Sophomore Emma Thomas finished 10^th and was named a medalist for the Boone cross country team at the Ballard Invitational in Huxley on Monday, Sept. 16. 

The Toreador girls finished 8^th and the boys finished 9^th in Class A. 

Freshman Lynneah Pickering placed 36^th for Boone in 24:45.3, while sophomore Bry Morgan placed 38^th in 24.54.9. 

Rounding out the scoring for the Toreadors were freshman Morgan Chesnut in 42^nd place in 25:19.9 and sophomore Poppy Malone in 48^th place in 27.15.6 

Junior Dorian Myers led the way for the boys and finished in 25^th place in 19:17.3. 

Next in line were sophomore Calvin Cook in 45^th place in 20:42.6, senior Kyan Lehman in 53^rd place in 21:38.3, sophomore Sam Chesnut in 54^th place in 21:41.3. 

The remaining runners earning points were sophomore Kam Lehman in 56^th place in 21:52.6, junior Simon Enabnit in 59^th place in 21:55.6 and sophomore Pearson Lampe in 61^st place in 22:17.7.  

Other teams competing in Class A were Adel-DeSoto-Minburn, Bondurant, dear Bondurant-Farrar, North Polk, Ballard, Winterset, Indianola, Webster City and Atlantic. 

Winterset won the girls’ meet while Adel-DeSoto-Minburn won the boys’ meet. 

Next week Boone will run at Humboldt on Monday, Sept. 23. 

• Jill Lutz reporting