West Bend West's Aric Miller (46) along with other teammates approach an opening along the path of the Slinger Cross Country Invitational at the Homestead Hollow Park in Germantown on Thursday afternoon. 
Sheboygan Falls bus driver Bob Anhalt kicks his feet up on the bottom step as he reads a book from his kindle as different cross country runners warm up for the Slinger Cross Country Invitational at the Homestead Hollow Park in Germantown on Thursday afternoon. 
The Kewaskum girls cross country team fire each other up before their race for the Slinger Cross Country Invitational at the Homestead Hollow Park in Germantown on Thursday afternoon. 
Slinger's Cassidy Wichman smiles as she begins the Slinger Cross Country Invitational at the Homestead Hollow Park in Germantown on Thursday afternoon. 
West Bend West's Erica Wanie (84) leads the girls cross country team around a turn during the Slinger Cross Country Invitational at the Homestead Hollow Park in Germantown on Thursday afternoon. 
Kewaskum's Caley McClyman makes a turn during the Slinger Cross Country Invitational at the Homestead Hollow Park in Germantown on Thursday afternoon. 
Slinger's Taylor Clyse approaches the finish line to take first place during the Slinger Cross Country Invitational at the Homestead Hollow Park in Germantown on Thursday afternoon. 
Slinger's Megan Wagner approaches the finish line during the Slinger Cross Country Invitational at the Homestead Hollow Park in Germantown on Thursday afternoon. 
The division one varsity boys run across a landscape of fall colors during the Slinger Cross Country Invitational at the Homestead Hollow Park in Germantown on Thursday afternoon.