Golden Hawks take third at IMS Invitational

The Mid-Prairie boys? cross-country team took third place at Monday?s IMS Invitational at the Wellman Golf Course.

Mid-Prairie totaled 95 points and finished behind Vinton-Shellsburg, which won the meet with 27 points, and Solon, which had 71 points.

Sophomore Jared Draper and senior Jake O?Donnell placed ninth and 10

^th

, respectively, to lead the Golden Hawks, both crossing the finish line in 17:47. Junior Ty Feigenspan came in 17

^th

in 18:09. Juniors Wyatt Cady and Zeb Schwartz finished 29

^th

and 30

^th

, respectively, in 18:30 to round out the scoring. Freshman Ryan Errthum came in 34

^th

in 18:37, and junior Evan Wild was 41

^st

in 19:12.

The IMS boys? cross-country team finished ninth with 256 points. Senior Cody Miller placed 13

^th

in 17:54 to lead IMS, and sophomore Kirby Shetler was 28

^th

in 18:29. Sophomore Jacob Valov came in 59

^th

in a personal-best time of 20:22, and freshman Jacob Schmieder was 79

^th

in 22:01. Junior Richard Deming finished 85

^th

in a personal-best time of 23:49 to round out the scoring. Sophomore Kobi Russom came in 89

^th

in a personal-best time of 25:10, and sophomore Rex Yoder was 86

^th

in 25:46.

The Washington boys? cross-country team finished 10

^th

with 266 points. Junior Noah Lebsack came in 24

^th

in 18:23 to lead the Demons, and sophomore Curtis Vest was 47

^th

in 19:40. Senior Brandon Rhinhart finished 49

^th

in 19:49, and junior Austin Latcham was 65

^th

in 20:36. Junior Jiovanni Tapia finished 87

^th

in 24:10 to round out the scoring.

The Mid-Prairie girls? cross-country team took fifth place at the meet with 159 points. Senior Mallory McArtor placed 15

^th

in 16:37 to lead the Golden Hawks, and senior Tayler Foster was 29

^th

in 17:27. Freshman Hannah Van Roekel came in 33

^rd

in 17:43, and freshman Beth Chmelar was 42

^nd

in 18:16. Senior Summer Gracey rounded out the scoring with her 45

^th

-place finish in 18:28. Freshman Maddie Zahradnek finished 49

^th

in 18:34, and senior Leah Parrott was 55

^th

in 18:55.

The Washington girls were 10

^th

with 267 points. Sophomore Stephanie Loy finished 44

^th

in 18:25 to lead the Demons, and sophomore Sarah Greiner was 54

^th

in 18:50. Senior Kaitlin Buchholz came in 19 minutes flat, and senior Mariah Reighard crossed the finish line eight seconds later in 62

^nd

place. Senior Maddie Bohr?s 65

^th

-place finish in 19:21 rounded out the scoring. Senior Sara Conwell finished 75

^th

in 20 minutes flat, and sophomore Jennie Greene crossed the finish line 10 seconds later in 78

^th

place.

The IMS girls finished 11

^th

with 275 points. Sophomore Renee Buckwalter led the team with her 24

^th

-place finish in 17:17. Sophomore Riley Schmieder came in 31

^st

in 17:39 on her 16

^th

birthday. Senior Camila Segar finished 81

^st

in a season-best time of 20:54, and junior Alvard Mamikonyan was 85

^th

in a personal-best time of 22:10. Freshman Summer Schrock finished one spot later in 86

^th

with a time of 25:04.

Washington head coach Steve Roth was pleased with his squad?s performance at the meet.

?I had seven people who ran faster than they did last year at this time,? he said. ?We had some good, quality races.?

The meet was one of the tougher ones the Demons will run at this season.

?There was some great competition,? Roth said.

Now the Demons will prepare for the Southeast Conference meet in Fort Madison on Oct. 11.

?We have 10 days to get healthy and get ready for the conference cross-country meet,? Roth said. ?We have our two postseason meets coming up now. It?s nice to have 10 days off to get healthy.?