The girls and boys cross country teams each won the championship at the Redwolves Invitational at Riverbend Friends Church in the six team field. The girls defeated Tecumseh by a slim margin of 28-30 with 4 runners in the top 6 in the race. The boys won their race by a score of 34-62 over second place Columbia Central with Cole Hillegonds winning the race in a time of 17:32.28.

The girls were led by Cylee Elkins who finished 2nd, Allison Bowles who ran a new personal best time in finishing 3rd, Samantha Coots in 4th, and Aurelia Bennett in 6th. Rounding out the medalists for the girls were Zoey Sierer in 14th, Sarah King in 16th, Anna Vincent who ran a new personal best in finishing 18th, Emerald Sierer in 21st, and Emma Shankland in 25th.

The boys finished 1-2-3 with Lucas Goodman and Gabe Manchester taking the second and third spots after Hillegonds. The other medalists for the boys were Eric Ramsey in 10th, Reed Patrick in 18th, Ronan Stelzer in 20th, and Austin Strand in 22nd. Jacob Pizio and Austin Putnam earned personal best times in the race also.

The Redwolves XC team have two meets in the coming week with the 2nd LCAA Jamboree at Dundee on Wednesday at 5:00 and the Hudson Booster Invitational on Saturday with the girls racing at 10:30.