Last year, it was the invaders from the south, Norman (Okla.) High School, that dominated the Newton Invitational cross country meet. This year, the invaders from the north dominated. Wamego won both the boys’ and girls’ team titles of the meet Saturday at Centennial Park. The Wamego girls downed Buhler 61-76 for the girls’ title, followed by McPherson at 89 and Newton at 97. Wamego’s BreAnna Briggs won the race in 15:20, 35 seconds ahead of El Dorado’s Molly Milbourn. Megan Johnson of Norman was third at 16:01. “I love this course. It is so awesome,” Briggs said. “We usually run on hilly courses. We host state (Classes 1A through 4A), and we have a hilly course. Here it’s very flat. It’s nice not to have to run any hills. The conditions were very nice.” Briggs finished second at Newton last year to El Dorado’s Laura Nightengale, who now runs for The University of Kansas. She breaks a run of individual titles for El Dorado runners. Briggs was fourth at Class 4A state last year “It was an honor to compete against (Nightengale),” Briggs said. “She was a real good runner. I was able to push myself. There were some good runners here. I was hoping to catch the Gator (the four-wheeler used as a pace vehicle). They had a kid behind him and the kid kept saying, ‘Keep going.’ And I was like no.” The Wamego boys downed Norman 27-76 for the team title. McPherson was third at 84, followed by El Dorado at 110. Newton was seventh out of 11 tea ...
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Last year, it was the invaders from the south, Norman (Okla.) High School, that dominated the Newton Invitational cross country meet. This year, the invaders from the north dominated. Wamego won both the boys’ and girls’ team titles of the meet Saturday at Centennial Park. The Wamego girls downed Buhler 61-76 for the girls’ title, followed by McPherson at 89 and Newton at 97. Wamego’s BreAnna Briggs won the race in 15:20, 35 seconds ahead of El Dorado’s Molly Milbourn. Megan Johnson of Norman was third at 16:01. “I love this course. It is so awesome,” Briggs said. “We usually run on hilly courses. We host state (Classes 1A through 4A), and we have a hilly course. Here it’s very flat. It’s nice not to have to run any hills. The conditions were very nice.” Briggs finished second at Newton last year to El Dorado’s Laura Nightengale, who now runs for The University of Kansas. She breaks a run of individual titles for El Dorado runners. Briggs was fourth at Class 4A state last year “It was an honor to compete against (Nightengale),” Briggs said. “She was a real good runner. I was able to push myself. There were some good runners here. I was hoping to catch the Gator (the four-wheeler used as a pace vehicle). They had a kid behind him and the kid kept saying, ‘Keep going.’ And I was like no.” The Wamego boys downed Norman 27-76 for the team title. McPherson was third at 84, followed by El Dorado at 110. Newton was seventh out of 11 tea ...