Indians Place Second In Frazer

Poplar’s girls earned first and Poplar’s boys placed second in the team standings during the Frazer Invitational cross country meet held on Thursday, Sept. 24.

The Indians topped the girls’ standings with 45 points followed by Harlem with 64 and Wolf Point with 79 points.

The strong team effort included four Poplar runners finishing in the top 12 as Kellyn Azure took fourth at 22:25.2, Amelia Weeks was seventh at 23:11.8, Audrey Swallers placed 11th at 24:49.7 and Harley Daniels finished 12th at 25:16.7.

Also placing for Poplar’s girls were Kelbee Redstone

Swallers

Poplar’s Audrey Swallers competes.

(Photo by Bill Vander Weele)

in 19th at 26:11.8 and Liberty Boadle in 35th at 27:57.2.

In the boys’ division, Poplar earned second place with 55 points behind Harlem’s 25 points.

Leading the Indians were sophomore Jayden Eder with a time of 17:22.0 for second place and junior Issac Irizarry with a time of 17:26.2 for third place.

Mickey Failing placed 14th at 18:52.2. Dustin Smith ran the course in 19:12.9 for 19th place and Ryder Olson took 20th at 19:20.8. Quinton Eder took 38th with a time of 22:21.5.

Smith

Poplar’s Dustin Smith runs a solid race.

(Photo by Bill Vander Weele)