Saturday kicked off the championship season for Cross Country. The Lancers traveled to Goshen’s Ox Bow Park for the IHSAA Sectional 4 race. Despite temperatures in the low 40s, LaVille runners thrived in the first cool weather race of the season. Charles Tucker and Carson Sherman shaved nearly 30 seconds off their season’s best times, while Jace Janiak finished 45 seconds ahead of his personal best, putting the freshman trio sub-20 in the 5K race. Lead runner, Luis Garcia, also improved by 30 seconds, clocking in at 18:07.79. Garcia finished 47th out of 82 runners and secured a spot on the starting line for next week’s Regional race at New Prairie. Garcia advanced as an individual by being in the top 15 runners of a non-advancing team. The girls’ championship race begins at 11:15 CT (12:15 EST), with the boys' race to follow. Admission is $10 per person.