In the two weeks leading up to the Catholic Invitational, the St. Joseph's cross country team learned the ins and outs of the course for its first 5K of the season.

The preparation paid off with a first-place finish in the girls 5000m team standings, with six of the girls running a time of sub-20 minutes. The Redstickers had a team score of 54 in the 50th annual Pete Boudreaux '59 Catholic High Invitational on Saturday.

The layout at Highland Road Community Park changed for the first mile, but the rest of the course matched the same route the team ran in previous meets.

"Once they crossed the bridge," St. Joseph's coach Mark LaHaye said, "the rest was cake, because there's no change in the course."

There was also a marker at the 3-mile mark showing times that gave LaHaye's team an adde

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