Carbondale, IL — The Lions posted another strong showing this Saturday at the Carbondale Invitational. The girls’ team finished 3rd, led by Lyla Seaman’s runner-up finish in which she improved her time from last week by over a minute. She was backed up by Lane Sambursky’s season-best, and a slew of teammates, 9 of whom set personal bests for the 3-mile distance. Mackenzie Reames and Isabella Seever had especially outstanding races, improving their personal best times by over a minute as well. The boys also continued their strong season, finishing 2nd and avenging their loss to Farmington (MO) from this meet last year. The lions were led by strong performances from August Anderson and the consistent duo of Alex DeRuntz and James Samples. Overall, 15 out of 18 boys set personal bests, including over a minute improvements from Ethan Shelby, Ashby Stottler, Ivan Stojanovski, Cannon Cervantez, and Grayson Slack. Carterville XC will be back in action at two races this week: the West Frankfort invitational on Thursday, September 11th, and the First to the Finish Invite on Saturday the 14th.