Some went to the Roughrider Invitational, some went to Hughson Supercross and all came away with some solid times from the cross country events.

Roughrider Invitational, Friday, October 18 at Woodward Park, Fresno:

The varsity girls took sixth place overall as a team in their 5k event, with Kayden Legan finishing 14th in 20:01, Hannah Beth Norman taking 21st in 20:38 and Kassidy Fmura 40th in 21:35.

It was an 11th place finish for the varsity boys in their 5k, paced by Simon Appel, 16th in 16:49, Caleb Cavanaugh 18th in 16:52, Dominic Robles 68th in 17:58.

Hughson Supercross, Saturday, October 19 at Hughson High School:

Running a 4k, the top finishers for the Oakdale varsity girls were Kali Jericoff running the course in 19:40, Haleigh Flores 21:13, Victoria Becerra 21:41.

Top performers for the varsity boys on the 4k course were Cesar Flores 16:18, Fabian Gonzalez 17:22, Josh Elting 17:39.

At the frosh-soph level, leading the boys were Dax Daley, with a first place overall finish in 14:21, followed by Nathan Luca in 16:36, Adam Jones at 17:48.

“We were able to send some of our top kids to Fresno to run on the state meet course against a very talented field. We get better running against top notch competition and that is what the Roughrider Invitational provided for us,” noted coach Guy Fowler. “On Saturday, the rest of the team ran a challenging old school course in Hughson. This meet provides barriers and a mud hole the athletes have to run through. It is a fun race but challenging at the same time. We are right where we want to be as far as our training is going and should be ready to put forth our best race of the season on October 30 at the VOL League Championship Meet at Woodward Reservoir.”