Pekin sweeps at Mepo Invite

MEDIAPOLIS -- Pekin swept the girls and boys team titles at the Big Hollow recreation area south of Mediapolis with Lily Fariss and Lauren Dersheid finishing third and fifth while Colten Glosser and Brady Millikin took first and second, respectively.

Hillcrest's Leah Bontrager and Colby Harris celebrated birthdays Thursday at the Mediapolis cross-country invitational. Bontrager was second to Riley Duncan of Twin Cedars who won the race in 19 minutes, 57 seconds. Harris ran a personal best effort of 20:42 on the 4.91K course to finish 24th.

Madison Thomann of Highland was fourth.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES -- 1. Pekin 26, 2. Danville/New London 63, 3. Mediapolis 94, 4. Hillcrest Academy 98, 5. Central Lee 121, 6. Wapello 123

Hillcrest -- 2. Leah Bontrager 21:33, 15. Sarena Gerber 23:34, 37. Chloe Staley 26:24, 39. Taryn Leichty 27:07, 41. Julia Boller 27:15, 60. Ainsley Shaw 40:32

Pekin -- 3. Lily Fariss 21:42, 5. Lauren Dersheid 22:01, 8. Sarah Eubanks 22:44, 10. Sabrina Reneker 22:59, 13. Mia Clark 23:24

BOYS TEAM SCORES -- 1. Pekin 24, 2. Danville/New London 45, 3. Wapello 87, 4. West Burlington Notre Dame 120, 5. Central Lee 161, 6. Lone Tree 167, 7. Hillcrest Academy 183, 8. Louisa-Muscatine 189, 9. Mediapolis 219, 10. Holy Trinity 287

Pekin -- 1. Colten Glosser 17:37, 2. Brady Millikin 17:38, 5. Zack Wise 18:38, 6. Tanner Conger 18:40, 11. Gavyn Brown 19:30

Hillcrest -- 24. Colby Harris 20:42, 30. Will Kolck 20:59, 41. Owen Swartzendruber 21:41, 54. Collin Miller 23:02, 70. Jesse Slater 25:16