 At least partially due to the explosion in popularity of cross country at area middle schools, the Mount Carmel Invitational meet continued its impressive growth this year. More than 50 teams with nearly 1,300 runners descended on the old south golf course at City Park in New Orleans on Saturday, September 19 to test their skills under beautiful skies on a relatively dry course—relatively dry, that is, compared to the previous week's slopfest.
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 In the girls' elementary division, 21 teams competed, with the Louise S. McGehee school besting St. Dominic for first place. In the boy's division, Christian Brothers School used its "home field advantage" to top Lusher Charter School.
The Junior High Girls division saw Amanda Keller lead her Mount Carmel Cubs to a low score of 17 to win the team title ahead of Montgomery Academy, which made the trip from Alabama's capital for the meet. Brother Martin took the boys junior high title.
Mount Carmel made it a clean sweep in the varsity division, placing five girls in the top 15 runners to take the team title. Holy Cross brought home the team trophy in the boys' varsity division.
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 Overall, the day was a huge success. Coach Chris Kelley, along with assistants Ben Sines, Mary Erin Imwalle, Chris Williams, and Michelle Hymel, and a small army of volunteers, set up a state-of-the-art computerized scoring system, spun tunes on a makeshift jukebox, manned checkpoints along the course and served up refreshments at a well-stocked concession area, including a jambalaya that drew raves.
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