 24:27.
Allison Thomas: 14th place, 27:13.
Makayla Kaiser: 15th place, 27:18.
Elizabeth Beck: 17th place, 28:15.
Cecelia Jones: 18th place, 28:58.
Meg Barton: 20th place, 39:09.
Hayesville will cross the county line Wednesday, Dec. 16 for a meet in Murphy.