The Randolph Raiders had one of their biggest days of the season today, October 14th, as we hosted the Randolph Invitational. We hosted the event at John Hunt Park right here in Huntsville. After an early morning of setting up, it was a perfect day for running as we watched many of our runners set season best performances on our home course! There were just two races for the Raiders today beginning with the Varsity Girls 5K Large School division followed by the Varsity Boys 5k Large School Division.

The Raiders will next compete at the Huntsville Metro Cross Country Championships next Wednesday, October 18th at Palmer Park in Madison. The meet begins at 3:00 p.m., so be sure to get your parent conferences done early if you want to spectate!

Pictures can be found on social media, Instagram @raiderscctf and Twitter @Randolph_CC/T&F


INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM RESULTS:

Varsity Girls 5K Large School Division
The first race of the day for the Raiders was the Varsity Girls 5K Large School division. Anna Ragsdale was first across the line for the Raiders in a season best of 19:31 placing 13th. As at team, the Raiders finished 14th out of 22 teams placing just in front of rival JPII. Houston High School won the team competition by just 1 point scoring 89. Meredith Walker, Lily Shah, Lucy Zhang, and Parmida Amiri round out the top 5 for Randolph today. There were 262 runners in this race.

Varsity Boys 5K Large School Division
Racing second and last for the Raiders today was the Varsity Boys 5K Large School Division. Wright McManus finished first for Randolph today placing 17th with a time of 16:36 narrowly missing a personal best. Evan Shields, Jasper Howse, Davis Cook, and Wick Pfitzer made up the rest of our top 5 today. McCallie won the team competition with just 42 points. The team placed 17th out of 28 defeating 6A division rivals Fort Payne. There were 381 runners in this race.