The Forest Park Cross Country team traveled to Crawford County today to compete in the Regional Championship. The girls’ team and several individual athletes exceeded their projected finishes! The girls entered the meet projected to finish at the bottom of the team standings but put together a strong race to finish 20th out of 25 teams. Junior Kendal Gehlhausen led the Rangers, finishing 70th overall with a time of 21:06 and lowering her season best by 6 seconds. Freshman Dylan Steczyk finished 111th overall. Junior Kendall Fischer had an outstanding day, finishing third on the team and 177th overall while lowering her personal-best 5K time by an impressive 1 minute, 22 seconds! Junior Delainey Auffart finished 189th overall with a time of 23:15. Freshman Braylee Wahl finished 199th overall with a time of 23:40. Sophomore Addi Evitts finished 200th overall with a time of 23:45, lowering her season best by 5 seconds. Freshman Aria Huff finished 208th overall with a time of 24:00. Awesome job, girls! In the boys’ race, four Rangers competed as individual regional qualifiers. Freshman Mason Cheek led the Rangers, finishing 169th overall with a time of 18:42 and lowering his personal-best 5K time by 16 seconds! Junior Jace Wright finished 209th overall with a time of 19:15. Freshman Casey Steczyk finished 225th overall with a time of 19:56. Junior Marcus Berg finished 239th overall with a time of 21:12. Great job competing, Rangers! I’m proud of your effort and the way you represented Forest Park!