Crystal Lake Central's Cole Barkocy, Weston Sterchi and Brandon Tomasello finished third through fifth Saturday, leading the Tigers to a team win in the Harland Invitational at Fox River Park in Burlington, Wisconsin. Barkocy ran the 3-mile course in 16:05.94, Sterchi finished in 16:07.02 and Tomasello finished in 16:20.76.
Richmond-Burton took third as a team, led by Ryan Hommowun (16:51.87) in 11th and Nick Koschak (17:07.43) in 15th.
Other local leaders were Marian Central's Ryan Jones (eighth with a time of 16:28.79), Johnsburg's Tim Bertulius (12th, 16:56.66) and Marengo's Alex Leonard (20th, 17:24.93)
Prairie Ridge's Chloe Gale finished second Saturday at the Harland Invitational at Fox River Park in Burlington, Wisconsin, running the 3-mile course in 19:16.52. Gale finished 6 seconds behind the winner and helped lead the Wolves to a fifth-place team finish.
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Marian Central's Abigail Jones came in third with a time of 19:31.64, leading the Hurricanes to a third-place finish. The Hurricanes also got a 10th-place finish from Shelby Truckenbrod (19:59.3) and a 13th-place from Siobhan Stoll (20:32.1).
Richmond-Burton was fourth, with Emma Langlois in 12th (20:20.68) and Breanne Retherford in 14th (20:42.37).
Sam Schmitt ran a 20:45.74 to take 16th to lead Johnsburg. Hannah Secor led Marengo with a time of 20:53.4, coming in 20th. Crystal Lake South was led by Olivia Beckwith, who ran a 22:13.08 and finished 40th.
