Ahead of conference and district competition, the Tri County Northeast girls and boys cross country program closed out their regular season on Oct. 2 during the Stanton Invite.
From Elkhorn Acres Golf Course, the Allen/Emerson-Hubbard co-op girls didn't record a team score while the Wolfpack boys took seventh (11 teams) with 121 points.
In the girls division, Rachael Bousquet earned a 14th place medal to lead the Wolfpack in 24:38.82 while Chloe Peters took 19th (25:17.94).
Another TCNE result came from Hailey Millard (22nd - 26:01.22) just missing a medal.
Azlynn Johnson from Stanton won the girls varsity 5k in a time of 20:34.87 among the 41 varsity runners.
During the boys division, Jude Ridenour led Tri County Northeast with a ninth place medal in 18:50.12 along with Alex Snyder (18th - 20:03.58).
Other Wolfpack results came from Tucker Anderson (36th - 21:32.9), Logan Kraemer (58th - 24:01.77) and Matthew Bousquet (63rd - 26:04.4).
Pierce ran away with the team title scoring 17 points ahead of runner-up Stanton (47).
Brenden Bolling from Pierce won the boys varsity 5k in a time of 17:35.03 among the 69 varsity runners. There were an additional nine JV runners.
In the Junior High race, Michael Ridenour finished 21st (10:51.42) for the Wolfpack JH boys.
Jaoquin Renn from Stanton won the boys JH race in 8:57.29 among the 43 runners.
Head Wolfpack cross country coach Dave Uldrich said, "the teams ran better today (Oct. 2), even though this was a smaller meet than last week (Crofton Invite). The athletes are all within a few seconds of the best times of the year, or career at this point. It will be interesting to see if they can break down barriers this week at the conference meet and continue to districts with confidence and momentum. Good job teams!”
The Tri County Northeast girls and boys cross country program will next compete in the Lewis & Clark Conference meet on Friday, Oct. 10. The meet will be hosted by Bloomfield/Wausa at Rolling Hills Country Club starting at 4 p.m. for the girls race with the boys race to follow at 4:40 p.m.
