JEKYLL ISLAND — Pierce County’s Brandon Yepes placed 118th in a field of 196 runners here Saturday at the 29-team Jekyll Island Cross-Country Invitational.
Yepes posted a season-best time of 19:52.80 to trail the winning time of host Glynn Academy’s Jackson Hunter, who finished with a time of 16:03.
The Lady Bears did not participate in the girls’ event.
Walton High School easily won the boys’ title totaling 94 points placing four runners in the top seven spots. Finishing second thru 10th were Lakeside-Evans (146), May River (157), Hilton Head (166), Forsyth Central (209), Cherokee High (219), Decatur (228), Maynard H. Jackson (240), Central High (261) and Northside-Warner Robins (285).
Placing 11th thru 20th were host Glynn Academy (286), Woodward Academy (303), Westminister Schools of Augusta (356), Houston County (414), Providence Christian Academy (443), Northview (448), Kennesaw Mountain (457), Vidalia (464), Warner Robins (499) and Augusta Prep (527).
Rounding out the field were Locust Grove (537), Winder-Barrow (580), Camden County
(597), Ware County (649), Upson-Lee (660), South Effingham (668), Brunswick (741), PCHS (767) and Statesboro (795).
Trailing Yepes were Dylan Hersey (155th,
21:37.40), James Alonso
(161st, 22:04.40), Micah Bryant (168th, 22:24.30 season-best), Samuel Carrillo (170th, 22:29.60 season-best), Jeb Bradley
(173rd, 22:45.10) and Breck Benton (175th,
22:59.40).
PCHS will run Saturday, August 7 at the Blake Smith Invitational in Douglas.
