Despite challenging weather conditions during Saturday’s Division I district cross country meet at the Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Middletown’s Will Parsons felt like it was just another day at the beach.

Parsons described running in the rain and mud as “running in wet sand on a beach,” but whether or not he was freezing cold or sweating in the sun, the senior will get another opportunity to put an exclamation point on his final high school season.

Middletown Christian senior Becca Wheeler also earned one of the individual qualifying spots to the regional meet during Division III competition at Voice of America Park in West Chester Township on Saturday.