The Pinecrest boys’ and girls’ cross country teams continued to prep for the Southeastern Conference championships scheduled for Oct. 19 with comfortable victories in Tuesday’s tri-meet held at the Elk’s Club course.

Tyler Clark of Pinecrest was the first conference runner to cross the finish line in the boys’ 5K race with a time of 18:22. The Patriot boys finished with a perfect score of 15 followed by Lumberton with 58 and Hoke County with 67. Peter Deucher, a home school student, won the race with a time of 17:44.

Jamicia Jones of Lumberton was first in the girls’ race with a time of 21:03. Alexa Zoellner of Pinecrest was second in 21:35. The home team finished with 20 points followed by Lumberton with 56 and Hoke with 59.

Next Tuesday’s tri-meet will be held at Scotland County.

Top 10 conference finishers – Boys – Tyler Clark (P) 18:22, Jacob Troutman (P) 18:44, Matt Harmody (P) 19:01, Will Proulx (P) 19:22, Nathan Frederique (P) 19:38, George Hayes (P) 19:51, Jared Walters (P) 19:57, Joseph Murray (L) 20:10, Lloyd Tyler (H) 20:34, William Parker (L) 20:41; Girls – Jamicia Jones (L) 21:03, Alexa Zoellner (P) 21:35; Beth Hieronymus (P) 24:06, Haley Germain (P) 24:45, Katie Hayes (P) 24:59, Hana Bornhorst (P) 25:06, Callie Davis (L) 25:14, Jenna Woronoff (P) 25:26, Carmen Ramirez (H) 26:06, Laura Ott (P) 26:08.