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Keegan Decker won the individual title to help Liberty High to a runner-up team finish at the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet on Thursday at Irv Warren Golf Course in Waterloo.

Decker pulled away from the field and won the title in a time of 15:01.8, more than 25 seconds faster than runner-up Dominic Williams of Cedar Falls who was second in 15:27.2.

Led by Decker Liberty High had three runners in the top five and finished with 53 points, nine back of team champion Cedar Falls.

City High finished third with 86 points followed by Cedar Rapids Prairie with 121 and Linn-Mar with 154.

West High finished seventh with 199 points.

Sophomore Maxwell Kinzer and senior Tayson Cho each joined Decker with top-five finishes.

Kinzer was fourth in a time of 15:43.9 and Cho was fifth in 15:58.6.

Lars Hildebrand finished 18^th in 16:34.3 and Jens Strand placed 25^th in 16:47.3 for the Lightning.

City High had four runners in the top 20 on Thursday led by Andrew Hamilton who finished 10^th in a time of 16:11.3.

David Randall placed 16^th in 16:29.3, Clayton Terrill finished 19^th in 6:38.7 and Leif Eastlund was 20^th in 16:39.6.

West High was led by Jake Weiler who finished 13^th in a time of 16:26.1 while Lars Pressler was 44^th in 17:07.8.

Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet

At Irv Warren Golf Course in Waterloo

Team scores – 1. Cedar Falls 44; 2. Liberty High 53; 3. City High 86; 4. Cedar Rapids Prairie 121; 5. Linn-Mar 154; 6. Dubuque Hempstead 160; 7. West High 199; 8. Dubuque Senior 221; 9. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 243; 10. Dubuque Wahlert 249; 11. Western Dubuque 317; 12. Waterloo United 332; 13. Cedar Rapids Washington 395; 14. Cedar Raids Jefferson 399; 15. Cedar Rapids Xavier 464

Individual leaders – 1. Keegan Decker (ICL) 15:01.8; 2. Dominic Williams 15:27.2; 3. Cole Carrizales (CRP) 15:27.8; 4. Maxwell Kinzer (ICL) 15:43.9; 5. Tayson Cho (ICL) 15:58.6; 6. Burkley Ogreen (CRP) 15:59.1; 7. Owen Anderson (DS) 16:02.4; 8. Jeremy Gall (CF) 16:03.3; 9. Porter Myers (CF) 16:07.5; 10. Andrew Hamilton (ICH) 16:11.3; 11. Kyler Blanchard (CF) 16:17.6; 12. Henry Maloney (DH) 16:21.8; 13. Jake Weiler (ICW) 16:26.1; 14. Cody Strohman (CF) 16:26.8; 15. Cooper Adams (L-M) 16:28.1

Liberty High – 1. Keegan Decker 15:01.8; 2. 4. Maxwell Kinzer 15:43.9; 5. Tayson Cho 15:58.6; 18. Lars Hildebrand 16:34.3; 25. Jens Strand 16:47.3; 37. Colin Finch 16:58.9; 50. Charlie Brust 17;16.5; 77. Hans Hildebrand 17:41.9

West High – 13. Jake Weiler 16:26.1; 44. Lars Pressler 17:07.8; 45. Evan Merrill 17:11.3; 54. Zachariah Bruzek 17:20.9; 57. Eli Dunham 17:23.3; 62. Oluwadara Olaleye 17:26.4; 80. Ahmed Elbeshti 18:01.3

City High – 10. Andrew Hamilton 16:11.3; 16. David Randall 16:29.3; 19. Clayton Terrill 16:38.7; 20. Leif Eastlund 16:39.6; 21. Jasper McRoberts 16:42.7; 30. Sam Elliott 16:49.8; 36. Soren Elliott 16:49.8; 39. Malcolm Arnold 17:01.5

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