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Aurora School Cross Country / Track and Field information page. This page is run by Coach Durst.

09/30/2026

🐻 Aurora Bears Dominate at the Bruceton Bulldog Boneyard XC Meet! 🐾

What a night on the course! The Aurora Bears brought their absolute best to the Bruceton course, and their hard work is truly paying off with faster times and amazing team placings all around.

🏆 Team Results
GIRLS TEAM: 1st Place Overall! 🥇
BOYS TEAM: 2nd Place Overall! 🥈

🏅 Individual Standings
Girls Team:
Ella Shaffer – 2nd Place 🥈
Cora Miller – 3rd Place 🥉
Brooke Burns – 10th Place
Olivia Simmons – 11th Place
Violet Sisler – 12th Place
Gwen Durst – 13th Place
Laurel Carr – 27th Place

Boys Team:
Tripp Rumer – 2nd Place 🥈
Rylan Kowalkoski – 4th Place
Ashton Shaffer – 6th Place
Briar Hebb – 12th Place
Alden Bachtel – 23rd Place

We are so proud of every single runner for leaving it all out there and continuing to improve your times! On to the next one!
💪🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

09/26/2026

Aurora has another successful year of Run for It at the Leaf Peepers Festival!

Evie Durst- 1st overall female
Ella Shaffer- 2nd overall female
Cora Miller- 3rd in age group
Rylan Kowalkoski- 2nd in age group
Jacob Durst- 1st in age group
Eric Durst 1st in age group
Aaron Miller- 3rd in age group

Our team is always so well represented and supported by our surrounding community! Thank you to everyone that participated, donated, and supported us! Thank you to all the foundations, including Preston Co Commissioners, for the generous donations and support! We raised approximately $4000 for our program to continue to build our running program at Aurora. Huge thank you to the Tucker Co Foundation again for another amazing event!

Way to go, Aurora Bears! ❤️🐻

09/23/2026

🐾 AURORA BEARS CROSS COUNTRY 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️
🌾 "Down on the Farm" Race Results 🌾

Huge congratulations to our Bears cross country runners for an incredible performance at the "Down on the Farm" race at South Preston! The rain and cold temps didn't slow them down. Check out how our athletes finished:

🏃‍♀️ GIRLS TEAM
🥈 Ella Shaffer – 2nd Place
🥉 Cora Miller – 3rd Place
🔹 Gwen Durst – 9th Place
🔹 Violet Sisler – 10th Place
🔹 Laurel Carr – 18th Place

🏃‍♂️ BOYS TEAM
🥈 Tripp Rumer – 2nd Place
🔹 Rylan Kowalkoski – 6th Place
🔹 Ashton Shaffer – 7th Place
🔹 Briar Hebb – 14th Place
🔹 Alden Bachtel – 22nd Place

Awesome work out on the course today!
Way to represent, Bears! 🐾💪🔥

09/19/2026

Our team continues to put in the work and are focused on the end game in mind. They had perfect weather last night and used it to their advantage. We couldn’t be prouder of every single athlete. ❤️🖤

⚡ Lightning Invitational Meet at Broadford
– Girls Results (35 runners. Top 10 Awards):
Ella Shaffer 3rd *
Cora Miller 9th *
Olivia Simmons 14th
Brooke Burns 15th
Violet Sisler 19th
Gwen Durst 20th
Laurel Carr 27th

– Boys Results (56 runners. Top 10 Awards):
Tripp Rumer 4th *
Rylan Kowalkoski 10th *
Ashton Shaffer 15th
Briar Hebb 53rd
Alden Bachtel 54th

Love seeing the drive in each athlete and their support for one another each race! Keep it up Bears! Halfway through the season, but there is no slowing down for this team! 🖤🐻❤️

09/16/2026

🏃‍♀️ Congratulations to Our Runners! 🏃‍♂️

We tried a new race tonight at the St. Francis Trojan Trot MS Invitational. Our athletes showed incredible grit, determination, and heart even with hot temperatures and steep hills. With 76 girls competing in the girls’ race and 84 boys in the boys’ race, placing in the Top 10 was an outstanding accomplishment!

Girls:
Ella Shaffer 9th*
Cora Miller (31st)
Brooke Burns (42nd)
Gwen Durst (46th)
Olivia Simmons (50th)
Violet Sisler (53rd)
Laurel Carr (72nd)
(Girls team placed 7th)

Boys:
Tripp Rumer 10th*
Rylan Kowalkoski (28th)
Ashton Shaffer (34th)
Briar Hebb (66th)
Alden Bachtel (72nd)
(Boys team placed 9th)

👏 We are beyond proud of our runners who earned those coveted top spots and represented our team well tonight!

💛 To everyone on our team, you keep making us proud every single race. Let’s celebrate these amazing finishes and keep building momentum for the rest of the season.
Way to go Bears! 🐻❤️🖤🏅

09/12/2026

A HUGE thank you to our amazing home meet sponsors! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️❤️💙

We are so grateful to Deerwood, Fast Freddie’s, and Mt. Top Convenience for generously donating supplies to help stock our concession stand for our home meet! Your support helped make our fundraiser a success and directly benefits the Aurora Cross Country team.

We appreciate the support of our local businesses and community more than you know. Thank you for helping our runners and supporting Aurora Cross Country! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️👏

09/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to our home meet whether that was to run, volunteer or cheer on our athletes. It was a beautiful day to run! 🌞🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Cross Country Races
We had fantastic competition across all divisions, with awards to the Top 10 in each race:

🏃‍♀️ Girls Race – Top 10 Finishers
1. Elaina Armstrong (Bruceton)
2. Ella Shaffer (Aurora)
3. Katelyn Kelly (Central)
4. Cora Miller (Aurora)
5. Olivia Kelly (Central)
6. Colleen Eisentrout (Bruceton)
7. Brooke Smith (Bruceton)
8. Allison Brewer (West Preston)
9. Brooke Burns (Aurora)
10. Sophia Uphold (Central)

🏃 Boys Race – Top 10 Finishers
1. Eli Parker (Bruceton)
2. Tripp Rumer (Aurora)
3. Arlie Grose (Southern)
4. Jackson Wotring (Bruceton)
5. Caleb Copen (Bruceton)
6. Riley Hamrick (West Preston)
7. Nolan Nelson (Southern)
8. Rylan Kowalkoski (Aurora)
9. Trader Reese (Central)
10. Ashton Shaffer (Aurora)

🌟 Open Race – Top 10 Finishers
1. Tucker Uphold (Central)
2. Rhett Mebane` (Bruceton)
3. Carlynn Bachtel (Aurora)
4. Anias Lang (Bruceton)
5. Zane Miller (Aurora)
6. Bryce Smith (Bruceton)
7. Lucas Nelson (Southern)
8. Nature Lang (Bruceton)
9. Logan Smith (Bruceton)
10. Callie Thall (Aurora)

🙏 Special Thanks
A huge thank you goes out to all of our incredible volunteers who worked behind the scenes to make this event possible—from setting up the course to helping with timing, food, and cleanup. We also sincerely appreciate the Lipscomb family who generously allowed us to use their property for part of the race. Your support and kindness truly made this event a success!

09/03/2026

Our team has been working hard at practices and it has been paying off. We had a hot race tonight at University High School.

Here are the results from our first official meet of the season:

Mountain Hollar MS Invitational
– Girls Results (79 runners. Top 15 Awards) :
Ella Shaffer 20th
Cora Miller 27th
Brooke Burns 41st
Olvia Simmons 46th
Gwen Durst 49th
Violet Sisler 50th
Laurel Carr 69th
*Girls placed 6th out of 12 teams

– Boys Results (74 runners. Top 15 Awards):
Tripp Rumer 7th
Rylan Kowalkoski 37th
Ashton Shaffer 40th
Briar Hebb 57th
Alden Bachtel 59th
*Boys placed 7th out of 9 teams

Every runner is improving, encouraging others, and building as a team every practice. Can't wait to see what happens the rest of this season!

Keep it up, Aurora —we’re only just getting started! ❤️🐻🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

08/31/2026

Aurora Middle School XC Home Meet will be on Labor day Monday September 7th! 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ Race Schedule (tentative times, will be a rolling start):
MS Girls 4:00pm
MS Boys 4:30pm
Open Race 5:00pm (open to all ages; you can register day of race or fill out this link)

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Awards Ceremony 5:45pm. Awards for the top 10 in each race.

🎖️ We have 7 Middle School Teams Competing and several open runners already registered!

🎖️ Teams: Aurora, Bruceton, Central, East, South, Southern, West

💫 Please note! Entrances will be blocked intermittently once races start as runners will cross these areas. Please be on the lookout as you enter school for parking attendants to direct you. Please do not park anywhere that is marked off by cones or ribbons as runners will be crossing those areas. A great location for spectators is the grass by the bottom parking lot (start/finish) or the baseball/soccer field where you can watch runners go around you 3 different laps! You may want to bring a lawn chair for your comfort. Concessions will be located in the back of the school.

💰 FREE Admission but donations are appreciated!

❤️ Hope to see you all there to cheer on these runners!

Address

300 E State Ave
Terra Alta, WV
26764

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+13042888351

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