The Newton Girls and Boys Cross Country teams hosted the Steve McDermott Invitational last night at Maytag Park. The Cardinals girls placed 2nd out of seven teams. The ADM girls took first with 29 points and Newton had 67. Ames and Atlantic were 3rd and 4th. Cardinal Freshman Audrey Muckler placed 5th with a time of 21:39.5. Senior Bella Winther ran the Maytag Park course in 22:22.3 and was 9th. The Newton boys placed 6th out of eight schools with 127 points. Sophomore Cooper Lenz was 13th in 18:00.5 and Junior Lance Zaabel’s time was 18:14.5 and finished 20th. Marshalltown won the boys meet with 50 points. The next meet for Newton’s boys and girls cross country teams is the Fort Dodge Invitational October 10th.