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What a week for Clear Creek Amana freshman Haidyn Barker.

Barker capped an impressive five-day stretch with her second individual title of the week winning the Benton Invitational in a time of 20:11.7 on Saturday at Roundhouse Nature Trails in Atkins.

The freshman picked up the first win over her career on Tuesday with a title at the Tipton Invitational.

Barker followed up that win by edging runner-up Lauren Gray of Cedar Rapids Kennedy by less than a second on Saturday to win the individual championship at Benton Community.

The title from Barker helped Clear Creek Amana to a sixth-place team finish at the nine-team meet with 130 points.

Class 2A second-ranked Williamsburg won the team title with 33 points while 3A No. 10 Solon was second with 69.

The Spartans had a trio of top-10 finishers led by sophomore Emma Bock who was sixth in 20:38.2.

Kiersten Conway placed seventh in 20:41.7 and Mary Fiala was 10th in 21:20.2 to pace the Spartans.

Emily Coleman was 20th for Clear Creek Amana in a time of 21:55.8.

Benton Invitational

At Roundhouse Nature Trails in Atkins

Team scores – 1. Williamsburg 33; 2. Solon 69; 3. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 104; 4. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 104; 5. Benton Community 116; 6. Clear Creek Amana 130; 7. Independence 189; 8. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 219; 9. Vinton-Shellsburg 228

Individual leaders – 1. Haidyn Barker (CCA) 20:11.7; 2. Lauren Gray (CRK) 20:12.5; 3. Grace Schaefer (WIL) 20:22.8; 4. Megan Rathjen (WIL) 20:30.8; 5. Ruth Jennings (WIL) 20:36.8; 6. Emma Bock (SOL) 20:38.2; 7. Kiersten Conway (SOL) 20:41.7; 8. Taylor Winegarden (WIL) 20:49.8; 9. Audrey Frey (MV-L) 21:03.3; 10. Mary Fiala (SOL) 21:20.2

Solon – 6. Emma Bock 20:38.2; 7. Kiersten Conway 20:41.7; 10. Mary Fiala 21:20.2; 22. Ella Duster 21:58.7; 24. Kaia Holtkamp 22:00.3; 25. Nicole Shafer 22:00.7; 26. Meghan O’Neill 22:02.7

Clear Creek Amana – 1. Haidyn Barker 20:11.7; 20. Emily Coleman 21:55.8; 31. Kayla Jiras 23:00.4; 38. Karsyn Stratton 23:51.9; 40. Madeline Fox 23:59.7; 43. Avery Allan 24:11.9; 45. Allie Kounkel 24:24.9

Regina 12th at Luther College Invitational

Regina placed 12th in a loaded field at the 27-team Luther College All-American Invitational on Saturday in Decorah.

Class 1A No. 11 Regina finished with 370 points, missing a top-10 finish by less than 50 points.

Onalaska (Wisconsin) won the team title with 73 points while Class 4A No. 4 Dubuque Senior was second with 75 points.

4A No. 6 Dubuque Hempstead was third with 135, No. 7 Cedar Rapids Prairie was fourth with 142 and Bloomington Jefferson was fifth with 151.

Josie Voss placed 53rd in a time of 21:17.1 to lead Regina while Annalee Bartles was right behind Voss placing 54th in a time of 21:18.5.

Luther College All-American Invitational

At Luther College

Team scores – 1. Onalaska 73; 2. Dubuque Senior 75; 3. Dubuque Hempstead 135; 4. Cedar Rapids Prairie 142; 5. Bloomington Jefferson 151; 6. Linn-Mar 157; 7. Oregon 227; 8. Stewartville 273; 9. Decorah 273; 10. Champlin Park 321; 11. Charles City 353; 12. Regina 370; 13. Mason City 379; 14. Platteville 435; 15. Chatfield 450; 16. Crestwood 464; 17. Cedar Rapids Xavier 472; 18. La Crosse Central 473; 19. Austin 474; 20. Kee 475; 21. Waukon 518; 22. Westby 553; 23. Rochester John Marshall 554; 24. Osage 588; 25. Aquinas 636; 26. Lanesboro/Fillmore Central 652; 27. New Hampton Community 718 

Individual leaders – 1. Micah Poellet (L-M) 18:14.4; 2. Claire Edmondson (DS) 18:26.3; 3. Lillian Schmidt (DS) 18:38.4; 4. Amalia Malecek (ONA) 18:54.6; 5. Lydia Malecek (ONA) 19:07.3; 6. Gabby Cortez (CRP) 19:19.5; 7. Megan Lee (BJ) 19:21.1; 8. Megan Narveson (BJ) 19:21.6; 9. Chloe Skidmore (L-M) 19:27; 10. Billie Wagner (South Winneshiek) 19:30.9

Regina – 53. Josie Voss 21:17.1; 54. Annalee Bartles 21:18.5; 71. Mya Whitaker 21:51.4; 96. Kennedy Scott 22:27.8; 118. Josie Pursley 23:09.9; 176. Alex Spies 25:00.2; 185. Allison Hein 25:40.1

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