By Brenda Young
ROCKFORD — Two cross country meets, two second-place finishes.
Not a bad start to the season for Boylan, whose boys and girls teams combined to finish second at the Harlem Invitational under mild conditions on Saturday at Rock Cut.
On Wednesday, the teams finished second in their respective division at the Ben Newson Invitational at Searls Park.
Seniors Kayla Droessler and Matt Melloch led the Titans. Droessler finished second with a time of 15 minutes, 22 seconds in the girls junior/senior race, while Melloch took second at 16:14 in the boys senior race.
“We have started the season really well,” Droessler said. “We are all pretty excited.”
The 10-field meet was scored from the seventh lowest times from the boys and girls races. The top four overall team times went to Harlem at 229.32, followed by Boylan at 232.46, Burlington Central 234.41 and Freeport 254.14.
Burlington Central had won the meet for three straight years.
Harlem junior Leah Raffety won the girls junior/senior race with a time of 14.57 on the 2.5-mile course.
“I felt good,” said Raffety, who last year won the girls fresh/soph race. “It was a hilly course, but it was good. The cool weather was perfect for racing.”
Harlem’s team victory was also paced by a pair of brothers in Nick and Luke Miller, who both placed second in their respective races. Nick Miller finished second in the junior boys race at 15.41, while Luke Miller went 13:44 in the fresh/soph boys race.
Freeport sophomore B.J. Smith claimed the fresh/soph boys title at 13:39. Last year, he won the freshman race.
Christa Nordgren of Kirkland Hiawatha finished first in the fresh/soph girls race at 15:53.
Clint Kliem of Burlington Central followed up his sophomore win from last year, by taking the junior boys race at 15:23.
Ari Rothschild of Highland Park finished first in the senior boys race at 15:37.
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