Naiya Ayers and David Botello-Ramos led the Jackson County Central cross country team to runner-up finishes at the Warrior Invitational on Monday.
Ayers finished second place by four seconds with a time of 21:59 in the varsity girls race.
Stevie Untiedt posted 23:01 to round out the top five. Carly Clark ran 24:17 in 15th place, Danica Wood ran 25:08 in 19th place, and Abigail Mohr ran 25:20 in 20th place for the JCC girls.
The Huskies collected 44 points to finish second as a team behind 36 points for Adrian/Ellsworth.
Sam Van Wyhe ran 28:30 in 31st place, Riley Peterson ran 28:44 in 33rd place, and Arya Olson ran 35:35 in 40th place for JCC among 40 varsity girls runners.
Botello-Ramos posted a time of 18:17 to take second place for the JCC boys.
Kayden Mitchell ran 19:24 in ninth place and Brycen Mitchell ran 19:50 in 10th place to round out five Huskies who earned a top-10 varsity finish. Grant Ambrose ran 21:23 in 17th place and Nolan Brinks ran 22:00 in 26th place to complete the JCC team score.
The JCC boys collected 59 points behind event host Murray County Central/Fulda with 32 points.
Gavin Tusa ran 22:15 in 27th place and Brandon Trainer ran 28:16 in 48th place among 49 varsity boys runners.
JCC won the junior high boys event and Ester Botello-Ramos tied for junior high girls race win.
Full results are available online.
The next scheduled event for the Huskies is the I-90 Invitational at Cedar Creek Park in Fairmont on Thursday.