The Montevideo cross country teams got the season off and running by competing in the Morris Invitational Monday.
The Montevideo girls finished third out of seven complete teams, while the Thunder Hawks boys team was seventh in an 11-team field.
Leading the way for the Montevideo girls was senior Hannah Ehling, who finished ninth.
Senior Aaron Erickson paced the Montevideo boys with a 19th-place finish.
Junior Chase Testa won the boys junior varsity race, and Adam DeZeeuw was the champion in the seventh-grade boys run. Trisha Jakobs won the eighth-grade girls race.
The next meet for the Montevideo harriers will be the BBE Invitational Sept. 9 at Brooten.
Morris Invitational
Boys Team Scoring
1. Marshall 53
2. Sauk Centre 78
3. Long Prairie-GE 85
4. Morris Area 95
5. Canby/Minneota 112
6. West Central Area 155
7. Montevideo 183
8. Paynesville 188
9. New London-Spicer 224
10. Ortonville 247
11. Breckenridge 294
Medalist: Kyle Toms, West Central Area, 17:12.32
Montevideo runners: (19) Aaron Erickson, 19:43,45; (36) Tyler Kuno, 20:42.80; (47) Jeremiah Lipinski, 21:37.59; (49) Calvin Pender, 21:43.25; (56) Robert Nelson, 22:15.40; (66) Justin Mortenson, 22:47.94; (69) Ben Richard, 22:57.32
Girls Team Scoring
1. LqP Valley/Dawson-Boyd 50
2. Canby/Minneota 55
3. Montevideo 73
4. Marshall 97
5. New London-Spicer 117
6. Benson/KMS 122
7. Morris Area 170
Medalist: Maren Greenwaldt, Sauk Centre, 16:17.05
Montevideo runners: (9) Hannah Ehling, 17:23.32; (18) Anna Carruth, 18: 03.28; (21) Heather Rickert, 18:34.89; (25) MaKena Hofer, 18:57.58; (31) Jaden Wamstad, 10:20.23; (34) Addie Reinert, 19:26.05; (44) Eleni Binsfeld, 19:57.24
