The West Prairie/Southeastern High School cross country teams headed to Carthage Tuesday to participate in the Charger Invitational at the Carthage Public Golf Course.
The boys competition saw WP/SE finish second out of six teams with a score of 58 points.
LVC took top honors with a low score of 42 points, while Pleasant Hill finished third with a score of 83 points.
Ayden Lacey led the way for the Cyclones, finishing seventh out of 58 runners, posting a time of 18 minutes, 40.5 seconds for the three-mile race.
Milo Rodeffer was 12th (19:59.8), followed by Payton Totten (16th, 20:35.6), Connor Griswold (18th, 20:59.4) and Ezra Bithos (23rd, 22:00.3).
Rounding out the results for WP/SE were Mason Sorrells (29th, 22:50.2), Jacob Foust (51st, 27:00.3) and Cashton Shipman (58th, 31:17.0).
South Fulton sophomore Karter Chenoweth captured the individual title, posting a winning time of 16:39.2.
In the girls race, WP/SE had just four runners, one runner short of fielding a full team.
Layla Dallefeld finished 15th of the 39 runners taking part, completing the three-mile race in a time of 25:44.2.
Emmalyn Wilson was 23rd (28:14.1), followed by Daylee Smith (24th, 28:18.0) and Alice Heinzel (29th, 30:36.6).
Monmouth United’s Hayven Rundle won the race in a time of 19:18.5. She finished nearly a minute and a half ahead of runner-ip Rebecca Reed from Pleasant Hill (20:46.6).
Complete team and individual results from this meet can be found at the following link: https://www. athletic.net/CrossCountry/ meet/283749/info The Cyclones will next race in the Illinois High School Association Class 1A Regional at Spring Lake Park in Macomb on Oct. 24.
