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Class 4A No. 19 West High finished ninth behind seven ranked teams in a loaded field at the Southeast Polk Invitational on Thursday afternoon at the Southeast Polk Cross Country Course in Pleasant Hill.

Class 4A seventh-ranked Des Moines Roosevelt won the team title with 78 points while No. 11 Ames was runner-up with 94 and eighth-ranked Waukee was third with 97.

No. 13 West Des Moines Dowling was fourth with 116 points followed by No. 14 Southeast Polk, No. 16 Urbandale and No. 18 Waukee Northwest.

Dallas Center-Grimes was eighth with 161 points and West High was ninth with 191 points, 29 points of 3A No. 14 Atlantic in 10^th place.

Cindy Wang led City High placing 28^th in a time of 20:53.9 while Gabby Moniza was 33^rd in 2059.1 and Kate Van Waning was 36^th in 21:05.5.

Erinn Varga added a 37^th place finish for the Trojans in a time of 21:07.9.

Southeast Polk Invitational

At Southeast Polk Cross Country Course

Team scores – 1. Des Moines Roosevelt 78; 2. Ames 94; 3. Waukee 97; 4. West Des Moines Dowling 116; 5. Southeast Polk 132; 6. Urbandale 152; 7. Waukee Northwest 153; 8. Dallas Center-Grimes 161; 9. West High 191; 10. Atlantic 220; 11. Carlisle 253; 12. Des Moines Lincoln 378

Individual leaders – 1. Adrienne Buettner-Cable (DMR) 18:17.7; 2. Abi Hahn (DMR) 18:43.9; 3. Claire Helmers (AME) 18:47.8; 4. Marley Turk (AME) 19:02.2; 5. Taylor Barbour (SEP) 19:28.3; 6. Michelle McConkey (WAU) 19:45.7; 7. Liv Hall (WDD) 19:47.4; 8. Sophia Huber (URB) 19:50.9; 9. Lillian Sundet (WNW) 19:51.6; 10. Bella Webb (WAU) 19:57.6; 11. Norah Seeley (URB) 20:03.3; 12. Elena Gentry (DMR) 20:04.4; 13. Arianna Jackson (DMR) 20:04.4; 14. Maddy Stevens (DC-G) 20:09.5; 15. Libby Hartz (SEP) 20:09.8

West High (191) – 28. Cindy Wang 20:53.9; 33. Gabby Moniza 20:59.1; 36. Kate Van Waning 21:05.5; 37. Erinn Varga 21:07.9; 57. Minou Emmad 21:51.2; 63. Violet Clark 22:30.5; 72. Ijin Shim 23:20.2

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