Mid-Prairie girls run 1st, boys 5th in cross-country

MONTICELLO — Mid-Prairie sophomore Danielle Hostetler had a freshman close behind her in Saturday’s cross-country race, the 36th Monticello Invitational.

Hostetler won the race and her top-ranked (Class 2A) Golden Hawks won the team title, clipping the host Panthers, ranked sixth in 2A, by 14 points. Other ranked teams included No. 8 Western Dubuque, No. 12 Davenport Assumption, and No. 14 Center Point-Urbana in Class 3A, 2A’s No. 3 Tipton, No. 4 Jesup and 1A No. 9 North Linn.

Mid-Prairie boys finished fifth behind four ranked teams: two in Class 3A (No. 8 Western Dubuque and No. 18 Center Point-Urbana) and two teams ranked third (Tipton in Class 2A, Maquoketa Valley in 1A).

Hostetler edged Noelle Steines of Calamus Wheatland — 17 minutes, 56 seconds to 18:00. Third place was more than 1:39 behind Steines. Mid-Prairie senior Sydney Yoder was seventh in 19:53.

Thaddeus Shetler spurred Mid-Prairie with his third-place finish.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

1. Mid-Prairie 60, 2. Monticello 74, 3. Tipton 107, 4. Jesup 111, 5. Western Dubuque 116, 6. Center Point-Urbana 136, 7. Davenport Assumption 164, 8. North Linn 190, 9. Dyersville Beckman 211, 10. Springville 269, 11. Bellevue 291, 12. Anamosa 336

Mid-Prairie individual results

1. Danielle Hostetler 17:56

6. Sydney Yoder 19:53

13. Phoebe Shetler 20:19

14. Jaden Yoder 20:34

26. Abby Fleming 21:21

38. Annika Poll 22:15

51. Amara Jones 23:17

BOYS TEAM SCORES

1 Tipton 52, 2. Western Dubuque 63, 3. Center Point-Urbana 119, 4. Maquoketa Valley 125, 5. Mid-Prairie 143, 6. Davenport Assumption 155, 7. Monticello 199, 8. Bellevue 202, 9. Anamosa 211, 10. Jesup 245, 11. Cascade 253, 12. North Linn 268, 13. Camanche 344, 14. Dyersville Beckman Catholic 418

Mid-Prairie individual results

3. Thaddeus Shetler 16:41.5

20. Chandler Hershberger 18:08.8

31. Emmett Swartzentruber 18:34.5

44. Jayse Yoder 19:10.4

45. Preston Yutzy 19:12.9

50. Robert Nagy 19:17.5

60. Sam Yoder 19:42.3