The Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams Travelled to Fortress Obetz on Saturday for the OHSAA Early Season Invitational. This is one of the biggest races of the entire season and our athletes turned in some great performances.

In the women's race our team was led by Kensington Black, who is back in form after an injury plagued season in 2022. She raced out to a quick start and continued to pick off runners ahead of hear coming away with a time of 19:24.5 placing 17th out of 348 runners. She was followed by Bryley Wulff (24:52.7), Sarah Wallace (25:16.6), Kydee Shults (27:17.0), and Laila Black (29:14.8). These were some great times to lead off our season.

In the boys race our team was led by Chris Bond. He got off to a great start through the first couple of turns and continued to move his way up through the crowd. Chris came through the finish line clocking a new personal best time of 16:24.6 placing him 21st out of 354 runners. Chris was followed by Connor Green (17:44.6), Carter Black (17:50.3), Austin Hitte (18:13.4), James Huff (19:32.1), Oliver Crosthwaite (21:06.3), Zach Hamilton (21:08.7), and Daniel Osborne (21:11.9) in the varsity race, allowing the men's team to place 20th out of 41 teams in the Division I race. In the men's open race Caleb Osborne led the charge with a time of 23:05.5 and was followed by Isaac Shults (25:14.5), and Donovan Butler (29:24.1).

Next Saturday the teams will be travelling to Milton Union High School for the Bob Schul Invitational.