Middle school teams power through heat to post second-place finishes in home meet

CROSS COUNTRY
  • Middle school teams power through heat to post second-place finishes in home meet
    Middle school teams power through heat to post second-place finishes in home meet
  • Jones County’s middle school teams both finished second during Saturday’s Rancher’s Release The Hounds Invitational with a combined nine runners claiming medals. BRAD HARRISON/Staff
    Jones County’s middle school teams both finished second during Saturday’s Rancher’s Release The Hounds Invitational with a combined nine runners claiming medals. BRAD HARRISON/Staff

    Running in the midday heat, Jones County’s middle school cross country runners thrived on their home course in Saturday’s Rancher’s Release The Hounds Invitational, combining to win nine individual medals as both teams took second overall.

    The girls’ race saw Madison Marshall deliver a breakout performance, setting a course record with a time of 13:19.21, taking first overall. Phoebe Palmer was two…