The Macomb High cross country teams headed to Black Partridge Park in Metamora Saturday to race in the 50th annual Gene Jones Runnin’ Red Invitational.
All races were 2.94 miles.
In the varsity boys competition, Macomb finished 13th out of 24 teams with a score of 344 points.
Senior Alex Simmons led the way for the Bombers, finishing 40th out of 293 runners with a time of 15 minutes, 56.7 seconds.
Sophomore Jackson Petitgout was 44th with a time of 15:58.6, followed by sophomore Landon Richards (72nd, 16:27.3), senior Eymen Tasdan (103rd, 17:05.6) and senior Marc Simmons (197th, 17:07.4).
Rounding out the results for the Bombers were junior Xander Merritt (157th, 18:17.8), junior Grant Potteet (227th, 20:03.0) and senior Cohen Hunt-Twomey (280th, 23:25.6).
Senior Thomas Jochum of Glen Ellyn Glenbard South won the race, posting a winning time of 14:20.4.
Mahomet-Seymour earned the team title with a low score of 127 points.
Macomb had just two runners in the varsity girls competition.
Senior Ava Weaver finished 61st, posting a time of 20:45.8.
Junior Sofia Cardenas-Roman finished 121st with a time of 22:31.2.
Bloomington High sophomore Lorelei Hulsong topped the field of 228 runners, recording a winning time of 17:42.5.
Mahomet-Seymour won the team title with a low score of 52 points.
The fresh-soph girls race saw Macomb finish fifth out of 10 teams with a score of 129 points.
Peoria Notre Dame led the way with a low score of 24 points, followed by Normal Community High (87), Springfield High (102), Eureka (123) and MHS.
A pair of MHS sophomores earned medals for their efforts.
Ella McKee finished eighth out of 112 runners, posting a time of 19:53.1. Meanwhile, Olyvia Clark also medaled, finishing 17th with a time of 20:37.7.
Khloe Diggs was 32nd for the Bombers (21:46.8), followed by freshmen Jalaine Archdale (35th, 21:52.5) and Jaidyn Sollenberger (50th, 22:28.1).
Rounding out the results for Macomb was freshman Chloe Dupoy (78th, 24:21.0) and sophomore Leah Gorman (90th, 25:38.8).
Canton sophomore Claire Fournier won the race with a time of 18:38.5.
The fresh-soph boys race saw MHS finish 20th out of 22 teams with 546 points.
Sophomore Owen Haley led the way for the Bombers, finishing 77th out of 243 runners with a time of 18:35.0.
Freshman Apurva Kapale was 143rd (19:50.5), followed by sophomore Colton Dawdy (167th, 20:35.5), freshman Braxton Gorman (169th, 20:38.0) and freshman TJ Steele (178th, 20:58.2).
Also running for Macomb was Ben Enroth (179th, 20:58.2) and sophomore Alaric Gordon (188th, 21:18.5).
Normal Community High won the team title with a low score of 51 points. The Ironmen were led by individual champion sophomore Liam Walles, who posted a winning time of 15:56.2.
Complete team and individual results from this meet can be found at the following link: https://www. athletic.net/CrossCountry/ meet/283994/info The Bombers will race in one final meet before regional competition.
On Oct. 17, the runners will head to Detweiller Park in Peoria for the Patriot Invitational.
The boys race is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. with the girls race to follow at 1:45 p.m.
