Spirit Lake’s Alec Baldwin (above) took the top spot at Tuesday’s Spirit Lake Invite, while teammates Keith Byers and Will Norris finished second and third respectively. EDN photo by Matt Heinrichs

OKOBOJI — Individually the Spirit Lake cross country team was on fire at its home invite on Tuesday, unfortunately, the Indians struggled to find the necessary depth to eclipse Unity Christian as both Indians teams placed second. Alec Baldwin paced the boys team as the senior crossed the line in 16 minutes, 2 seconds for a first place finish while teammates Keith Byers and Will Norris finished directly behind him in 16:07 and 16:24, respectively. Kyle Anderson was the next Indian to finish as he crossed the finish line in 18:22 (30th) and Gabe McCoy rounded out the scoring with a 38th place finish in 18:58. Also running for Spirit Lake was Zach Skopec and Drew Brevik who finished in 18:59 and 19:12, respectively. Despite having the top three runners in the meet, the Indians fell 13 points short as Unity Christian won with 61 points.