Young cross country runners Jason Real and Kherington Adams are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

The honors come after the two posted impressive times in the 87th running of the Veterans Day Race in Butte. Real, an eighth grader at East Middle School, receives the boys’ honor, while Adams, a freshman at Butte Central, takes home the girls’ accolade. Real and Adams are both 14 years old.

Real won the boys’ 14-and-under category in the 2 ½-mile race with a time of 20 minutes, 18 seconds. He also placed second overall, finishing only behind 16-year-old Butte High runner Levi Wiltsie, who won with a time of 15:29.

For his efforts, Real was awarded the prestigious Martin Kearney Award.

Adams returned from an injury that ended her prep cross country season to defend her overall female title in the 2 ½-mile race. She finished the race in 21:30 for the victory. The win earned Adams the Mary Whelan Trophy.

Leskovar Honda, home of the 20-year, 200,000-mile warranty, is teaming up with the ButteCast to honor the finest student-athletes from the Mining City in an effort to encourage more children to get up, get out and try all kinds of sports and activities.