Photos by Kris Abodeely

Marion had a narrow victory over Mount Vernon-Lisbon at the West Delaware Boys Cross Country meet Oct. 4. Marion had 74 points, while Mount Vernon-Lisbon had 76. Conner Smock of Lisbon-Mount Vernon was second in 16:24, and finished first for his team.

RESULTS WEST DELAWARE INVITATIONAL–Boys

Teams

1. Marion 74, 2. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 76, 3. Western Dubuque 101, 4. Tipton 140, 5. West Delaware 151, 6. Center Point-Urbana 181, 7. Cascade 218, 8. Waverly-Shell Rock 257, 9. North Fayette 266, 10. Dyersville Beckman 274 11. Benton Community 286, 12. Anamosa 292, 13. North Cedar 320, 14. Independence 328, 15. Edgewood-Colesburg 355, 16. MFL MarMac 449, 17. Oelwein 463, 18. Alburnett 487, 19. Maquoketa Valley 504, 20. East Buchanan 549

The Mount Vernon-Lisbon girls cross country team came in third at the West Delaware meet Oct. 4. Western Dubuque won the meet with 57 points, Prairie had 67, and Mount Vernon-Lisbon had 70. The top finisher for MV-L was Kendra Schmidt, who was 8th place with a time of 16:24.

Results Girls West Delaware Oct. 4
Teams:
1. Western Dubuque 57, 2. CR Prairie 67, 3. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 70, 4. Benton Community 124, 5. Waverly-Shell Rock 129, 6. North Fayette 166, 7. West Delaware 187, 8. Anamosa 209, 9. Edgewood-Colesburg 209, 10. Marion 232
11. Independence 279, 12. Oelwein 336, 13. Dyersville Beckman 361, 14. East Buchanan 394

Top Individuals

1. Dakota Tell (Western Dubuque) 15:13, 2. Arden Betzer (Springville-CC) 15:27, 3. Bree Gaster (CRP) 15:38, 4. Mariah Kauder (Cascade) 15:39, 5. Abby Heiderscheit (Western Dubuque) 16:08, 6. Madison Weekly (Benton) 16:15, 7. Ashley Mills (Benton) 16:21, 8. Kendra Schmidt (MV-Lisbon) 16:24, 9. Kari Fitzpatrick (Ed-Co) 16:25, 10. Stacey Krull (Waverly-SR) 16:26

The next Cross Country meet will take place Thursday, Oct. 13, at Mount Vernon High School at 4:30 p.m. (This is a change–no longer at Hillcrest!)