Christensen runs first at Gladwin cross country invite

  • Gladwin’s Elijah Christensen rolls to the finish line first at the Cedar Bend Invitational Saturday at the Gladwin County Recreation Area.
    Gladwin’s Elijah Christensen rolls to the finish line first at the Cedar Bend Invitational Saturday at the Gladwin County Recreation Area.

    GLADWIN

    Gladwin senior Elijah Christensen has set and then broken his own school record so far this season, but one goal kept eluding the Flying G’s top cross country runner.

    Winning a race. That all changed Saturday when Christensen finished first in a time of 16:15.43 at the Cedar Bend Invitational at the Gladwin County Recreation Area.

    “He’s done a lot already, but this was the first time he was a…