Martin turned in the best boys’ team score Wednesday in the Lawrence Tiger Invitational, but was disqualified because it did not field a full complement of five runners.
The Clippers came up with 28 points, but the host school won the competition with 32.
Martin ace Carsen Young, a state meet qualifier a year ago, was individual medalist with a time of 17:38, almost a half minute better than the rest of the field. Teammate Kyle Pallett was sixth at 19:47, Eli Dykstra ninth in 20:10 and Travis Marsman 16th.
The Lady Clippers placed third with 48 points. Zoie Tuinstra was sixth, Mercedes Morin 10th, Chloe Billington 12th, Isabelle Morales 14th and Aiaia Zamanillo 17th.
COVER PHOTO: Eli Dykstra (center) was just 10 seconds shy of breaking 20 minutes on the five-kilometer course.
