The Great Meadow invitational in The Plains, Virginia, was the first invitational race for Freedom High School’s cross country team this season. Thirty-nine members of the Freedom cross country team ran on Saturday, Aug. 25.

Results/ Top Freedom Runner in event:

JV underclassmen girls: 5th place

Ruby Hunsaker, (10), 23:32, 18 points, 20th place

JV underclassmen boys: 3rd place

Joshua Gittelman, (9), 18:22, 4 points, 5th place

JV upperclassmen boys: 2nd place

Juan Figueroa-Badel, (12), 19:12, 6 points, 9th place

Varsity A boys: 8th place

Clark Smith, (11), 17:22, 19 points, 20th place

Varsity A girls: 6th place

Abby Church, (10), 19:51, 9 points, 11th place

Freedom’s next opportunity to run will be Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Rock Ridge High School starting at 4 p.m. On Saturday, Sept. 8, Freedom will participate in the Pole Green Classic at Pole Green Park Lane. The meet will start at 9 a.m.