Boys Meet

Western won the invitational with 20 points. Host Carroll was second (53).

Western's Corey Scott (16:50) and Zac Martinez (17:30) finished first and second. Also for Western, Chris Love came in fourth (18:03), John Capps was sixth (18:10) and Kyle Starich was 11th (18:38).

Western coach Joe Orr used the invitational to fine tune his squad.

"It is kind of a way to run Tuesday to break up a practice," Orr said. "I wanted Love and Capps to have more of a scoring roll, so I held back two of my runners, and Starich did a good job in 11th place. Scott and Martinez led us, and they also did a good job."

Eastern was led by Ryan Horner placing ninth (18:29). Brett Buckmaster came in 22nd (19:56), and Luke Kimmel was 51st (23:41).

Girls race

Western used a balanced attack to run away with the top spot in the nine-team field. Western posted a score of 25 to easily better runner-up Carroll (49). Td-Central (124) came in fifth place.

Western put five put runners in the top 10.

Corianne Myer led the Panther pack with a second-place finish in 21:23. Jenn Elliott (21:28) and Ashley Gaskins (21:49) followed in third and fourth place, Kayla Gaskins (22:05) came in sixth place and Krissy Durr (22:37) took 10th.

Also for the Panthers, Kelsey Durr (23.59) and Bre Nicholas (24:04) finished 18th and 19th.

"I was really pleased with the girls," Western coach Heather Yentes said. `They are encouraging each other and working together, which is a part of being on a team, so that's good to see. We've had some tough practices, but they just need to keep focused on their goals."

Western runs Saturday in the highly competitive New Prairie Invitational.