The West Noble girl's cross country team opened their season at the Elkhart Christian Hokum Karem this morning. Paired teammates alternated one mile wooded trail loops on the grounds of First Baptist Church in Bristol. Teams were scored by combining the times of their top 3 relay duos. After narrowly winning by 13 seconds last year the Charger girls ran away with the team trophy this year with an 11 minute margin of victory over runner-up and host Elkhart Christian. Concord took 3rd followed by Northwood in 4th. Individually, the Charger duo of sophomores Karla Dominguez and Lynden Chordas came in first place with a combined 6 mile time of 37:13 (6:12 mile avg). The freshman duo of Maggie Marin and Sara Aguilar came in 3rd place with a time of 39:12 (6:32 avg). The senior duo of Jacky Silva and Victoria Mendoza took 5th place in 39:32 (6:35 avg). Rounding out the varsity race with an 11th place finish was the duo of Monet Bieberich and Jennifer Salas-Gonzalez with a time of 43:34 (7:15 avg). In the JV race, the sister duo of Maryana and Olivia Troxel claimed victory. The Allison duo of Bloss and Giltner took 5th. The Chargers race their first 5K of the season on Tuesday at the "All Noble County Championship" meet hosted by Oak Farm Montessori in Avilla.