Union teammates Jade Lawson and Erin Wendel paired together to place 1st and 2nd respectively in the girls 5k race. Lawson ran a 20:14 and Wendel ran a 20:16. Lawson and Wendel led the girl's race from start to finish. Sawyer Langston of Broome finished out the top three runners for the girls in 20:33. Head Coach Mike Massey and the Union girls captured the team title with 15 points over Eastside High School (50 points).
Trevor Storm of Union ran a 16:55 in the boy's 5k race to place 1st. Eastside runner David placed 2nd in 17:00 and helped the Eagles capture team title over Broome. The boy's race started at 9:30 a.m. with Storm and teammate taking the lead with Vass and Broome runner Grady Swofford rounding out the top three finishers (17:09). Vass took the lead from the Union runners shortly after 400 meters into the race. Storm finished twenty-five meters ahead of Vass. Vass passed Swofford of Broome with 400 meters to go in the race.
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