GLADSTONE — The Gladstone boys grabbed the top three places, but couldn’t match Marquette’s depth in their own invitational cross country meet Thursday.

Marquette retained its title with 45 points, followed by Gladstone 61 and Newberry 78.

Senior Adam Bruce won the 3.1-mile course at Beauchamp’s Grove in 16 minutes, 24 seconds. He was followed by classmate Jake Strasler (17:34) and freshman Giovanni Mathews (17:40).

Manistique junior Alex Misniakiewicz placed fifth (17:45) and North Central senior Griffin Johnson was ninth (17:58).

The Marquette girls repeated as champions with 42 points, followed by Menominee 62 and Kingsford 101.

St. Ignace senior Elizabeth Becker won at 20:28. She was followed by Superior Central junior Danika Walters (20:40) and Munising senior Maddy Peramaki (20:46).

The summary:

Boys

Marquette 45, Gladstone 61, Newberry 79, Menominee 110, Rapid River 136, Escanaba 140, Stephenson 154, Manistique 203. North Central, Munising, Kingsford and Norway NTS.

Top 10 — 1, Adam Bruce, Gladstone, 16:24; 2, Jake Strasler, Gladstone 17:34; 3, Giovanni Mathews, Gladstone, 17:40; 4, Mathurin Gagnon, Marquette, 17:44; 5, Alex Misniakiewicz, Manistique, 17:45; 6, Ephram Evans, Newberry, 17:46; 7, Hunter Shepeck, Menominee, 17:55; 8, Hogan Nemetz, Marquette, 17:57; 9, Griffin Johnson, North Central, 17:58; 10, Moses Waite, Marquette, 18:04.

Girls

Marquette 42, Menominee 62, Kingsford 101, St. Ignace 105, Munising 107, Gladstone 130, Newberry 180, Escanaba 198, Stephenson 200. Superior Central, Norway, Rapid River, North Central and Manistique NTS.

Top 10 — 1, Elizabeth Becker, St. Ignace, 20:28; 2, Danika Walters, Superior Central, 20:40; 3, Maddy Peramaki, Munising, 20:46; 4, Delaney Sall, Marquette, 20:57; 5, Hayden Buck, Menominee, 21:03; 6, Sarah Kulas, Kingsford, 21:08; 7, Reegan Ketzenberger, Marquette, 21:09; 8, Lily Menghini, Marquette, 21:10; 9, Ericka Asmus, Marquette, 21:14; 10, Katie Anderla, Menominee, 21:23.