Cross country team battles wet weather

Twelve schools competed in this year’s Tom Dickey Cross Country Invitational hosted by Boone Central, a race that this year left runners muddied and soaking wet.

Athletes did what they could to embrace the chaos of the now unsure footing beneath them on every step of the course. Some schools that ran the course as a part of the Boone Central Invite just weeks earlier in blazing heat now had to adjust their stride just to keep moving forward and not lose their balance.