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Shaking: Medina-Artis surges into lead latecontinued from page IBdotted with puddles of deep water, forcing runners to slow their pace and find new- ways to get around or fight off their competitors.That was exactly the kind of race first-year Fike coach and organizer, Patrick Yarborough wanted.“Dale Edmonds and I set up the course,” Yarborough said. “I liked that it did not cross the roads and it used more of the forest area. That’s a good place for runners to decide exactly what to do away from everyone looking at every move.“You look at this course and it’s much slower than you’d think. It’s fast at the start, but then you’ve got a long uphill run, but a very slow upward slope. Then it’s back down, then up and then fast at the end.”The two races were held at once as well this year.I. ...Hunt sophomore Marcus Medina-Artis crosses the finish line in 18 minutes, 22 seconds to win the boys race at the seventh annual Wilson County Cross-Country Championships Monday afternoon at Gillette Athletic Complex. Medina-Artis' victory ended a six-year reign by the Fike boys on the individual title.Brad Coville I Timesc lAMPIOHSHIP RESULTS.1. I»Wilson County Championships ette Athletic Complexat GilletteTEAM SCORES BOYSHunt 25 ;Beddmgfield 34Wilson Christian 75Fike DNSGIRLSFike 32Wilson Christian 46 Hunt 49Beddingfield DNS All-Wilson County BOYS1, Marcus Medina-Artis, Hunt18:22 If ISK ■2, Jacob Vamell, Beddingfield 3 Chris Lee, BeddingfieldThis was to try and avoid any more rain showers like the ones that came through earlier in the day And just as the awards were presented to the top-10 runners who were named All County, the skies opened up again.The boys finish was an exciting one.Beddingfield’s Jacob Vamell — who was the top returning placer (3rd) from a year ago — bolted out to the front of the pack and led for over 2 1/2 miles.However, in the later stages Medina-Artis turned up the speed and sprinted by Vamell to win going away.The two were very familiar with each other having raced in middle school.“This feels great,” said Medina-Artis, who did not run as a freshman. “I didn’t know I could push myself like that. But I had to with Jacob behind me. Before the race, I kind of doubted myself, but I wanted to see what I could do. It feels amazing.”Vamell said he learned a valuable lesson in defeat.“We’ve had a rivalry since middle school,” Vamell said of Medina-Artis. “Today, about the first mile and a half or so, 1 felt good. But then I started feeling the effects of this cold I have. I tried to keep the pace, be-4 Zovek Chapa. Fike5 Dominigue Singletary, Hunt6. Evan Lee, Hunt7. K.J. Jones. Hunt '8 Zachary Shifley, WCA9 Isaiah Bookman, Beddingfield10. Jimmy Johnson Hunt:mm:'1 Lauren West, Hunt20:19 ,f •'2, Leighann Bowen, Fike3 Erin Pichey. Fike «4 Kristen Ewan, Fike5 Megan Westbrook, Hunt6 Nichole Joyner, WCA 7. Ava Hill, WCA8 Mallory Sullivan, Hunt9 Caitiyn Barnes. WCA10 Katie Glover, WCA Times were not available for allrunners.cause 1 knew Marcus was behind me and he’s a great sprinter.“But he got me today. I’m going to use this as motivation. I know I need to go ou and get more of a gap fromthe start.”The Bruins’ Chris Lee wa third, Fike’s Zovek Chapa was fourth and Hunt’sDominique Singletary was fifth. The Warriors also hadEvan Lee (6th), K.J. Jones (7th) and Jimmy Johnson(10th) in the top 10, alongwith WCA’s Zachary Shirley (8th) and Beddingfield’s Isaiah Bookman (9th).In the girls race, it was really a race for second and to see if any team could challenge Fike’s team dominance.West ran out at the start and never trailed.She said going on the course at the same time as the boys made her push harder.“When I heard I was running with the boys, I got a little nervous,” she said, “But it was nice to have someone out there to chaseafter.”West won the race with a time of 20 minutes, 19 seconds. And while she is happy to be halfway to her goal of a four-peat at the county race, she was hopini for a better time.Hunt sophomore LaurenWest crosses the finish line in 20 minutes, 19 seconds to win the Wilson CountyCross-Country Championship on Monday afternoon at Gillette Athletic Complex.Brad Coville | Times19s,” she said. “I ran that fast earlier in the year, but I’ve been struggling to get there lately.”Second-place runner Leighann Bowen of Fike said she was focused ondoing the best she could.She added that the Lady Demons knew coming in the weight of expectation was on their shoulders as the only squad to ever win the girls title.“Wsll, I couldn’t see Lauren, and 1 figured she’d be up finishing with the guys,” Bowen said. “1 knew the race would be hard because of the course, and because of the weather. 1 was kind of surprised we ran at all.In school, you hear on the intercom ’Most sports are cancelled for today,’ and you figure this was too.“But we came out here and ran hard. 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