On Saturday, in a meet that had many of the top teams and athletes in the state, the Redwolves traveled to the Jackson Invitational at Ella Sharp Park. There were many outstanding individual performances along with strong team finishes for both the girls and the boys.

The girls team finished 4th out of 18 teams in the field led by medalists Cylee Elkins (6th), Allison Bowles (16th), Samantha Coots (24th), and Aurelia Bennett who ran a personal best time (29th). Also, running personal best times for the women were Anna Vincent and Jana Hillegonds.

The boys team finished 5th out of 19 teams led by Cole Hillegonds who ran a personal best time of 17:07.83 :to finish 11th, Gabe Manchester who also ran a personal best time of 17:35.80 to finish 18th, and Lucas Goodman who finished 19th. Also with personal bests on the day were Luis Piatt and Nic Spicer.

-Rich Dewald

Our next meet is on the Redwolves home course, the Riverbend Friends Church, on Saturday, December 30 with a K-5 race at 8:30, followed by two middle school races. The varsity girls will run at 10 and the boys will follow. It is a good opportunity to see our athletes race close to home.