Both the Jackson County Central boys and girls cross country teams compete at the Adrian/Ellsworth Dragon Invitational Tuesday. The boys were fifth in the team standings and the girls were sixth.
Evan Paplow led the JCC boys as he placed fifth in a field of 87 finishers with a 5K time of 18:03.78 and Elese Paplow led the girls as she was 13th out of 83 runners in 23:01.79.
The Huskies will run in the Big South Conference meet Tuesday at Cedar Creek Park in Fairmont.
Boys
Team standings
1. Worthington 54, 2. Luverne 61, 3. Butterfield-Odin 111, 4. Windom Area 113, 5. Jackson County Central 146, 6. Pipestone Area 169, 7. Murray County Central 170, 8. Springfield/Cedar Mountain 189, 9. Adrian/Ellsworth 193, 10. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 215, 11. Heron Lake-Okabena 261.
JCC results
87 finishers
Evan Paplow. 5th, 18:03.78; EJ Peterson, 22nd, 19:37.98; Alvaro Gonzalez Garcia, 35th, 20:33.55; Nolan Ambrose, 40th, 20:50.98; Brigan McCarthy, 53rd, 21:45.23; Kristoph Olsem, 65th, 22:57.42; Alex Mohning, 68th, 23:23.1.
Girls
Team standings
1. Murray County Central 34, 2. Luverne 56, 3. Pipestone Area 107, 4. Adrian/Ellsworth 123, 5. Windom Area 124, 6. Jackson County Central 145, 7. Springfield/Cedar Mountain 150, 8. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 197, 9. SWMCH-EHS 235, 10. Worthington 263.
JCC results
83 finishers
Elese Paplow, 13th, 23:01.79; Cora Pauling, 16th, 23:46.69; Taylor Schultz, 24th, 24:45.70; Cailee Pauling, 53rd, 27:05.97; Astrid Olsem, 55th, 27:16.74; Lily Johnson, 57th, 27:27.35.