Four members of the Petersburg High School Girls Cross Country Team all finished in the top 4 in the Women's 5,000 Meters at the Craig Invitational, on Saturday, Sept. 7. Sophomore Maria Toth finished first, junior Gabriele Whitacre finished second, freshmen Ariel Tucker and Zia Hulebak finished third and fourth out of 26 competitors. Left to right: Gabriele Whitacre, Maria Toth, Ariel Tucker and Zia Hulebak.
Heading into their first meet on the road, the Petersburg High School cross country team looked to build on their momentum from the invitational hosted in Petersburg.
And they did exactly that.
The PHS cross country girls team had a dominant showing this past weekend in Craig, with sophomore Maria Toth, junior Gabriele Whitacre and freshmen Ariel Tucker and Zia Hulebak finishing first, second, third and fourth in the entire meet in the Women's 5000 Meters.
"It was really promising and really encouraging, " Whitacre said, who ran a personal best of 23 minutes and 8 seconds.
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