Fairbanks’ girls cross-country team placed third during Saturday’s Ohio Caverns Invitational.
West Liberty-Salem captured top honors during the 10-team race with 29 points.
Kenton was the runner-up with 80, followed by FHS-97, New Bremen-100, Bellefontaine-104, Benjamin Logan-158, Indian Lake-183, Wayne-207, Waynesfield-221 and Kenton Ridge-255.
Kalor Greve was the top Lady Panther runner. She placed fifth in 20:57.9.
Other FHS results were as follows:
-Adeline Fitzwater, seventh, 21:25.2; Kaidie Carstensen, tenth, 22:06.2; Linsey Eddy, 40th, 25:0707; Gracie Hubbs, 45th, 25:17.7; and Lilly Demeter, 55th, 26:26.2.
Tabitha Gaier was the lone Triad girl in the race. She was 76th in 28:45.8.
West Liberty also won the boys race with 29 points.
Bellefontaine was second with 51, followed by Wayne-171, Benjamin Logan-175, Emmanuel Christian-185, Fairlawn-206, New Bremen-223, Waynesfield-228, Upper Scioto Valley-230, Jackson Center-240, Kenton-241, Triad-259, Indian Lake-270, Graham-312 and Kenton Ridge-390.
Triad’s top runners were Eli O-Brien, 24th, 18:51.3; Tavin Yorgason, 39th, 19:33.4; Joe Ferguson, 53rd, 20:08.7; Zane Robison, 84th, 21:34.8; and Aaron Roy, 95th, 21:57.2.
Fairbanks did not have enough runners to compile a team score.
Aidan Groves was 41st, 19:43.3; Kyle Craig, 51st, 20:05; John Pastirzik, 99th, 22:04.5; and Nathan Parisk 11th, 22:43.5.
Fairbanks’ junior high girls placed seventh and Triad was eighth.
The Lady Panthers finished with 188 points and Triad notched 192.
West Liberty finished with 19 points to win the 10-team race.
Rachel Hoover was Fairbanks’ top runner. She was fourth in 12:49.2.
Shalyn Smiles led the Lady Cardinals with a tenth-place effort of 13:58.6.
Triad’s junior high boys placed seventh in the 11-team meet with 173 points.
West Liberty won the junior high boys race with 19 points.
Wyatt Robison of Triad was the second- place individual runner with a time of 12:05.8.
Fairbanks did not have enough runners to field a team score.
The Panthers’ top placer was Zeke Gingerich, who was 17th in 13:03.5.