Newtown High School’s girls’ and boys’ cross country teams hosted races on the course next to Reed School on October 5.

The girls beat New Milford 21-36, and Stratford and Kolbe Cathedral of Bridgeport each by 15-50 scores.

Emily Litke was the top overall finisher in a time of 21:18. Clara D’Amico was third in 22:08, Grace Chiriatti fourth in 22:35, and Britta Petersen fifth in 23:12. Ella Hage placed eighth in a time of 24:00, Grace Lyons was tenth in 25:06, Chloe Karnas 11th in 25:15, and Alexa Norton 12th in 25:16.

In the boys’ meet, Newtown fell 43-16 to New Milford and defeated Stratford 20-43 and Kolbe 21-40.

Aidan Budge clocked in at 18:21, Sam Staubly 18:49, Colby Harrell 18:57, Dan Sibley 19:06, Stephen Sibley 19:18, and Mitchell Schrader and Jeremy Pankow both had times of 19:25.