Fernley runners show improvement in Truckee meet

Several Fernley runners showed dramatic improvement over last year as the Fernley High School

cross country team faced its largest meet and the fastest competition of the year last week in

Truckee.

A total of 23 schools fielded full boys teams, and 17 schools had full girls teams with 194 boys

and 145 girls running in the varsity races at the Truckee Invitational, held at the Ponderosa Golf

Course.

Fernley’s top performance was by Joe Perkins, who finished 32^nd in the varsity boys race with a

time of 18:00. He beat his time from last year by 4 seconds, when he finished 25^th on the same

course

Cael Wilson finished 55^th with a time of 18:41, improving from 20:32 and 96^th place last year.

Freshman Zachary Petersen finished 57^th in 18:45, Alex Mergell came in 105^th with a time of

20:14, Skyler Ledesma-James finished 112^th in 20:36 and beat last year’s time by 1:07, while

Bodie Parsons was 131^st with his time of 21:15.

The boys team compiled 320 team points to place 12^th out of 23 teams.

The girls team did not have five runners in the varsity race, so they didn’t place as a team.

Corbyn Gillespie finished 82^nd in a time of 24:15, shaving 12 seconds off last year’s time.

Wynter Angus beat her time from last year by 1:10, finished 112^th in 26:56. Regan Scott finished

122^nd in 28:02 and Jojo Cardinal posted a time of 28:28 to place 126^th.

This week, the Vaqueros will run on Saturday at the Leo Mikelonis Memorial Cross Country

Invitational hosted by Spanish Springs at Golden Eagle Park in Sparks. The first race begins at 9