Mid-Prairie edges Highland to win home meet

The Mid-Prairie boys? cross-country team edged Highland by six points to win its home Golden Hawk Invitational on Tuesday at the Wellman Golf Course.

The Golden Hawks totaled 42 points to finish just ahead of the Huskies, who are ranked 11

^th

in Class 1A.

Senior Jake O?Donnell took second place in 18:08 to lead Mid-Prairie. O?Donnell finished less than four seconds behind Wilton?s Adam McNamara, who won the boys? race. Sophomore Jared Draper took fifth place in 18:16. Juniors Ty Feigenspan and Evan Wild came in 11

^th

and 12

^th

, respectively. Feigenspan finished in 18:36, and Wild crossed the finish line one second later. Junior Zeb Schwartz rounded out the scoring with his 16

^th

-place finish in 18:50. Juniors Wyatt Cady and Caleb Miller finished 17

^th

and 18

^th

, respectively. Cady crossed the finish line in 18:52, and Miller finished one second later.

Senior Matt Eden took third place in 18:10 to lead the Huskies, and sophomore Evan Mahler crossed the finish line two seconds later in fourth place. Freshman Tucker Hall placed sixth in 18:21. Freshman Keifer Sexton came in 19

^th

in 19:01, and senior Zach Popham crossed the finish line one second later in 20

^th

place to round out the scoring. Junior Josh Brase finished 25

^th

in 19:18, and senior Luke Mahler was 32

^nd

in 19:40.

IMS did not have enough runners for a team score. Senior Cody Miller took 10

^th

place in 18:30 to lead the team, and sophomore Kirby Shetler finished 15

^th

in 18:41. Sophomore Jacob Valov came in 49

^th

in 21:11, and freshman Jacob Schmieder was 60

^th

in 22:26.

The Mid-Prairie girls took second place at their home meet. The Golden Hawks totaled 42 points, finishing eight behind Muscatine.

Senior Mallory McArtor took second place in 16:51 to lead the Golden Hawks, and senior Tayler Foster finished fifth in 17:30. Senior Summer Gracey also finished in the top 10, taking ninth place in 18:24. Freshman Hannah Van Roekel came in 12

^th

in 18:42, and freshman Maddie Zahradnek rounded out the scoring with her 14

^th

-place finish in 19:01. Senior Leah Parrott finished 19

^th

in 19:09, and freshman Beth Chmelar was 24

^th

in 19:34.

IMS finished fourth with 87 points. Sophomore Renee Buckwalter took seventh place in 17:53, and sophomore Riley Schmieder was eighth in 18:23. Senior Camila Segar came in 33

^rd

in 21:04. Freshman Summer Schrock finished 41

^st

in 23:26, and foreign exchange student Alvard Mamikonyan was 42

^nd

in 24:30 to round out the scoring.

Highland had three girls run on Tuesday night. Sophomore Bridget Murphy came in 15

^th

in 19:01 to lead the Huskies, and sophomore Amber Bean was 23

^rd

in 19:31. Sophomore Nicole Miller finished 39

^th

in 22:51.