The Brady cross country team competed against runners from across the state at the UNK High School Invitational on Sept. 28 at the Kearney Country Club.
Three Brady runners competed in the Class D girls' race. Zoe Johnson led the Eagles with a 13th-place finish out of 233 runners, earning a medal with a time of 21:28.5.
Violet Gentry finished 42nd, while Brooke Lydic placed 199th in the large Class D field.
The UNK Invitational gives runners an opportunity to compete on the same Kearney Country Club course that will host the Nebraska State Cross Country Championships later this month. More than 2,000 runners across all four classifications were expected to compete at the meet.
For Brady, the meet provided another opportunity to gain experience on the state course as the Eagles move closer to t…