Manchester senior Emma Hurst placed fifth overall out of 58 runners in last weekend’s Ripley Cross-Country Invitational. (Photo by Crystal Roberts)
By Mark Carpenter
People’s Defender
The 2024 middle school and high school cross-country season got off to a big start on Saturday, August 24 as all four schools from Adams County sent runners down by the river to compete in the 2024 Ripley Cross-Country Invitational. The tough course at Ripley is always a challenge to runners, but a dozen schools from the area saw their runners complete their respective races.
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