The Mustangs competed at the Titusville Rocket invitational on August 30th. At this meet, the varsity girls achieved first place by 2 points. The Mustangs were lead by Senior Maggie Jewell, who finished as the runner up with a time of 18:41. This time is a new personal best for Maggie, whose previous PR was 20:25. Congratulations Maggie! Behind Maggie was Junior Emily Blough, who finished 10th, and Freshman Addie Mausser, who finished 11th. Emily finished with a time of 20:10 and Addie finished with a time of 20:16, both of which were the girls personal bests. To finish off the top 5 for the Mustangs were sophmore Bella Beers, who finished 37th, and Senior Lucy Wallace, who finished 38th. Bella finished with a time of 21:51 and Lucy finished with a time of 21:54. Junior Ryleigh White was the 6th and final Mustang. Ryleigh placed 91st out of 148 girls with a time of 24:35. According to Coach Justin Reno, all of the girl's times at this meet significantly improved since last season.

There was only 1 varsity boy who competed at the Rocket invitational. This boy was freshman RJ Washil. RJ finished 103rd out of 213 with a time of 19:25, a new PR for RJ! Only 2 JR High boys competed in this meet, 7th Grader Garrett Nugent and 8th Grader Bentley Smith. Garrett finished 69th with a time of 11:12, and Bentley finished 120th with a time of 13:01. The JR race consisted of 137 total runners, who ran a distance of 1.55 miles! 

The JR High Girls followed after their varsity counterparts and also took 1st place overall! 7th grader Lily Mausser led the JR High Mustangs with a time of 9:56! Behind her was 7th graders Joselyn Sullivan, who finished 8th, and Emily Winger, who finished 13th. Joselyn finished with a time of 10:31 and Emily finsihed with a time of 10:36. To finish out the JR High top 5 is 7th grader Hailey Hallberg, who finished 24th, and 8th grader Madelyn Blough, who finished 27th. Hailey finished with a time of 10:58 and Madelyn finished with a time of 11:09. The JR High Mustangs 6th girl was 8th grader Kennedy Hackett. Kennedy, running her first ever JR High race, finished 94th out of 105 girls with a time of 15:02.

The Mustangs Cross-Country team will compete next Tuesday, September 2nd, at Home vs Jamestown! Following that meet, the Mustangs will travel to West Middlesex on Saturday, September 26th, to compete in the Big Red Invitational.

Congrats to all Mustang runners and good luck at next weeks meets!