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Cross country season opens at Newcastle

The Sundance Bulldog cross country team opened its 2022 season competing in the Newcastle Invite on Thurs., Aug. 25.

Four competed in the varsity/junior varsity boys 5000-meter race. Sophomore Angel Villegas finished 13th in the varsity division with a time of 22:07.33.

Sophomore Wyatt Flahaven finished in a time of 24:23.51. The lone Bulldog senior, Kort McLaughlin, crossed the finish line in a time of 24:55.89, while his brother, sophomore Jager McLaughlin, finished in a time of 25:13.09.

Four new junior high runners join the Bulldog team this season. Seventh-grader Rylan Asheim finished the...