MEEKER | The Rifle Invitational was held last Thursday, and the Cowboys joined 20 other teams at the Rifle Creek Golf Course. The girls raced first, and Briar Meszaros had her best time so far this year, at 22:27, taking 50th place in a field of 151 runners. The boys’[Read More…]
MHS Cross Country
Aspen meet tough for MHS cross country; race today in Rifle
MEEKER | Meeker cross country made the trip to Aspen on Saturday for the Chris Severy Invitational. “I feel that the Aspen course is what cross country should be in Colorado—good hill running, great scenery, and a bit of a lack of oxygen!” said coach Marty Casey. The boys’ JV[Read More…]
MHS cross country runs at back-to-back meets
MEEKER | The Cowboys were busy this past weekend, with back-to-back cross country meets Friday and Saturday. The fun started on Friday at Sweitzer Lake State Park in Delta. Briar Meszaros finished 23rd out of the 58 runners in the girls’ race, in 23:25. In the boys’ race, Matthew Beck[Read More…]
Meeker runners earn PRs
Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Fruita Monument High School hosted their Anna Banana Memorial Invitational on Saturday, and Meeker was in attendance. The location and course were different this year, just southwest of Fruita, at the Snooks Bottom Open Space. The varsity boys started the day, and Matthew[Read More…]
MHS cross country earns PRs
Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Meeker cross country joined a large and very competitive field of racers on Saturday at Eagle Valley’s meet at the Gypsum Creek Golf Course. The boys raced first this week, and Matthew Beck once again led our squad, setting a personal record of[Read More…]
MHS runners continue to progress
MEEKER | On a “hilly course” in Hotchkiss, the Meeker High School cross country team ran last Saturday and the Cowboy runners continue to enjoy the challenge of each new course. Meeker sophomore Briar Meszaros was the only girl to run for the Cowboys and according to coach Marty Casey,[Read More…]
Cowboys run up Devil’s Thumb in Delta
MEEKER | Normally, it does not take 30 minutes to run a high school cross country race, which is five kilometers but there is nothing normal about the Devil’s Thumb Hill Climb race in Delta, which Meeker runners attempted last Saturday. The Cowboys will run in Hotchkiss this Saturday. “The[Read More…]
Meeker cross country competed in Grand Junction, head to Delta Friday
MEEKER | Meeker Cross Country traveled to Grand Junction to compete in the Warrior Invitational on Saturday. The varsity boys raced first for the Cowboys, and Matthew Beck was Meeker’s first to the finish in 26th place at 19:25. Pake Burke was Meeker’s second to cross the line, at 21:34[Read More…]
MHS cross country team opens in Grand Junction
MEEKER | “We have some new faces,” Meeker High School cross country coach Marty Casey said about his team, which will run competitively for the first time this season in Grand Junction, Saturday. “We have also changed our schedule a bit and it will be fun to see our runners[Read More…]
RBC runners named to all-state 2A team
RBC | Austin Russell and Julia Eskelson of Meeker and Patrick Scoggins of Rangely were named to the All-State 2A cross country team following their impressive performances at the state meet. Scoggins was honorable mention each of the last two years. His brother, William, was first team in his junior[Read More…]
Meeker runners take 6th and 4th at state
MEEKER | Meeker was represented at the state cross country meet on Saturday by two Cowboy runners, Austin Russell and Julia Eskelson. Both are seniors and veterans of the course at Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs. Russell competed in the 2A boys’ race amid some very tough competition and[Read More…]
Russell, Eskelson headed to state
MEEKER | Confluence Park in Delta once again hosted the regional meet for Meeker and the 2A Region 4 teams, and the nickname of “Delta Speedway” was certainly appropriate this year. Nearly all of Meeker’s runners posted new personal records. The boys’ race started at noon and Austin Russell went out[Read More…]
