Concord Athletic Department

On Tuesday Night the Concord Cross Country Teams' traveled to Union City for the first Big 8 Jamboree of the 2026 season. The first race of the night was the High School Boys. Out of the 9 schools currently in the Conference Concord placed second as Quincy earned the jamboree championship with a score of 64 to beat out our Yellowjackets who scored 81. Leading the way for the Boys was Keaton Smith with an 11th place finish and right behind him in 12th was Jase Herendeen, then it was Finn Hutchinson in 17th, in 19th was Kadin Shook, in 22nd Liam Bauman, in 36th Zane Jason and in 50th Brandon Watkins. All seven of these guys ran their fastest time of the season, With Jase, Liam, Brandon and Kadin all running their fastest time ever for a 5K. Congratulations to Kadin who had a massive one minute and twenty six second personal best time as he also broke below 20 minutes for the first time ever. Way to compete guys. Next Tuesday we will be at Springport when we get the next opportunity to go after the Jamboree Championship. For the Concord girls team they captured the Union City Jamboree Championship with some very strong performances that led to all five girls that competed earning their fastest times of the season. Audrey Pyle earned the individual jamboree title with a first place finish and she was followed closely by her teammate Haley Stimer who came in second, then in 12th was Olivia Chadwell who ran her fastest time ever, following her in 17th was Mya Barrett in 18th place was Braelynn Thorrez who had a huge one minute and 48 second season best time tonight. Congratulations Ladies on the Jamboree Championship. We now look forward to traveling to Kalamazoo Hackett this Saturday to compete in their invitational, with a start time of 9:00 am.