On Friday, Oct 10, the Cougars participated in the Doherty Spartan Invitational Cross Country race, with both the Girls Varsity and JV teams coming in 1^st place; the boys Varsity team did very well coming 4^th place overall. Boys JV team came in 2^nd place. The girls varsity team had many top finishers, Chloe Cassens, 10, came in 3^rd place with a time of 20:04. Taylor Dutton, 9, and Madeline Morland finished together in a time of 20:11, with Dutton getting a half-step advantage at the end for 4th place, Morland was 5th. Faith Roth, 9, came on their heels and finished in 6^th place with a time of 20:15.

Girls JV also had 6 finishers in the top 10. Layla Roebke, 9, finished in 2^nd place with an overall time of 21:50. Isabella Janney, 9, came in 3^rd place finishing with a time of 22:14. Hannah Besse, 10, and Shauna Mackay, 9, finished in 5^th and 6^th places with times 22:54 and 22:58. Jackie Godec, 11, finished in 7^th place with a time of 22:58. Alese Abita  finished in 9^th place with a time of 23:21.

The boy’s teams also did very well with the JV team finishing in 2^nd place overall. Daniel Roth, 11, finished in first place with a time of 18:14. Mac Roberts, 9, finished in 4^th place with a time of 18:22.

The boys Varsity team came in 4^th place overall. Nicholas Vai, 12, was a top finisher in the race, finishing in 13^th place with a time of 17:06.

Congratulations to all of our Cougars!

The next stop for the cross country teams is the CSML championships on Thurs Oct 15 at Fountain-Fort Carson high school.