The men’s and women’s DCHS Cross Country teams competed at the Cherokee Classic in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, September 11th.

Sophomore Ella VanVranken had another outstanding performance finishing 8th out of 229 runners with a time of 19:26.00.  The winner of the women's varsity race was Andie Jones, a senior from Maryville High School, finishing with a time of 18:20:00.  Other runners in the girls varsity race for DeKalb included: Mylie Phillips (76th, 22:49), Madeline Martin (112, 24:41), Cadee Griffith (121, 25:31), and Kaylee Mullican (142, 28:39).

Racing for the DCHS boy’s team was Aaron Gottlied with a time of 18:00.  Gottlied finished 49th.  Ian Colwell (94th, 19:04), Cooper Brown (122,19:44), Caleb Gray (126, 19:56), Kaleb Spears (131, 20:09), Andrew Tramel (156, 20:48), and Cale Brown (175, 21:22) also finished the 3 mile race. Keegan Smith of Knoxville Catholic High School led the field of 313 athletes and finished with a time of 15:47:00.