Dexter cross country runs at Red Riot Challenge

ORONO — The Dexter Regional High School cross country team took part in Orono High School’s 2026 Red Riot Challenge Invitational on Oct. 10.

The Tiger boys scored 195 points to finish eighth among nine schools.

Senior Ian Saunders led by Dexter by coming in 26th among a field of 59 runners. He covered the 4,000 kilometer course in 16 minutes, 21.10 seconds.

The rest of the team was senior Joshua Plourde, 39th at 18:10.10; sophomore Geoffrey Decker, 45th at 18:37.90; sophomore Michael Irish, 50th at 19:05.20; and sophomore Liam Saunders, 52nd at 19:48.90.

Three Dexter girls ran at the Red Riot Challenge. 

Sophomore Elainah Hotham covered the course in 18:59.10 to come in 12th among 28 race entrants.

Sophomore Crystal Adkins finished 14th in 19:26.90. Senior Grace Jiang was 26th in 24:08.80

Full meet results are available at https://me.milesplit.com/.