The Alvirne High School Cross-Country team hosted the 21st annual Battle of the Border meet at the Hills House course on Saturday, Oct. 4.
The yearly 5,000-meter run featured hundreds of runners from New Hampshire and Massachusetts through the historic grounds across the street from the high school.
The results for the home boys’ and girls’ teams were outstanding, but the Lady Broncos had a ninth-place finish out of 14 teams and the boys’ finished at 17th in the 25 team field.
In the Girls’ varsity race, Broncos sophomore Olivia Cartagena crossed the finish line first for her team, taking the 18th spot overall with a time of 20:58.34.
Freshman Makenna Simpson came in at 30th place with a time of 21:21.34, second for the team. Freshman Charlianna Downey was 65th at 23:12.31, and senior Candice Bice had a time of 25:09.55 for 87th out of the over 100 runners competing.
The winner, Mikita Barry, from Bedford High School, finished with a time of 18:16.62.
The Alvirne boys’ top finisher was junior Ashton Rowe, coming in at 18:10.90 and placing in the 80th spot. Right behind Rowe was sophomore Camden Griffith at 83rd with a time of 18:20.40.
The winner, Jim Kelly of Lowell, had a time of 16:12.98.