St. Charles North boys cross country coach Kevin Harrington’s emphasis during practice this week on results, rather than times, paid off at Saturday‘s St. Charles North Invite held at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles.

Led by junior Sam Hill’s first-place finish in 15:02.55, the North Stars won the boys varsity race with 46 points. St. Charles North’s top five runs finished no lower than 18th.

“Our focus this week was racing, not time, so they really worked on racing,” Harrington said. “And it was very successful for them because they’re usually staring at their watches and you try to get them not to do that. But they just raced today, which was good.”

Senior Matthew Russell (15:28.22) finished seventh, followed by junior Christian Enger (ninth, 15:32.44), junior Logan Hitchin

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