Racers charged off the line with grit and grace in tonight’s Autumn Evening XC Race. In this third race of the community series, runners returned to Course B for singletrack, ski trail, and a grueling climb up the S-Curves in the final mile. Adrian Owen of Team Sterling took the overall win in a time of 23:53, followed by teammate Antonia Cristofaro in 26:33. With fellow Sterling runner Corey Binks taking fourth in 27:13, Team Sterling ran away with the top spot in the team race this week.

Eloise Girard took third in the overall race in 26:49, breaking up the Sterling sweep and leading Team Singletrack Shredders to a second place finish in the team race. Teammates Hannah Dreissigacker and Sarah Keener ran to fourth (tie) and sixth place finishes in times of 27:13 and 27:26, respectively. It was a tight finish tonight, with Erin Magoon of Team Feed the Dream finishing just behind for seventh place in 27:33. Team Feed the Dream ran to a strong third place finish, with Sean Mack and Caroline Lawlor rounding out their team score. Colin Kurtz and Josef Kurtz of Team One Look Farmers also had a close finish, charging down the final stretch to claim an impressive time of 28:15 (another tie).

Full results for this Autumn Evening XC Race #3 can be found here. Team scores can be viewed here.

Next week we are back to our Championship XC Course, Course A (yellow race signs with blue arrows). The socially distanced, staggered wave start will set off at 5:30pm from the lower field. Want to join in on the XC action? You can find full details and registration for the series here.