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CEDAR RAPIDS – Overnight rain showers made for a soggy course Saturday but couldn’t keep the West High girls cross country team from starting the season strong.

West High placed four runners in the top 12 on its way to the team title at the Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational, finishing 15 points in front of runner-up Cedar Falls.

West High Junior Bailey NockBailey Nock finished third in 20:07 and Claire Ronnebaum was sixth in 20:23 as West High finished with 50 points, 15 points better than the runner-up Tigers.

Gabby Skopec added a 10th place finish in 20:50 and Jessie Skopec was 12th in 20:52 as the third-ranked Women of Troy topped the 20-team field that featured five teams that appeared in the top 12 of the Class 4A preseason poll by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches.

Ninth-ranked Cedar Falls was second followed by No. 8 Waukee and No. 12 Linn-Mar.

Class 2A top-ranked Monticello was fifth and 3A No. 1 Pella was seventh.

Solon finished 18th with 486 points followed by Clear Creek Amana with 531 points.

Sophomore Kaylie Barker placed 32nd in 21:35 to lead Clear Creek Amana while Sophie Nicol finished 66th in 22:42 to pace Solon.

Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational
Team Scores – 1. West High 50; 2. Cedar Falls 65; 3. Waukee 120; 4. Linn-Mar 135; 5. Monticello 158; 6. Muscatine 162; 7. Pella 209; 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie 236; 9. Fort Madison 285; 10. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 292; 11. Marion 317; 12. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 320; 13. Cascade 339; 14. Anamosa 376; 15. Mason City 383; 16. Southeast Polk 393; 17. Cedar Rapids Xavier 430; 18. Solon 486; 19. Clear Creek Amana 531; 20. Maquoketa 616.

Individual Results – 1. Brina Kraft (MUS) 20:01; 2. Reagan Gorman (CRW) 20:04; 3. Bailey Nock (ICW) 20:07; 4. Sierra Howardson (FM) 20:07; 5. Hannah Frazee (CRP) 20:15; 6. Claire Ronnebaum (ICW) 20:23; 7. Mackenzie Michael (CF) 20:41; Paige Holub (MON) 20:42; 9. Jordyn Patterson (MON) 20:49; 10. Gabby Skopec (ICW) 20:50.

West High – 3. Bailey Nock 20:07; 6. Claire Ronnebaum 20:23; 10. Gabby Skopec 20:50; 12. Jessie Skopec 20:52; 25. Deniz Ince 21:10.

Solon – 66. Sophie Nicol 22:42; 88. Erin Kerkhoff 23:23; 100. Ella Duster 24:01; 114. Nicole Shafer 25:10; 118. Haley Kluesner 25:53.

Clear Creek Amana – 32. Kaylie Barner 21:35; 122. Ally Loren 26:19; 123. Olivia Fairholm 26:20; 125. Emilie Harder 26:47; 129. Danielle Wnek 27:38.