The Cougars boys cross country team competed in the competitive Rick Weinheimer Classic with 4 of the top 5 ranked teams in the state going 1, 2, 3, 4. With fast competition, a good course, and perfect weather, it was a great day for racing. The young Cougar team finished 9th with their top 5 runners all under 16 minutes, and the 6th runner just over 17 minutes. This is only the second year the Cougars have had 5 under 17 with last year being the first, except the Cougars graduated 3 of the 5 under 17. Sophomore Braylon Mumaugh led the way with a 45th place finish with a new pr time of 16:29. Close behind was fellow sophomore, Henry Rahe, in 49th with a time of 16:33 which was a pr. Sprinting hard and closing the gap was junior, David Wasson who finished one spot, and one second behind Rahe. Wasson's time of 16:34 was the first time he was under 16 minutes. Sophomore, Bryce Cotterman, also broke 17 minutes for the first time finishing 66th in 16:54. Only one spot and one second behind was senior, Peter Hummel. Hummel also broke 17 for the first time with his time of 16:55. Freshman, Jack Wait, just missed breaking 17 with his time of 17:06 and 76th place. He ran the 2nd fastest time of any freshman Cougar on that course. Freshman, Otto Sickels, ran a huge minute pr, to finish 98th in 17:36. Senior Ben Flora tied his pr with a time of 19:04 finishing 148th. First year runner, sophomore Adam Shields, had over a minute pr to finish 154th in 19:13. Sophomore, Nick Ryba, in his debut season had almost a minute pr to finish 172nd in 20:08. In the JV race Junior, Frederik Gordon had an almost two minute pr to finish 77th in 19:41. Senior, Isaac Berty ran a 40 second pr to finish 103rd in 20:21. Sophomore, first year runner, Josiah Johnson, dropped almost 3 minutes to finish 144th in 21:51. Freshman, Hudson Flink, finished 159th in 22:27 dropping almost 40 seconds off his best time. Sophomore Kaden Tompkins also ran a pr finishing 170th in 23:15. Sophomore, Michael Peterson dropped 45 seconds from his time to finish 180th in 24:03. Senior, Brandon Peterson, in his first race ever ran 24:12 to finish 183rd. Senior, Gabe Zeinner, finished 209th with a time of 30:03. Here is a link to the results https://timingmd.net/Results/xc/cn_9_7_24/Race%20Length%20cni.html