Newtown High School's girls' and boys' cross country teams won their races at the Winding Trails Invitational, in Farmington, on September 24.

The girls were led by third-place overall finisher Lu Hage, who came across the finish line in a time of 19:45 and Erin Tressler, who was fourth in 19:57. Maddie Findley placed 11th in 20:17, Camille Johnson was 12th in 20:18, Lauren Russo came in 16th in 20:22, Willow Pears was 45th in a time of 21:59, and Althea Paynter was 54th in 22:15.

For the boys, Joel Duval was fourth in 16:43, and Newtown had an eight-nine-ten finish with Brenden Reeds coming across in 16:48, Ryan Escoda in 16:48, just fractions of a second behind, and Christian Lestik in a time of 16:53. Dylan Lew was 24th in 17:30, Josh Bent placed 26th in 17:42, and Joey Conrod was 57th in 18:36.