The Fairfield Mules hosted the Tom Wickham Invitational Tuesday afternoon, changing locations for the annual invitational this year. The Richland County Tigers were just fine with that, as they took both individual and team titles on the day.

After running for the past couple of decades at Leo French Park, the Mules moved the meet to Southwest Park, meaning the winners of each race would have new course records. In the girls’ race, the Tigers’ Tatum David won by nearly three minutes, finishing the course in 17 minutes, 46 seconds. Hamilton County’s Maddie Karcher was second at 20:33.

Richland County had three of the top six finishers and won with 35 points, while Newton was a distant second with 60 points. Hamilton County was third with 77 points, while four other teams did not have enough girls finish for a team score.

Host Fairfield had just two girls finish, with sisters Jessie and Katelyn Crawford in 26th and 27th, respectively. Jessie ran a 29:49 and Katelyn ran a 30:50.

On a humid afternoon, the Lady Mules had multiple runners not finish the course in their first meet.

Richland County’s Gavin Kirby also won, but not in quite as dominant of fashion. He ran a 16:02, winning by 10 seconds over Newton’s Zach Zwilling. Lawrenceville’s Brayden Green ran a 16:40 for third.

Fairfield’s top finisher in the boys meet was Wayne City co-op runner Austin Schuster, who placed 13th at 18:33.

Jacob Britt was the second Mule to cross, finishing 16th with a 19:08.

The Tigers also finished with 35 team points, with three of the top seven runners. Hamilton County was second with 67 points and Newton was third with 107. Rounding out the team scores were: Mt. Carmel 115, Fairfield 121, and Lawrenceville 124.

The Wickham Invitational was the Mules’ only home meet of the year. They are next in action on Sep. 10, at Benton.

Girls Results

Place	Runner	School	Time
1	Tatum David	Olney	17:46
2	Maddie Karcher	Ham. Co	20:33
3	Abby Stone	Newton	21:02
4	Hope Laughlin	Olney	21:21
5	Ophelia Klein	Lawrenceville	21:48
6	Emily Nuttall	Olney	22:00
7	Katie Moore	Lawrenceville	22:05
8	McKenna Carter	North Clay	22:08
9	Rylea Borgie	Newton	22:23
10	Bree Holdren	Olney	22:24
11	Ashlee Wellen	Ham. Co	22:25
12		Webber	22:37
13	Payton Kinder	Newton	23:20
14	Haven Doll	Olney	23:28
15	Caroline Lueke	Ham. Co	23:32
16	Cora Buerster	Newton	23:43
17	Cara Eagleson	Lawrenceville	23:46
18	Jada Smith	Mt. Carmel	24:01
19	Lucy Yager	Newton	24:06
20	Tristen Payne	Olney	24:28
21	Claire Carr	Newton	24:39
22	Alexis Hetzer	Newton	25:25
23	Anna Blank	Olney	26:00
24	Olivia Ragan	Ham. Co	27:06
25	Jocelyn Moles	Ham. Co	27:55
26	Jessie Crawford	Fairfield	29:49
27	Katelyn Crawford	Fairfield	30:50
28	Jaci Wheeler	Mt. Carmel	30:52

Boys Results

Place	Runner	School	Time
1	Gavin Kirby	Olney	16:02
2	Nick Zwilling	Newton	16:12
3	Brayden Green	Lawrenceville	16:40
4	Isaac Stanford	Flora	16:52
5	Seth Hamerski	Weber	16:55
6	Keaton Hancock	Olney	17:35
7	Brooks Julian	Olney	17:41
8	Gehrig Jones	Mt. Carmel	17:51
9	Jordan Belcher	Olney	18:01
10	Theron Smith	Ham. Co	18:06
11	Adam Wellen	Ham. Co	18:07
12	Colin Kocher	Olney	18:30
13	Austin Schuster	Fairfield	18:33
14	Evan Shelton	Ham. Co	18:51
15	Trace Butler	Ham. Co	18:59
16	Jacob Britt	Fairfield	19:08
17	Brady Throne	Ham. Co	19:14
18	Trevor Parker	Lawrenceville	19:32
19	Oliver Mahaffey	Newton	19:39
20	Jason Miller	Mt. Carmel	19:47
21	Collin Gilreath	Olney	19:59
22	Aaron Meade	Ham. Co	20:09
23	Boyd Holt	Mt. Carmel	20:14
24	Drew Blank	Olney	20:15
25	Tyreik Jackson	Fairfield	20:16
26	Oscar Foster	Newton	20:22
27	Caleb Carwile	Mt. Carmel	20:32
28	Will Jones	Ham. Co	20:35
29	Ben Street	Newton	20:40
30	Jeremiah Cramer	Webber	20:45
31	Clay Bergbower	Newton	20:47
32	Chase Smith	Fairfield	20:49
33	Kollin Ramos	Lawrenceville	21:25
34	Dominic Wells	Lawrenceville	21:37
35	Trenon Rutherford	Fairfield	21:47
36	Seth Seitzinger	Lawrenceville	21:49
37	Anthony Bleyer	Mt. Carmel	21:54
38	Colin Benson	Lawrenceville	22:17
39	Ian Bailey	North Clay	22:23
40	Luis Zavala	Newton	23:09
41	Eric Leffler	Mt. Carmel	25:18
42	Hunter Danberry	Webber