ONEONTA- The Norwich Purple Tornado boys and girls varsity cross-country teams opened their season at the Dave ‘Flash’ Forbes invitational in Oneonta on Saturday September 11th. While neither team had enough eligible runners to record a score for team competition- there were several standout times that were recorded by each Tornado’s squad.

On the boys side- NHS senior Makaio Sutton was the first Tornado to cross the finish line placing 44th among the field of 129 runners in a time of 19:39 over the 5K course. Norwich junior Zander Sutton placed 82nd in a time of 21:39. Freshman Caden Sutton placed 104th for the Tornado in a time of 23:37, and Norwich senior Zach Russell placed 121st recording a time of 27:34.