GIRARD Humboldt cross country opened its season in Girard on Thursday after rain canceled the squads season opener last weekend in Burlington.
The varsity boys finished third out of nine teams and the girls finished eighth out of eight teams.
Senior Seth Barlow led the Cubs finishing 19th with a time of 19 minutes, 49 seconds. Junior Luke Yokum (20:24) finished 27th, sophomore Thane Meadows (20:44) finished 30th, senior Caleb Coronado (20:48) finished 31st and freshman Drew Wilhite (20:54) finished 34th.
On the girls side, freshman Madi White led the way finishing 28th with a time of 25:26. Sophomore Zoey Wilson (28:40) finished 45th, senior Alex Melendez (28:45) finished 46th, freshman Peyten Galloway (29:15) finished 48th and freshman Katy Parker (31:41) finished 53rd.
We competed about how I thought we would at this time of the year, head coach Eric Carlson said. Seth Barlow put in some work over the summer and it showed as he ran the strongest race he has ever run. My girls all did a good job for such a young squad and the boys all did a good job of keeping up with each other.
For the junior varsity girls, junior Madi Wilson (35:11) finished 25th. For the junior varsity boys, freshman Cooper Woods (16:22) finished 34th and senior Noah Carson (28:48) finished 42nd.
Humboldt Middle School also competed in the meet. Eighth-grader Elizabeth Melendez finished first with a time of 15:42 with Leah Mueller following right behind in second with a time of 16:12.
Javyn Hess finished third for the eighth-grade boys with a time of 12:55 and Peyton Wallace finished seventh with a time of 16:14.
The Cubs will run again next Thursday in Wellsville.
