A group of Junction City High School and Middle School cross country runners competed in the Jason McKinney Memorial run in Alma this week.

Blue Jay Coach Ryan Norton said in the high school girls 5K varsity run Patience Okemba finished 19th in 27:39.64 while teammate Mya Silva was 21st in 28:33.53. Abigail Ticknor was 23rd in 28:50.58, Kayla McCollum 24th in 29:12.64 and Haley Sowder 25th in 30:53.53.  Leslie Rios was 27th in 31:19.23.

In the boys varsity 5K run Timothy Sifuentes finished 13th in 20:15.58, Kett Harter 29th in 22:02.85, Abner Gonzalez 30th in 22:08.41, Lavon Nichols-Powell 33rd in 22:38.52, Joseph Hill 37th in 22:55.85 and Francisco Fuentes 38th in 22:56.27.

Junction City finished second in the girls team scoring with 50 pints behind only Wabaunsee who finished with the low total of 15 points. In the boys race Wabaunsee was first with 26 points while Junction City was fourth with 111.