The Washington cross country team makes their way back to the courses this fall and the Demons are going to look for their top runners from last year to step up again this year for the girls, while the boys will look for a new top runner.

Emme Keith, Mariah Howard and Stephanie Loy are the top three runners from last year’s team, with Keith finishing in 30th at the regional meet last season.

For the boys, Curtis Vest will be the top returning boy, with Owen Horak and Jarek Brown behind him to make the top three returning runners.

Washington starts things off on September 2nd at IMS, and will hold their own meet on September 30th that will include Fairfield, Ft. Madison, Keokuk, Highland, Keota and Sigourney.

The Demons will run conference at Old Threshers in Mt. Pleasant on October 16th, more than a week after their last regular season meet. Districts and regionals is on October 23rd.