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Photos: Steamboat, Soroco XC runners at Moffat County Invite

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The Steamboat Springs boys cross country team is in the mix at the start of the Moffat County Invitational Saturday at Loudy-Simpson Park. Sailor boys placed fifth as a group in the event. The course was reworked from previous years to exclude Loudy-Simpson's southern hill. "I'm super-glad they got rid of the hill," said Steamboat senior Sonny Santino. "It felt like a really fast course this year, up there with Liberty Bell and Grand Junction. There were a couple corners and turns where I almost rolled my ankle, so it was tough."
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Steamboat Springs’ Gavin Hendricks makes a bid to pass an Aspen competitor in the final seconds of the Moffat County Invitational. Conor Devin led the Sailor boys cross country team, placing 7th, while Hendricks took 14th.
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Soroco runner Nick Clark heads for the finish line in the home stretch of Saturday’s Moffat County Invite. Clark placed second in the boys race and shaved one second off his previous best to clock in at 16:18.71. “I went out very conservative. I didn’t just go out straight, I stuck with the first-place guy (from Basalt) for about a mile-and-a-half,” Clark said. “I like to race with faster kids like that so I have someone to chase.”
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Steamboat Springs’ Carson Dressendorfer starts her second lap during the Moffat County Invitational. Dressendorfer placed 39th, while Sailor girls took third as a group in the event, led by Whitney Warnke at 20:26.31 in sixth place.
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Steamboat Springs’ Ayla Oslowski stays steady in the home stretch of the Moffat County Invitational.
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The Steamboat Springs Middle School boys cross country team takes the stage as district champions as part of the Moffat County Invitational. Langdon Devin won the 3K race at a time of 13:28.6, with Gabe Brunner, Beau Fleming, Flynn Oslowski, Arthur Keller, Phineas Walters and Oliver McCarthy all in the top 10 results. The Steamboat girls team also won the event, led by Elsa Engeseth in second individually. Emery, Kisila, Elizabeth Clayton, Kaia Shine and Lola Hendricks rounded out the girls top 10.
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Soroco’s Nick Clark poses with girlfriend Ava Elshere with a motivational sign she made to cheer him on in the Moffat County Invitational.
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Steamboat Springs’ Maddie Morris leads a wave of runners midway through the Moffat County Invitational.
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Steamboat Springs runners Anthony Maul, left, and Jacob Gonzales head into a turn during the Moffat County Invitational.
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Moffat County Invitational 5K — Routt County results

Steamboat Springs

Boys — 7. Conor Devin, 17:31.08; 14. Gavin Hendricks, 18:17.06; 20. Sawyer Landers, 18:36.82; 33. Quentin Nance, 19:09.39; 50. Jacob Gonzales, 20:10.16; 51. Ryan Becker, 20:12.53; 54. Anthony Maul, 20:21.67; 55. Jaxon Shaw, 20:22.11; 61. Dylan Gillespie, 20:43.29; 55. Jaxon Shaw, 20:22.11; 80. Sonny Santino, 22:34.81; 81. Marc Leblanc, 22:44.99; 85. Cooper Ross, 23:41.65; 92. Macgray Petty, 25:38.23. The team placed 5th overall.

Girls — 6. Whitney Warnke, 20:26.31; 9. Ayla Oslowski, 20:51.42; 20. Miya Lippuner, 22:27.4; 31. Lily Garey, 23:08.33; 39. Carson Dressendorfer, 23:52.96; 46. Hailey Znamenacek, 24:17.58; 51. Maddie Morris, 24:50.2; 52. Gigi Lobeck, 24:50.7; 62. Maya Fox, 25:57.39; 72. Quinn Loomis, 26:43.68; 82. Sadie Morris, 28:33.58; 86. Lily Williams, 29:45.15; 88. Elsa Damore, 31:14.2; 91. Charlotte Higgins, 32:24.25; 93. Violet Brodman, 32:59.4. The team placed 3rd overall.

Soroco

Boys — 2. Nick Clark, 16:18.71; 76. Luca Jaconetta, 22:22.72; 84. Graham Smith, 23:28.64; 89. Nolan Adrian, 24:36.19.

Girls — 15. Lupita Jaconetta, 21:42.22

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