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The 44th Bobcat Cross Country Invitational in Marshalltown turned into an individual showdown between the top four ranked runners in the state.

Kolby Greiner demonstrated why he sits at the top of that list.

The top-ranked runner in Class 4A, Greiner set a course record with a time of 15:23 on his way to the individual title at the Marshalltown Community College course on Thursday.

Greiner finished three seconds in front of third-ranked Matthew Carmody of West Des Moines Dowling while second-ranked Tim Sindt of Ankeny was third in 15:31 followed by eighth-ranked Anthony Pena of Pleasant Valley in 15:56 and Ankeny Centennial’s fourth-ranked Camden Cox in 16:05.

The title by Greiner helped West High to a fifth-place team finish in the 21-team meet with 138 points.

Top-ranked West Des Moines Dowling won the team title with 61 points followed by No. 2 Pleasant Valley with 74, West Des Moines Valley with 114 and Waukee with 126.  

Ethan Goers placed 26th for West High in 16:44 while Kyle Sulwer was 32nd in 16:52.

44th Bobcat Cross Country Invitational

Team Results – 1. West Des Moines Dowling 61; 2. Pleasant Valley 74; 3. West Des Moines Valley 114; 4. Waukee 126; 5. West High 138; 6. Dubuque Hemstead 158; 7. Ankeny Centennial 189; 8. Ames 216; 9. Ankeny 218; 10. Cedar Falls 252; 11. Urbandale 286; 12. Southeast Polk 286; 13. Des Moines Roosevelt 332; 14. East Marshall 427; 15. Marshalltown 508; 16. BCLUW 531; 17. Fort Dodge 542; 18. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 551; 19. Dike-New Hartford 553; 20. AGWSR 561; 21. Garwin 633.

Individual Results – 1. Kolby Greiner (ICW) 15:23; 2. Matthew Carmody (WDD) 15:26; 3. Tim Sindt (ANK) 15:31; 4. Anthony Pena (PV) 15:56; 5. Camden Cox (AC) 16:05; 6. Konnor Sommer (PV) 16:07; 7. Brandon Conrad (CF) 16:10; 8. Payton Marrs (URB) 16:12; 9. Habibu Moise (WDV) 16:13; 10. Will Ode (WDD) 16:14.

West High – 1. Kolby Greiner 15:23; 26. Ethan Goers 16:44; 32. Kyle Sulwer 16:52; 39. Ethan Trepka 17:00; 40. Yousef Salama 17:00; 52. Will Conrad 17:15; 64. Osman Salama 17:32.

Turnbough Second at Cedar Rapids Invite

City High sophomore Caden Turnbough finished second in a time of 16:21.18 at the Cedar Rapids Invitational on Thursday at Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids.

Turnbough led a trio of top-20 finishers for the Little Hawks as City High finished third in the team standings with 104 points.

Cedar Rapids Prairie won the team title with 49 points followed by Linn-Mar with 72.

West High finished 16th with 404 points while Liberty was 19th with 490.

Quenton Max placed 11th for City High in a time of 16:44.11 while James Momberg was 20th in 16:54.51.

Marion senior Jeremy Fopma won the individual title in 15:50.83.

Cedar Rapids Invitational

At Noelridge Park

Team Scores – 1. Cedar Rapids Prairie 49; 2. Linn-Mar 72; 3. City High 104; 4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 128; 5. Dubuque Wahlert 194; 6. Cedar Rapids Washington 209; 7. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 227; 8. Davenport West 228; 9. Marion 248; 10. North Scott 275; 11. Cedar Rapids Xavier 288; 12. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 322; 13. Muscatine 338; 14. Davenport North 353; 15. Bettendorf 402; 16. West High 404; 17. Waterloo West 456; 18. Davenport Central 465; 19. Liberty High 490.

Individual Results – 1. Jeremy Fopma (MAR) 15:50.83; 2. Caden Turnbough (ICH) 16:21.18; 3. Dylan Dolezal (LM) 16:24.82; 4. Jack Pendergrast (CRP) 16:27.16; 5. Mike Jasa (CRP) 16:28.25; 6. Colin Johnston (LM) 16:29.26; 7. Andrew Wright (DW) 16:32.02; 8. Robert Laue (CRP) 16:34.89; 9. Davis Flogel (DW) 16:41.24; 10. Trent Long (LM) 16:43.28.

City High – 2. Caden Turnbough 16:21.18; 11. Quenton Max 16:44.11; 20. James Momberg 16:54.51; 34. Eric Thomas 17:18.49; 37. Owen Jones 17:22.08; 51. Mitchel Wilkes 17:35.63; 60. Lucas Firmstone 17:48.73. 

Liberty High – 57. Peter Woodward 17:41.49; 75. Jack Kinzer 18:12.42; 114. Caleb Schillinger 19:20.92; 120. Spencer Knight 19:44.22; 124. Dylan Schmidt 20:05.69; 127. Nicholas Moore 21:00.94; 131. Ja. Gallman Ringing-Shie 23:27.37.

West High – 66. Isaac Miller 18:07.76; 70. Micah Bailey 18:08.68; 80. Daniel Neese 18:20.28; 81. Ian Prescott 18:20.6; 107. Hunter Bagen 18:50; 111. Tysen Skopec 19:01.5; 121. Owen Millers 19:55.85.

Girls

Nock Sets Course Record To Win Cedar Rapids Invite

Another meet, another victory for Bailey Nock.

The West High senior and top-ranked runner in Class 4A set a course record on her way to the individual title at the Cedar Rapids Invite at Noelridge Park on Thursday.

Nock’s winning time of 18:18 was 13 seconds faster than runner-up Micah Poellet of Linn-Mar.

West High finished second in the team standings with 101 points, eight behind team champion Dubuque Wahlert.

City High had three runners in the top 25 and finished third with 108 points.

Senior Colleen Bloeser joined Nock in the top-10, finishing seventh in a time of 19:34.

Amelia Morrow led City High finishing 13th in a time of 19:56 while teammate Esti Brady was 14th in 19:59.

Kinsee Brands placed 25th in 20:18 and Bridget Brown was 30th in 20:23 for City High.

Cedar Rapids Invitational

At Noelridge Park

Team scores – 1. Dubuque Wahlert 93; 2. West High 101; 3. City High 108; 4. Pleasant Valley 110; 5. North Scott 117; 6. Linn-Mar 139; 7. Cedar Rapids Prairie 220; 8. Ames 232; 9. Bettendorf 258; 10. Muscatine 260; 11. Marion 275; 12. Cedar Rapids Washington 293; 13. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 328; 14. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 373; 15. Cedar Rapids Xavier 418; 16. Davenport Central 434; 17. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 489; 18. Davenport West 564; 19. Waterloo 568.

Individual results – 1. Bailey Nock (ICW) 18:18; 2. Micah Poellet (LM) 18:31; 3. Trinity Borland (BET) 18:56; 4. Gabby Moran (DW) 19:10; 5. Lauryn Meyer (CRP) 19:24; 6. Presley Case (NS) 19:24; 7. Colleen Bloeser (ICW) 19:34; 8. Kendall White (CRP) 19:35; 9. Sydney Lear (PV) 19:36; 10. Lilly Geelan (LM) 19:37.