Rock Bridge girls track and field ran away with the team title with 121 points — 48 clear of second-place Timberland — at the McCullough-Douglas Invitational on Saturday in Festus. The Rock Bridge boys also won the team title.
Altogether, the Bruins racked up eight first-place finishes and a total of 16 top-three finishes in 15 different events.
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