Top performances for the boys’ came from Kade Runge (17:13) in fifth place, Alex Salwasser (17:32) in twelfth place, Shad Swanson (17:48) in 20th place, and Eli Bergman (18:59) in 45th place.

Lexi Bright (20:22) led the girls with a fourth place finish, while Terina Blasyck (22:36) was 41st.

In the JV races, Aaron Biss (13:19) was eleventh for the boys and Kyra Beyer (15:34) was sixteenth in her first ever race.

“There were some schools that were five or six times the size of our school at this meet, so it's always fun to race against elite competition,” reported WCA Head Coach Austin Hanson.  “Whenever a school our size can compete with schools that size, we like to take advantage of the opportunity.  Being that this is the first race of the year, and the first regular meet in two years due to COVID, our squads have much room to grow but I was very impressed with how they all finished.  This is the first meet that was larger than 3 teams in a year, so we have been looking forward to this for a while.  Everyone, including the coaches, were nervously excited for the season to kick off and the runners had a great attitude to finish strong. We feel that with the proper training and without injuries, the group that we have can be very competitive all season long.”

Full results can be found at https://www.gsetiming.com/results/cc_rslts/cc_rslts.asp?hide_team=n&hide_ind=n&sport=Cross-Country