The Northwestern cross country teams competed at the DeSales Invitational last weekend. The Tiger girls team finished fifth at the meet, while the Northwestern boys team finished seventh.

Rosalia Nestor finished seventh in the girls varsity race at DeSales to lead the Tigers. Teammates Emily Kistler (40th), Katie Furman (47th), Killian Scanlon (59th) and Charlotte David (60th) rounded out the Northwestern girls team score. Alaina Shurr (66th) and Alice Saltzer (67th) also competed in the varsity race at the meet.

Brandon Richards’ 14th-place finish led the Tiger boys team at DeSales with teammates Isaac Grubb (51st) Adin Breidinger (58th), Quentin Gutierrez-Kehm (71st) and Brady Furman (82nd) making up the rest of the boys team’s score. Michael Richards (92nd) and Logan Spotts (136th) were also part of the Tiger boys varsity team at the meet.

Upper Perkiomen’s Thomas Daub won the boys race at DeSales with Hershey taking the boys team title.

In the girls race, Jim Thorpe’s Logan Gillespie took the individual title with Hershey winning the team title.

The Northwestern girls team went 4-0 at a Colonial League multi-team meet last Tuesday at Moravian Academy. The Tigers earned wins over Palisades, (15-50), Saucon Valley (26-33), Notre Dame of Green Pond (22-37) and the host Lions (15-50).

Nestor took second place overall behind Southern Lehigh’s Caelee Lenhart. Kistler finished 11th overall, while David (13th), Furman (17th) and Scanlon accounted for the remainder of the Tiger team score.

In the boys race, Northwestern went 3-1 with wins over Palisades (15-50), Catasauqua (15-50) and Saucon Valley (19-41) while falling to unbeaten Southern Lehigh (23-34).

The Spartans’ Miles Etters won the boys race.

Richards led the Tigers with a third-place finish, followed by teammates Noah Griffith (6th), Grubb (10th), Breidinger (17th) and Gutierrez-Kehm (18th).