Cougar CC teams do well at Delphos meet

The Cougar harriers opened up their season at the Blue Jay Invitational this past Saturday. The boys’ team finished third, while the girls’ squad was a respectable seventh. It was a day were underclassmen led for the Cougars, as they raced with a split squad at the predominantly Division III meet.

Leading the way for the Cougar boys was freshman Connor Holiday, who took top honors on the day, cruising through the course in 16:58, which was good enough for the win. Holiday was followed by fellow freshman Reed Baxter in 18:03, and senior Nathan Williams in a time of 18:23.  Freshman Nick Keber  (18:26) and freshman Jordan Butler (18:31) rounded out the Cougar scoring.

On the girls’ side, Schelissa Williams was the top Cougar girl to cross the line, running the course in 21:23, good for a 17th place finish. Williams was followed by freshman Whitney Meyers in 22:40 (31st), freshman Becky Anderson in 23:22 (46th), sophomore Courtney Smith in 24:13 (61st) and sophomore Karlyn Koontz in 24:30 (66th).

The Cougars will be at full strength on Tuesday, August 31, at the Wayne Trace Invitational in Grover Hill.