Tallassee's Woodrow Dean takes top spot in Opelika

For the second consecutive week, Tallassee’s Woodrow Dean found himself way in front of the rest of the pack at the finish line of his 5K cross country race. Dean grabbed first place out of 108 runners at the Opelika Invitational with a time of 16:42.32, finishing 30 seconds ahead of second place.

Stanhope Elmore’s Tajairus Brown closed out the top 10 in the boys race with a time of 18:26.01. Brown led the Mustangs to a third-place finish out of nine teams. Teammates Keegan Rafferty and DeMarco Ott captured 17th and 18th respectively, finishing within two seconds of each other and just over a minute behind Brown.