Bennett Wins First XC Meet, Falcon Team Places Third

The Falcon runners started off their cross country season with an individual champion and third place team finish on Thursday in Wisner.

Sophomore Hunter Bennett won the varsity boys meet, crossing the finish line in 19:01 to lead the Elkhorn Valley team. Conner Klein placed 10th in the JV race with a time of 25:09.

Coach Janet Rood was pleased with her team's performance in their first outing.

"The boys team was only 3 points behind the 2nd place team, " Coach Rood said.

EV will travel to Norfolk Catholic for their next meet on Friday, Sept. 7.