THS won the Perry-Lecompton Invitational convincingly Thursday with a low score of 25 at Topeka’s Hummer Park.

Solomon Carter and Parker Welsh placed second and third, respectively, in leading the Chieftains.

Carter finished with a time of 16 minutes, 50.15 seconds, while Welsh finished in 16:56.6. Jett Gilmore wasn’t far behind in fifth place. His time was 17:33.14. Piercen Eccles placed seventh with time of 18:03.42 and Elijah Weatherford ninth with an 18:10.80 time.

Huston Albert finished 23rd (19:42.74) and Ride Wilson 42nd (21:53.74).

Royal Valley’s Dominick Schnider won the individual title after finishing less than a second ahead of Carter. Schnider’s time was 16:49.26.

The THS girls had a strong day as well. Tonganoxie placed fourth as a team with 96 points.

Kara Johnson led all Tonganoxie runners with a fourth-place finish. She had a time of 20:29.42.

Brooke Nihart palmed 22nd with a 23:37.61 time and Taylor Liebeno 25th with a 23:51.6 time.

Autumn Wilson placed 27th (23:58.35), Gracelyn Barnett 35th (24:50.23), Elena Edholm 37th (25:07.18) and Kylee Cobb 43rd (26:15.5).

Paola’s Ella Needham won the girls race with a time of 19:52.12.

THS has the Pleasant Ridge Invitational on Saturday and then will compete in the Frontier League meet on its home course Oct. 17 at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds.

TEAM SCORES

Boys

1. Tonganoxie, 25; 2. Bishop Miege, 90; 3. Perry-Lecompton, 100; 4. Royal Valley 107; 5. Anderson County, 109; 6. Hiawatha, 139; 7. Jeff West, 141; 8. Atchison, 191; 9. Holton, 232.

Girls

1. Hiawatha, 53; 2. Bishop Miege, 56; 3. Paola, 85; 4. Tonganoxie, 96; 5. Royal Valley, 112; 6. Holton, 128; 7. Louisburg, 132