New Bremen's Justin Eilerman, left, Versailles' Sam Prakel, second from left, Coldwater's Mike Seas, right, and Minster's Francis Slonkosky, second from right, run a tight race at the Lions Invitational on Thursday in Coldwater.

COLDWATER - The annual Gene Weber Lions Cross Country Invitational, due to its timing and location, is usually a good indicator of how the Midwest Athletic Conference, held a week later on the Coldwater course, could shape up. . . .