Kelsi Hilton, Taigh Wright lead Sandites’ runners at conference, regional meets

, 2022-10-23 15:00:00,

Kelsi Hilton led Sand Springs’ girls cross country team with a 44th-place finish in the Class 6A regional meet Saturday at Ponca City.

Hilton posted a a 5k time of 22:38.49. The girls team was one runner shy of earning a team place.

The Sandites finished 15th in the boys meet, led by Taigh Wright in 19:59.32 for 74th. 

On Oct. 11 at the Frontier Valley Conference meet at Muskogee, the varsity girls placed eighth, led by Hilton with a time of 22:09 for 26th. The varsity boys didn’t place, but were led by Wright in 19:48 for 43rd.

At the junior high level, Sand Springs’ Chloe Grona took first place in the Frontier meet, leading the girls to a program-best finish of seventh place.

She ran the 2-mile race in 12:39 to earn the conference title while Josie Grona placed seventh in 13:15 to also earn All-Conference honors.

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