The boys cross country team raced Oct. 3 at the Oklahoma State University Cross Country Jamboree in Stillwater OK. The team competed against 4A-5A schools from Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
Seniors Will Welling and Josh Backus placed first and second overall respectively among the 215 runners, with times of 16:32 and 16:34. The team finished up with Jared Beatty at 38th, Jason Ray at 41st and Mesa Allison at 49th. Overall the team placed second with a score of 121 points, losing to Guthrie, OK.
The team next meet will be at Canyon High, Oct. 10 at 8:45 a.m. The boys say they are expecting to improve their times and hope to pull off the first team win of the season.
After the Canyon Invitational, the team will run at WT and then move on to district and beyond.
