The Wildcats ran against a loaded 3A field at the 43rd Mike Carr Invite hosted by Ballard. The Cats placed fourth out of 22 teams. No. 1 Pella placed 1st, No. 2 Gilbert placed 2nd, and No. 1 in 2A Des Moines Christian placed 3rd. Leading the way for Carlisle was medalist Ezra DeCleene (16:54 in 19th place). Ezra was followed by Kael Streeter (17:13 in 27th place), Kamden Brown (17:16 in 28th place), Brody Roth (17:20 in 30th place), Josh Lancaster (17:49 in 39th place), Chase Gach (18:02 in 46th place), and Talan Walstrom (18:08 in 51st place).
The JV Wildcats placed third out of 18 teams and were led by Judah DeCleene (18:36 in 10th place) and Mattix Benefiel (18:36.5 in 11th place). Following close behind were Ben Imhoff (18:41 in 13th place), Conner Hansen (19:00 in 18th place), Torren Walstrom (19:38 in 36th place), Alex Quinn (19:58 in 46th place), and Brandon Birech (20:07 in 50th place).
The Wildcats race again in Indianola on September 21st.