Boys Cross Country Roundup: West High Places Third at Cedar Rapids Prairie Invite
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West High had three runners place in the top 20 on its way to a third-place finish at the 22-team Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational on Saturday in Cedar Rapids.
Alex McKane, Ken Wilbur and Nicolo Schianchi all finished in the top 16 as West High finished behind host Cedar Rapids Prairie and Cedar Falls with 140 points.
Cedar Rapids Prairie won the team title with 58 points while Cedar Falls was second with 69. Clear Creek Amana placed eighth with 190 points and Solon was 16th with 466.
McKane placed 10th in a time of 17:11.3 to lead West High while Wilbur was 12th in 17:17.9 and Schianchi was 16th in 17:25.5.
Clear Creek Amana junior Brandon Barker led the way for the Clippers, finishing seventh in a time of 17:03.3.
The Clippers were the top non-4A school in the team standings, finishing 22 points in front of ninth place Marion.
Sophomore Gavin Zillyette was 25th in 17:46.7 and Caleb Alcorn was 26th in a time of 17:47.2.
Gabe Hinman placed 17th in a time of 17:47.6 to lead Solon.
Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational
At Cedar Rapids Prairie
Team scores – 1. Cedar Rapids Prairie 58; 2. Cedar Falls 69; 3. West High 140; 4. Western Dubuque 145; 5. Waukee 161; 6. Linn-Mar 179; 7. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 184; 8. Clear Creek Amana 190; 9. Marion 212; 10. Cedar Rapids Washington 282; 11. Muscatine 336; 12. Monticello 354; 13. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 383; 14. Mid-Prairie 387; 15. Mason City 451; 16. Solon 466; 17. Davenport Assumption 476; 18. Cedar Rapids Xavier 493; 19. Davenport West 517; 20. Fort Madison 576; 21. Cascade 597; 22. Anamosa 638
Individual leaders – 1. Jacob Green (CRK) 16:09; 2. Jack Pendergast (CRP) 16:25.7; 3. Dylan Dolezal (L-M) 16:25.9; 4. Kyle Ruby (WAU) 16:49.6; 5. Lewis Kleman (CRW) 16:54.8; 6. Brayden Burnett (CF) 17:01.9; 7. Brandon Barker (CCA) 17:03.3; 8. Hunter Kalous (CRP) 17:03.8; 9. Eli Smith (CF) 17:06.5; 10. Alex McKane (ICW) 17:11.3; 11. Alex Horstman (CF) 17:12.6; 12. Ken Wilbur (ICW) 17:17.9; 13. Andrew Bickford (CRP) 17:19.6; 14. Cade Messer (WD) 17:20.1; 15. Michael Goodenbour (CF) 17:24.3
West High – 10. Alex McKane 17:11.3; 12. Ken Wilbur 17:17.9; 16. Nicolo Schianchi 17:25.5; 47. Mohan Kumar 18:01.2; 55. Alex Wang 18:11.3; 62. Caden Noeller 18:19.7; 64. Raymond Yang 18:21.8
Clear Creek Amana – 7. Brandon Barker 17:03.3; 25. Gavin Zillyette 17:46.7; 26. Caleb Alcorn 17:47.2; 48. Jack Sexton 18:02; 84. Peyton Stadler 18:52.9; 93. Brandon McCarty 19:06.6; 95. Shiloh Robbins 19:12.3
Solon – 27. Gabe Hinman 17:47.6; 90. Ben DeValk 19:02.3; 104. Tyler Bilskie 19:20.9; 116. Oliver Burns 19:41.3; 129. Ty Becicka 20:21; 135. Nate Ferguson 20:35.3; 141. Brad Yeomans 20:56.8
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