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PURPLE STRIDER INVITATIONAL

September 08, 2012 @ Kereiakes Park in Bowling Green, KY

Hosted by Bowling Green    

 

KYtrackXC.com will be Live On-Site for the Purple Strider Invitational.  This meet is typically held in what feels like the blazing heat, but not this year (high is suppose to be 77.)

In the Varsity Girls race  the individual race is top heavy with a field full of ranked runners.  Paducah Tilghman sophomore Aleja Grant, #2  is the favorite and she start fast.  Muhlenberg County's Alliah Fueller and Lindsey Mathis.  Watch out for a dark horse like Caroline Haas of South Warren or the Smith sisters from Edmonson. 

The Varsity Boys race is led by Muhlenberg County's Chase Geary.  The #4 ranked runner in Class AAA won this same race last year with a 16:40 beating the crowd by 31 seconds.  He rolled to a win at the KY-IN Border Clash opening with a 15:52.  If Class AA #2 Sye Head tries to push Geary the times should come down.  Head has been on ...