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Class 3A fourth-ranked Solon opened its season with a runner-up finish at the 11-team Anamosa Invitational on Saturday on a warm and muggy morning at Anamosa Middle School.

Three Spartans finished in the top 12 as Solon finished behind Class 4A No. 18 Cedar Rapids Kennedy in the team race.

Sophomore Brick Kabela was fifth in a time of 17:32 and teammate Gabe Hinman was sixth in 17:51 as the Spartans finished with 76 points.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy had three runners in the top 10 led by individual champion Miles Wilson and won the team title with 47 points.

Washington was third with 78 points followed by Class 2A sixth-ranked Mid-Prairie with 94 points and Muscatine with 106.

Sophomore Michael Yeomans was 12^th for Solon in 1843 while senior Nolan Pauley was 26^th in 19:40 and classmate Ty Becicka was 27^th in 19:41.

Ethan McLaughlin finished 29^th for the Spartans in a time of 19:50.

Anamosa Invitational

At Anamosa Middle School

Teams scores – 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 47; 2. Solon 76; 3. Washington 78; 4. Mid-Prairie 94; 5. Muscatine 106; 6. Cascade 163; 7. Cedar Rapids Xavier 186; 8. Anamosa 192; 9. Maquoketa 267; 10. Springville 284; 11. Midland 316

Individual leaders – 1. Miles Wilson (CRK) 16:54; 2. Lance Sobaski (WAS) 17:05; 3. Henry McMahon (CRK) 17:07; 4. Thaddeus Shetler (M-P) 17:21; 5. Brick Kabela (SOL) 17:32; 6. Gabe Hinman (SOL) 17:51; 7. Payton Griebel (Bellevue) 18:11; 8. Aidan Armstrong (MUS) 18:18; 9. Micah Rees (WAS) 18:19; 10. Adam Knepper (CAS) 18:20

Solon – 5. Brick Kabela 17:32; 6. Gabe Hinman 17:51; 12. Michael Yeomans 18:43; 26. Nolan Pauley 19:40; 27. Ty Becicka 19:41; 29. Ethan McLaughlin 19:50; 34. Nate Ferguson 20:01

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