Wildcat cross-country teams take third, fourth in Cedar Rapids

The Columbus girls? cross-country team took third place and the Wildcat boys finished fourth in the Gold Division of Saturday?s Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational.

Senior Caitlin Chaney took eighth place in 17:59 to lead the Columbus girls, and sophomore Claire Hamilton was ninth in 18:14. Freshmen Grace Chapman and Ashley Canny finished 16

^th

and 17

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, respectively, and juniors Taylor Hills and Rebeca Neri were 19

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and 21

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.

Junior Eli Sents broke his personal record on the Prairie course by 52 seconds and finished 11

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in 18:40 to lead the Wildcat boys. Freshman Josh Keller, in his first high school race, came in 17

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in 20:52. Mitchell Roush finished 23

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, Dalton Howell was 24

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, and Jesus Amigon was 25

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.

?We had a good first meet,? Columbus head coach Steve Riley said. ?The competition couldn?t have been tougher, and we think it makes us a better team as the season goes on. I was happy with most of the races, and we have some things to work on.?

Monticello won both the boys? and girls? team races. The Monticello boys are the defending Class 2A state champions.