The Leon Fox Cross-Country Invitational named after the late Perry teacher/coach was held under nearly ideal weather conditions on Thursday on the Perry Country Club course. Dallas Center-Grimes won the boys’ team title and Ballard (Huxley) took the girls’ crown. The Perry girls were eleventh and the Perry boys tenth. Greene County was eighth in the girls’ standings, but had just two varsity boys, which is three short of qualifying for a team score. ADM was fifth in the girls’ race and ninth on the boys’ side.

Grace Stewart led the Perry girls with a 19th place finish in 21:50.46 for the five kilometers (3.1 miles). Others scoring points for the Jayettes were Julissa Calderon, 68th, 26:19.44, Darian McCord, 70th, 26:59.91, Alejandra Rivera, 73rd, 27:16.90, and McKinley Thompson, 75th, 28:02.64.

Perry’s top male finisher was Zach Thompson, 44th, in 18:55.55. Others scoring points for the Perry boys were Mario Cruz, 54th, 19:13.06, Alexis Macias, 56th, 19:14.86, Zach Stewart, 62nd, 19:31.22, and Dane McCarty, 76th, 20:36.11.

Olivia Hansen was Greene County’s top female finisher. She was 15th in 21:42.93, followed by Bailey Cunningham, 24th, 22:19.05, Ashlee Harmeyer, 41st, 23:50.72, Kassie Lamoureux, 67th, 26:16.55, and Izzy Bravard, 69th, 26:33.69.

The only two Greene County boys were Nick Killion, 77th, in 20:36.11, and Brian Hardaway, 82nd, in 20:57.04.

Girls’ team scoring:

Ballard 35, Dallas Center-Grimes 38, Winterset 107, Creston 136, ADM 180, Roland-Story 181, Madrid 194, Greene County 203, Boone 210, Bondurant-Farrar 250, Perry 284, Saydel 295

Boys’ team scoring: DC-G 37, Nodaway Valley 66, Winterset 114, B-F 123, Ballard 141, R-S 166, Saydel 180, Madrid 189, ADM 286, Perry 292*, Creston 292*, Boone 318*, Des Moines North 318*

(* asterisk indicates tie broken by higher finish from the sixth runner)