LED BY Cale Pirtle’s 10th place finish, host team East Jackson placed sixth of 12 squads in the fifth annual Eagle Run Saturday.
Pirtle ran a season-best 17:48 to place in the top 10, while two other Eagle runners broke 19:00. Stuart Robinett ran an 18:08 to finish 16th and Vladik Staples finished with an 18:26 to take 25th.
Rounding out the scoring for East Jackson were Tyler Cone (46th, 19:21) and Noah Heuitt (47th, 19:24).
In the girls’ race, Kristen Whitlock led East Jackson to an eighth-place showing out of 10 teams by finishing 26th with a 22:55.
Following her were Courtney McDowell (35th, 23:12), Sheena McEachin (44th, 23:48) and McKenzie Parr (45th, 23:52).
