Opening the season at the Haltom Six Mile Relay, the Lady Eagles placed three teams in the top 33, including a fourth place spot for the top team. And the boys added an eighth place finish for one team and 40th for the other.
Decatur's 38:32.90 was just 42 seconds out of the lead as 58 girls' teams competed.
Decatur's next team finished in 40:43.87 and was 11th, while the third team recorded a 43:58.47 to place 33rd.
There were 72 boys' teams involved. Decatur ran the course in 33:58.61 behind a winning time of 31:02.62 by Flower Mound, which also had the second fastest time.
