West Chicago invitational was hosted by West Chicago HS. The Race for Awareness was at the Kress Creek Farm. The teams that were there included Joliet West, Joliet Central, Glenbard North, Streamwood, and West Chicago.

It was a success for us as varsity took 1^st as a team with a team score of 35. Geneva took 2^nd place with a score of 51, St. Francis took 3^rd with a score of 80, Glenbard North took 4^th with a score of 87, and finally West Chicago took 5^th with a score of 121.

Raul Rosendo of Joliet Central took 1^st place with a time of 16:06 for 3.1 miles. In 2^nd place was Danny McComb of West Chicago with a time of 16:14. In 3^rd place was Andre Martinez of Joliet Central with a time of 16:32. Recognize the following varsity runners: David Carter for taking 5^th with a time of 16:37, Oscar Tejeda taking 10^th with a time of 17:01, Ben Hallihan taking 17^th with a time of 17:24, and Francisco Saenz taking 21^st with a time of 17:37. Special shout out to Vicente Moreno for coming back after weeks of recovering from an injury and still doing an excellent job taking 16^th with a time of 17:20.

The Varsity girls cross country team also did an excellent job as they took 3^rd as a team with a score of 65. Coming in 1^st overall was Geneva with a score of 28 and in 2^nd place was Glenbard North with a score of 60. In 4^th place was West Chicago with a score of 105. Finally, coming in 5^th place was St. Francis with a score of 114.

                Coming in first for the Varsity girls race was Emma Ehrhardt from Geneva with a time of 19:14 in 3.1 miles. 2^nd place coming from Glenbard North was Alexia Trasha with a time of 20:08. Also from Geneva was Madeleine Nowak coming in with a time 20:14 taking 3^rd place. As for Joliet Central, Laisha Corona took 8^th as the first Joliet Central girls Varsity runner to pass the finish line with a time of 20:53. 2^nd place for Joliet Central was her sister Sheila Corona, taking 11 place overall with a time of 21:01. Behind Sheila was Andrea Gonzalez taking 13^th with a time of 21:11. Congratulations s to them for running a good race.