Sophomore Emma Thomas led the charge and finished in 5^th place in 21:40.85 at the Humboldt cross country meet on Monday, Sept. 23. 

The Boone girls placed 4^th out of 11 teams and scored 126 points. Fort Dodge St. Edmond won the meet with 61 points. 

The next finishers for the Toreadors were freshman Morgan Chesnut in 23^rd place in 23.57.43 and freshman Lynneah Pickering in 27^th place in 24:24.32. 

Other runners scoring points were sophomore Bry Morgan in 34^th place in 25:04.10, senior Emma Price in 60^th place in 26:48.55, and sophomore Poppy Malone 63^rd place in 27:22.86. 

Girls’ teams at the Humboldt meet included Fort Dodge St. Edmond, Humboldt, Iowa Falls-Alden/Ackley-Geneva-Wellsburg-Steamboat Rock, Algona, West Hancock-Ventura, West Bend-Mallard, Newell-Fonda, Estherville-Lincoln Central, Emmetsburg and Eagle Grove. 

The Boone boys finished in the middle of the pack at Humboldt and placed 6th of 11 teams with 168 points. Lake Mills won the boys race with 27 points. 

For the Toreadors, junior Dorian Myers finished 11^th in 18:55.92, junior Wyatt Johnson was 38^th in 20:57.65, and senior Kyan Lehman finished 39^th in 20:58.59 

Others scoring points were Sophomore Calvin Cook in 42^nd in 21:02.02 and sophomore Kam Lehman in 59^th in 21:53.50. 

Junior Simon Enabnit ended 63^rd in 22:00.95 and Sophomore Sam Chesnut finished 64^th in 22:03.77 

Teams competing at the boys meet were Lake Mills, Algona, Fort Dodge St. Edmond, Manson-Northwest Webster, Humboldt, Eagle Grove, Estherville Lincoln Central, Iowa Falls-Alden-Ackley-Geneva-Wellsburg-Steamboat Rock, Newell-Fonda and Pocahontas Area. 

The Toreador cross country teams will compete close to home next week on Tuesday, Oct. 1, as Ogden hosts a meet at the Don Williams Golf Course. 

-Jill Lutz reporting