REGIONAL- The Ely girls and boys cross country teams finished near the top of the pack at the Paul Bauer Invitational in Grand Rapids on Tuesday, scoring fourth and fifth-place finishes respectively.
91 runners and 10 schools toed the line in the girls race, with Molly Brophy topping the pack for Ely with a fourth-place finish with a time of 21:07.2 for the 5K run. Mattie Linday was three spots behind in seventh with a time of 21:39.1. Isabella Macho was the other Ely runner finishing in the top half of the field, placing 28th with a time of 23:38.6.
Thirteen teams and 108 runners competed on the boys side, and all seven Ely boys finished in the top half of the field. Caid Chittum led the way in 13th place with a time of 18:16.3. Silas Slocum came in 22nd with a time of 18:43.2. Other places and times for the Wolves included Otto Devine, 31st, 19:03.1; Brooks Brenny, 32nd, 19:03.1; Mason Kurnava, 38th, 19:12.4; Oliver Hohenstein, 41st, 19:14.2; and Eli Olson, 19:53.1.