Highland’s cross country team ran at the Mike Jay Invite at Columbus Junction last night, and the boys finished third.

Matt Eden led the way for the Huskies with a time of 17:21 to finish as the meet runner-up, while Evan Mahler was fifth with a time of 17:52. Other scorers were Keiffer Sexton in 14th, Zach Popham in 17th and Luke Mahler in 25th.

Highland finished with 64 points.

On the girl’s side of things, Amber Bean finished in 29th in a time of 21:00, and Bridget Murphy was 31st for the Huskies.

Highland runs at the Superconference meet at Wapello on Thursday.