Blake Reed finished 52nd and Dain Yale 72nd for Junction City when the JCHS cross country team competed in Emporia on Saturday. They competed in the varsity boys race.

Coach Ryan Norton said the JV boys team finished fourth as a team. They were led by freshman Isaiah Smith, a freshman, who improved his time to 18:55 in his fifth place finish. Tristan Hicks finished 23rd in 20:15, Hayden Diestelkamp 33rd and Tate Miller 35th.

The JV girls finished in seventh place. They were led by Cassidy Eschliman in 25th, Murin Burkett 33rd, Dakota Dochenetz 38th and Madison Burke in 39th.