Wednesday, September 7, 2011

SPORTS: I love cross country!

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Forest Park's Libby Gress rested her arms on her head as she took in long breaths after edging out Northeast Dubois' Kelli Reutman for 20th place Tuesday afternoon during the Dubois-Crawford Invitational at Southridge High School. Gress finished with a time of 25 minutes, 54.25 seconds, while Reutman finished with a time of 25 minutes, 54.62 seconds.

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Luis Flores of Huntingburg, 12, sat on the hillside near a tree as he watched Jasper's Nick Mehringer run alongside cornfields during Tuesday's boys cross country race at the Dubois-Crawford Invitational at Southridge High School. Mehringer finished in third place in 17 minutes, 38 seconds.

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Southridge's Landon Boehm joked around with his teammates as he flexed his biceps before the boys cross country race Tuesday afternoon during the Dubois-Crawford Invitational at Southridge High School.

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Northeast Dubois' Alex Pund endured the last leg of the boys cross country race as he sprinted toward the finish line Tuesday afternoon during the Dubois-Crawford Invitational at Southridge High School. Pund finished in seventh place in 18 minutes, three seconds.

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A Crawford County runner walked as she tried to catch her breath during a girls cross country race Tuesday afternoon during the Dubois-Crawford Invitational at Southridge High School.

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Jasper's Regen Foote showed fatigue as she crossed the finish line Tuesday afternoon during the Dubois-Crawford Invitational at Southridge High School. Foote finished in third place in 22 minutes, 27 seconds.

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Southridge's Jaclyn Alstadt cheered her boys cross country teammates on while waving a giant school flag Tuesday afternoon during the Dubois-Crawford Invitational at Southridge High School. "We're the striped. We're here. We're proud," she said. "By waving this flag, people know what we represent and who we are."

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