October 18, 2019
Garden City solid at Ollie Isom Invitational
By Mike Pilosof
El Dorado, KS-Despite using just three runners, the Garden City Cross Country team made some serious strides over the weekend.
Javyn Contreras sprinted to a 17th-place finish, clocking a time of 17:19.9 at the 2019 Ollie Isom Invitational at Butler Community College.
Contreras average mile time was 5:34.7. His teammate Noe Rodriguez was 25th with a time of 18:48.3 and an average mile of 6:03.1. Samuel Gitau was right behind him at 26th with a time of 18:56.3 and an average mile of 6:05.7.
Cloud County won the team title with Butler coming in second. Cloud County's Dais Malebana was the individual champ with a time of 14:46.9.
Next up: Region VI Championships, Saturday, Oct. 26 at Hutchinson beginning at 11 a.m.