Top-five finishes across the board, not surprisingly, led to corresponding team finishes for the Fulton and South Callaway boys' track teams at the Fayette Relays.
The Hornets (112.5 points) secured the varsity boys' team title, while the Bulldogs (86) claimed fourth place at Thursday's event held at Central Methodist University.
South Callaway (89.5) and Fulton (34.5) finished fourth and eighth, respectively, in the varsity girls' team standings.
"It's really exciting that we're off to this great start," Hornets head coach Jim Menderski said. "We had a number of kids match or beat their previous best marks.
"If they can continue to improve as the season wears on, it should be really exciting from a team and individual perspective."
Senior Sam Christensen supplied Fulton with one of its lone first-place finishes, winning the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 15.8 seconds. Fulton sophomore Tanner Steffen followed up in third place in :18.19 and took second in the 300 hurdles with a finish of :45.54.
Hornets senior Noah Given - competing in his first varsity track meet - won the boys' long jump with a leap of 20 feet, 5 inches. Junior Travis Dean was third in 20-2 1/2.
"Noah is a senior out for the first time this year and we always thought he'd be a really good track athlete and he came out and put up a really huge number," Menderski said.
Seniors Mason Shoemaker, Cory Hanger, Dylan Hare and junior Brandon Ward won the 400 relay for the Bulldogs in a time of :45.32, while Fulton's foursome of Christensen, Given, freshman Ammod Davis and junior Travis Dean placed third in :46.49.
Shoemaker (:11.11) was the runner-up in the 100, while Davis claimed fourth in :11.62. Shoemaker also took second in the 200 in a time of :22.92. Davis earned fifth in the race in :23.79.
Hanger garnered second in the 400 (:52.01), while Hornets sophomore Jared Eliuk clocked a :53.66 to grab fourth place.
Christensen notched second place in the high jump with a lead of 6-2. South Callaway senior Terry Miles finished fourth, clearing the bar in 6-0.
Bulldogs sophomore Bennett Hager registered second in the pole vault with a height of 11-6, while Fulton senior Noah Braun (11-0) took fourth.
Fulton senior Grant Gaines (5:02.19) and sophomore Chaz Ballard (5:13.62) collected respective finishes of fourth and fifth in the 1,600. Hornets freshman Mason Gaines (10:46.47) earned second in the 3,200, while fellow Fulton freshman Gabe Luebbert placed fourth in 11:48.08 and South Callaway freshman Austin Clubb clocked a fifth-place time of 12:00.66.
Davis, Eliuk, Steffen and sophomore Brandon Dews placed third in the 1,600 relay with a result of 3:45.56. Dews, Luebbert, Grant Gaines and Mason Gaines earned third in the 3,200 relay in 9:07.85.
Lady Bulldogs senior Hannah Oberdiek prevailed in the girls' long jump with a high of 17-4. Lady Bulldogs freshman Adrian Mann bested the field in the 800 with a finishing mark of 2:35.74.
The South Callaway quartet of Mann, Oberdiek senior Kailey Brooks and freshman Ashley Potter prevailed in the 400 relay in :53.06. Fulton's team of juniors Rachel Guse' and Maddie Tobias, and freshmen Shonny Hempfield and Kate Pani placed fifth in :56.27.
Lady Bulldogs senior Sarah Jennings took third in the 100 in :13.26. Pani followed with a fourth-place time of :13.3, while Oberdiek ran a :13.4, good for fifth place.
Oberdiek claimed second in the 200 at :27.6 and Mann's time of 1:03.89 in the 400 earned her runner-up recognition.
Lady Hornets freshman Sierra Bickle (:17.92) finished second in the 100 hurdles and Brooks placed third in the 300 at :52.99.
Fulton senior Alison Cerda took second in the discus with a heave of 99-8. Jennings (33-3) took third in the triple jump and cleared the high-jump bar in 4-10 to claim fourth.
Lady Hornets junior Michaela Huff earned fifth in the pole vault with a high of 6-6.
South Callaway junior Dariyn Finney, sophomores Caitlyn Chapman and Josie Mealy and freshman Greta Cross took third in the 3,200 in 11:42.36. Brooks, Jennings, Mann and Potter clocked a 4:32.95 to take fourth in the 1,600 relay.
Fulton runs at the Bowling Green Mini Medal meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday. South Callaway runs at Owensville at 4:30 the same day.