The Wauzeka-Steuben Cross Country team ran in a pair of meets last week. First up for the Hornets was the annual Goat Hill Classic at North Crawford High School last Tuesday, Sept. 15. The Hornet girls finished in fourth place as a team with 71 points, while the boys team did not have enough runners to place as a team.

In the girls race, the Hornets were led by a pair of top-10 finishes from Taylin Martin in sixth place (24:39) and Stella Walz in eighth place (25:06). They were followed by Alayna Martin in 16th place (27:31), Brynnlee Benoy in 19th place (28:28), Avery Kilburg in 22nd place (29:52) and Chloe Manning in 23rd place (30:06).

Senior Nolan Reed-Mullikin was the lone Hornet boy to run at the Goat Hill Classic, finishing in third place in a time of 20:00.

The Hornets traveled to Boscobel two nights later for the annual Greg Bell Memorial Night Meet at Kronshage Park. Wauzeka-Steuben placed 20th out of 23 teams in the girls race with 542 points while the boys team did not have enough runners to place as a team.

Leading the way for W-S in the girls varsity race was T. Martin in 81st place in a time of 23:26. She was followed by Walz in 97th place (24:36), Breileigh Trautsch in 108th place (25:24), A. Martin in 121st place (26:05), Benoy in 135th place (27:22), Kilburg in 144th place (28:31) and Manning in 148th place (28:48).

Reed-Mullkin finished the boys varsity race in 37th place in a time of 18:35 to lead the Hornets. Junior Cody Wagner placed 86th in a time of 20:11.

The Hornets are at tomorrow’s Prairie du Chien Invitational at the PdC Country Club at 5:00 p.m and at Saturday’s Fennimore Relays at the Hickory Grove Golf and Country Club in Fennimore at 8:30 a.m.