Oct 6, 2024 – Kaydi Blanchard of Lewisburg and Preston Mundy of Olive Branch had the best times among DeSoto County runners in the Frank Horton Classic cross country meet at Shelby Farms Saturday night.
Blanchard finished 12th among varsity girls running in their race with a time of 19:20.30. Mundy was 17th in the boys’ varsity division with a time of 16:25.40.
Blanchard’s time set a new Lewisburg school record for the girls’ 5,000 meters.
As a team, the Lewisburg girls finished seventh with a team score of 205. DeSoto Central took 15th (427) and Olive Branch was 20th (586).
The top county boys’ team taking part was DeSoto Central in 10th place with a score of 310 points. Lewisburg was 15th (428) and Olive Branch was 20th (576). Northpoint Christian ran a boys’ team in the race that finished 33rd with 903 points. In addition, two girls from Northpoint Christian took part.
A total of 39 boys teams and 20 girls teams were scored in the meet.
Bob Bakken provides content for DeSoto County News and its social media channels. He is an award-winning broadcaster, along with being a reporter and photographer, and has done sports media relations work with junior and minor league hockey teams. Along with his reports on this website, you will find this veteran media member providing sports updates and high school football play-by-play on Rebel 95.3 FM Radio.
