Greensburg Community High School

The Greensburg boys and girls cross country teams participated in the 22nd annual Eagle Classic meet at Brown County on Saturday. The Pirates had runners in five of the seven races. TJ Gorman was the top finisher in the Boys Elite race. Gorman ran 16:47.6 to earn 72nd place. Joe and Jake Hawkins were the next Pirates to finish. They finished in 16:56.2 and 17:41.5, respectively. In the Boys’ varsity competition, Cameron Schwartz was the first Greensburg runner as he took 53rd in 18:30.2. Freshman Quinton Walker lowered his best time ever to 18:34.3 for 56th place. Dante Hess was 79th in 19:06.7. Zach Blodgett finished in 19:15.3 while Chase Tekulve had a season best of 20:10.3. On the girls side, the Pirates finished in 15th place. Alaina Bedel finished 13th overall, lowering her personal best to 20:43.1, which is one of the top 10 times in school history for a 5 km race. Tori Gauck placed 72nd in 22:45.8. Hannah Crowell and Tiffani Gramman worked together throughout the middle of the race. Crowell crossed the finish line 23:21.5 while Gramman recorded a time of 23:26.0. Ally Foster was 107th in 24:23.8. Junior Brooke Welsh had her best race ever running 25:24.6 to establish a new PR. The Pirates return to action tomorrow when they travel to North Branch Golf Course for the Decatur County meet that starts at 5 p.m.