he Evanston High School cross country teams made the most of their home-field advantage last Friday, with both the Red Devils and Lady Devils winning the team titles at the Evanston Invitational, held at Purple Sage Golf Course.
“It was a good day,” said EHS head coach Nate Conrad. “We made some tweaks to the course, to make it a little faster, something the kids could enjoy a little bit better. The kids responded well to it. It was a little bit easier – times were a little quicker than last year – but not by much. Purple Sage is such a hard place to find a flat area where you can get three miles worth of running. But it was awesome, it was a lot of fun.”
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The Evanston High School cross country teams made the most of their home-field advantage last Friday, with both the Red Devils and Lady Devils winning the team titles at the Evanston Invitational, held at Purple Sage Golf Course.
“It was a good day,” said EHS head coach Nate Conrad. “We made some tweaks to the course, to make it a little faster, something the kids could enjoy a little bit better. The kids responded well to it. It was a little bit easier – times were a little quicker than last year – but not by much. Purple Sage is such a hard place to find a flat area where you can get three miles worth of running. But it was awesome, it was a lot of fun.”
Of the Top 10 boys’ finishers, seven were Red Devils, led by a second-place finish by Derek Parks (17:39.30). Hyrum Baxter (17:43.90), Paul Baxter (18:06.90) and Jamar McDowell (18:18.40) finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively, while Gideon Stahl placed seventh (18:29.20). Aidan Conrad (8th, 18:34.10) and Jaydon Welling (19:07.70) rounded out the Red Devils’ Top 7.