Halstead, KS — Halstead 2025 Race Article On October 2nd, 2025 Goddard Cross Country raced in their 5th race of the season in Halstead, Kansas! Much excitement surrounded Halstead throughout the week as it was a course, we felt we could run some good race times on and get some good results! Traditionally the Lions race on Wedgewood Golf Course at this meet and this year the location was changed due to maintenance taking place at Wedgewood Golf Course. The course was unknown this year and it was exciting to see the new challenge that awaited this Lions! We had some excellent results yesterday especially at the JV level! At the Varsity Level runners will look to rebound and post improved times at Wichita Trinity! Link to Official Race Results: https://timerguys.com/2025-halstead-xc-invitational/ Link to Updated Spreadsheet with Everyone’s times ranked by Season Best https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yBW2y4xJiUZGgIOopPElF2CgMBIVH7YN6Lnmq_lQ00w/edit?usp=sharing Link to Race Photos Provided by Ben Povall https://www.flickr.com/photos/79531798@N05/albums/72177720329415846/ Highlights from Halstead: 1. 13/32 Runners (41%) ran either a new season best time or new personal record! 11 of these came at the JV level in addition to 2 varsity girls! 2. Out of the 13 Season bests/personal records ran 10 of them were new personal records! This means that 31% of our team ran a new all time best race time yesterday! 3. We had 7 runners earn medals yesterday for placing in the Top 25! Moving forward the Lions will have 3 days of rest to prepare for a full week of practice leading up to Wichita Trinity Saturday October 11th. Wichita Trinity is a highlight meet for the Lions as the energy will be high with a live DJ, cooler morning temperatures, and top-level schools to compete against! This meet will be our last regular season meet as the Lions move into post season competition with League and Regionals. GO LIONS!