08/27/2026
Freedom Invite 2026
The Tigers High school and Middle school competed in their first meet of the year. The boys varsity fielded a team of 5 runners in a field of 37 runners for small schools and 69 total runners for small and large school combine. This was the first high school meet for all of Gillett’s boys and first cross country race for 3 of the runners. Leading the way for the boys was freshman Noah with a 2nd place finish (small school) and 10th place overall finish for large and small schools combined. Noah’s time was 18:13. Running 2nd for the Tigers was freshman Braxton with a 25th place finish (22:42). Third for the Tigers was Nolan 32nd (23:59), followed by Henry 33rd (24:00) and Brandon 34th (24:32). The Tiger boys took 4th place as a team in small schools competing against Brillion, Sevastopol, and Peshtigo.
The varsity girls are able to field a team this year. Leading the Tiger girls was sophomore Amanda 8th (23:28). Coming back for her senior season and from an injury that took her out of basketball and most of track season is Hope 12th (23:44). Taking 3rd for the team 20th (26:00) is sophomore Halle. Taking 4th for the Tigers is senior Maggie 35th (30:46). Rounding out the Tigers top 5 and coming back from injury is sophomore Sharlese 40th (32:36). The Gillett girls took 4th place out of 5 teams in small school.
The tigers had two girls compete in the JV race. Both girls are new to cross country and did great in their first time out. Freshman Bayli took 30th(29:58) and senior Harmony 32nd ( 30:10). There were 70 runners in the girls JV race.
The middle school boys team took 5th place out of 9 schools. The first 5 boys for the tigers were Jackson 5th (9:39), Carson 13(10:07), Johnny 14th (10:07), Reid 17th (10:16) and Colton 43 11:28). Also competing for the the middle school boys were Alex, Tobias, Gunner, Carter, Sawyer, Daniel, and Van. The boys have a young team and compete well.
The middle school girls had two runners competing. Autumn took 81 (15:27) and Olivia took 82 (15:32). There were 93 girls in the middle school race with many large schools competing along side small schools.
The season is brand new and full of opportunities. The Tigers are off to a strong start. Congratulations to all runners!