Dallas Center-Grimes Cross Country teams put together a strong start to the season on Tuesday. 

The Mustang boys and girls cross country teams both took first place in their own Mustang Invitational at the Burnett Complex in Dallas Center. The boys team took first place out of 10 teams with a score of 34. Senior Jack Every ran a time of 16 minutes and 49 seconds and that time won the race. Sophomore Colin Mandernach placed second with a time of 17 minutes, and Elias Arbuckle took third place. 

The girls team placed first with a score of 30 points with an average time of 20 minutes. Freshman Piper Messerly took home the gold in first place with a time individually of 19 minutes and 29 seconds. Additionally, junior Maddy Stevens placed fourth with a time of 20 minutes and 17 seconds, and junior Emily Meyers took fifth place. 

The Mustangs will be back on the track for their next meet in Marshalltown on September 7th. 

Tonight was a good rust buster at home for us. We took home the Dub! JEvery – 1, Mandernach – 2, Arbuckle – 3, Ramsey – 13, GIbeling – 15, Pries – 16, Meggison – 22. We had fun. We gave our best. Much went well and we can look at plenty, too. Good.

And @DCGGirlsXC crushed it! pic.twitter.com/Beb99oc6bJ

— DCG Boys XC (@DCGBoysXC) August 30, 2023

 

DCG girls are team champions! pic.twitter.com/F2AxbadAKP

— DCG Girls XC (@DCGGirlsXC) August 30, 2023