Heading into the home stretch

Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn cross country runners entered the home stretch of the regular season on Sept. 27, when they participated in the Alta-Aurelia Invitational at Alta Golf and Country Club.

The Hawks again competed against quality competition from area teams and continued to show improvement in their times compared to early-season performances.

Leading the Hawk girls was Madison Otto, who finished 12th with a time of 22:29. Kamryn Ebel finished 35th (25:34), Gracie Knobloch was 45th (27:35), and Ashleigh Vermeer (28:22) and Juliana Pasillas (28:23) were 49th and 50th, respectively.

In the gi...