The Milan cross country teams opened their season at the Saline Invitational Thursday and came home with some strong individual efforts.

Dylan Penzien led the boys with an 16th-place finish, just eight seconds off of his PR.

Cameron Garcia was 24th and Aiden McLean 25th, while Hank Bobicz was 30th.

The girls had a strong effort with three runners finishing in the top ten.

Madison Lancaster led the Big Reds with a seventh-place finish in 21:49.3 and Amerie Wilson was right behind in eight with a time of 22:02.2.

Kaily McDaniel rounded out the top ten with a tenth-place finish in 22:27.5 and Madison Ross was 22nd in 24:09.