Boys Cross Country Roundup: Liberty High Wins Team Title at Rich Engle Classic
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Liberty High had three runners finish in the top five on its way to winning the team title at the Rich Engle Classic on Thursday afternoon in Cedar Falls.
Liberty High finished with 82 points to edge host and 4A seventh-ranked Cedar Falls by one for the team title while 4A No. 9 Ankeny was third with 95 and No. 12 Urbandale was fourth with 104.
Clear Creek Amana finished 13th with 327 points.
Sophomore Aidan Decker led the Lightning with a seventh-place finish in a time of 17:19.1 while Jordan Robinson was 12th in 17:27.7 and Gavin Keeney was 13th in 17:27.3.
Ethan Keeney finished 22nd and Christian Montover was 28th for Liberty High.
Clear Creek Amana was led by Gavin Zillyette who finished 25th in 17:51.9.
Eli Nauman of Western Dubuque won the individual tile in 16:24.7 while Miles Wilson of Cedar Rapids Kennedy was runner-up.
Rich Engle Classic
At Cedar Falls
Team scores – 1. Liberty High 82; 2. Cedar Falls 83; 3. Ankeny 95; 4. Urbandale 104; 5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 139; 6. Western Dubuque 198; 7. Southeast Polk 217; 8. Waverly-Shell Rock 242; 9. Decorah 259; 10. Grundy Center/Glabrook-Reinbeck 278; 11. Dubuque Senior 322; 12. Waterloo 326; 13. Clear Creek Amana 327; 14. Mason City 345; 15. Valley Lutheran 389; 16. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 439; 17. Cedar Rapids Washington 496; 18. Dubuque Hempstead JV 512; 19. Dike-New Hartford 522; 20. Cedar Rapids Xavier 548; 21. Hudson 599
Individual leaders – 1. Eli Nauman (WD) 16:24.7; 2. Miles Wilson (CRK) 16:45.7; 3. Brayden Burnett (CF) 17:04.5; 4. Carson Owens (SEP) 17:10.9; 5. Levi Hill (ANK) 17:14.6; 6. Andrew Congson (WAT) 17:15.1; 7. Aidan Decker (ICL) 17:19.1; 8. Henry McMahan (CRK) 17:21.2; 9. Luke Hartman (CF) 17:25.1; 10. Jake Bosch (ANK) 17:25.4; 11. Nick Kepford (W-SR) 17:26.3; 12. Jordan Robinson (ICL) 17:27.7; 13. Gavin Keeney (ICL) 17:28.3; 14. Cole Leggett (URB) 17:33.9; 15. Breyden Christensen (MC) 17:34.3
Liberty High (82) – 7. Aidan Decker 17:19.1; 12. Jordan Robinson 17:27.7; 13. Gavin Keeney 17:27.3; 22. Ethan Keeney 17:46.3; 28. Christian Montover 17:54.9; 47. Logan Nelson 18:26.2; 73. Jonathan Kamba Keleka 18:26.2
Clear Creek Amana (327) – 25. Gavin Zillyette 17:51.9; 53. Jackson Schloss 18:32.6; 68. Brock Hilsman 18:48.5; 87. Cash Jensen 19:14.3; 94. Konner Kenne 19:20.2; 108. Fred Schultz 19:36.4; 109. Cameron Kimm 19:41
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