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Liberty High is still relatively new to the Mississippi Valley Conference but the Bolts continue to make a name for themselves in one of the premier cross country conferences in the state.

The Lightning continued their MVC ascent on Thursday putting four players in the top 15 in a third-place team finish at a loaded Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet at Birdsall Park in Cedar Falls.

Aidan Decker, Keegan Decker, Jacob Madsen and Noah Gregoire all posted top-15 finishes as Class 4A No. 10 Liberty High finished third behind a pair of top-five ranked teams.

Fourth-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy won the team title with 40 points, 22 points in front of top-ranked Cedar Falls to headline a field that featured eight ranked 4A teams.

Liberty High was third with 96 followed by No. 12 Dubuque Hempstead with 120 points, No. 20 Cedar Rapids Prairie with 134 points and No. 13 City High with 149 points.

No. 15 Dubuque Senior was seventh with 153 points, No. 19 West High was eighth with 189 and No. 18 Linn-Mar was ninth with 197.

Aidan Decker led Liberty High with an eighth-place overall finish in a time of 16:24.6 while Keegan Decker was right behind in ninth place in a time of 16:30.7.

Jacob Madsen placed 11^th in 16:44.4 and Noah Gregoire finished 14^th in 16:48.4.

West High was led by junior Moustafa Tiea who finished fourth overall in a time of 16:10.6.

Adam Gray of Cedar Rapids Kennedy won the individual title in 16:04.4 while John Maloney of Dubuque Hempstead was second in 16:05.4 and Jacob Bruns of Cedar Rapids Kennedy was third in a time of 16:08.7.

City High was led by senior Owyn Noble who finished 16^th in a time of 16:49 and Linus McRoberts who was 21^st in 16:58.5.

Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet

At Birdsall Park in Cedar Falls

Team scores – 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 40; 2. Cedar Falls 62; 3. Liberty High 96; 4. Dubuque Hempstead 120; 5. Cedar Rapids Prairie 134; 6. City High 149; 7. Dubuque Senior 153; 8. West High 186; 9. Linn-Mar 197; 10. Dubuque Wahlert 311; 11. Waterloo West 326; 12. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 363; 13. Cedar Rapids Washington 384; 14. Cedar Rapids Xavier 455

Individual leaders – 1. Adam Gray (CRK) 16:04.4; 2. John Maloney (DH) 16:05.4; 3. Jacob Bruns (CRK) 16:08.7; 4. Moustafa Tiea (ICW) 16:10.6; 5. Ahmed Aldamak (CF) 16:13.4; 6. Luke Hartman (CF) 16:14.7; 7. Henry McMahan (CRK) 16:20.3; 8. Aidan Decker (ICL) 16:24.6; 9. Keegan Decker (ICL) 16:30.7; 10. Bennett Allred (CRP) 16:43; 11. Jacob Madsen (ICL) 16:44.4; 12. Reece Murray (CRK) 16:46.3; 13. Connor Martin (CF) 16:46.6; 14. Noah Gregoire (ICL) 16:48.4; 15. Calvin Lueken (DS) 16:49

Liberty High (96) – 8. Aidan Decker 16:24.6; 9. Keegan Decker 16:30.7; 11. Jacob Madsen 16:44.4; 14. Noah Gregoire 16:48.4; 54. Hayden Johnsen 17:44.8; 57. Will Thompson 17:45.9; 74. Maddux Johnson 18:53.7

City High (149) – 16. Owyn Noble 16:49; 21. Linus McRoberts 16:58.5; 35. Max McDowell 17:13.7; 37. George Karr 17:17.3; 40. David Randall 17:18.9; 42. Adam Schaefer 17:22.5; 53. William Karr 17:44.7

West High (186) – 4. Moustafa Tiea 16:10.6; 29. Cade Benson 17:07.9; 46. Michael Lee 17:33.7; 51. Brice Wahe 17:43.5; 56. Sam Showers 17:45.8; 62. Robert Stong 18:07.3; 63. Maxwell Bruss 18:07.8

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