West High Boys Third at Prairie Invite

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CEDAR RAPIDS – The sixth-ranked West High boys cross country opened the season with a third place finish at the Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational on Saturday.

Host Cedar Rapids Prairie, ranked third in the Iowa Association of Track Coaches preseason rankings, won the team title with 61 points followed by No. 5 Waukee with 106 points and West High with 115.

Class 3A top-ranked Mount Vernon/Lisbon was fourth with 130 points while 4A No. 12 Cedar Falls was fifth with 133.

Freshman Kolby Greiner paced the Trojans with a fourth place finish in 16:50 while Ali Ali finished seventh in 17:12.

Clear Creek Amana finished 18th and Solon placed 19th at the meet.

Wyatt Sedlacek led Clear Creek Amana, placing 64th in 18:18.

Adam Smith paced Solon finishing 104th in a time of 20:00.

Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational
Team Scores – 1. Cedar Rapids Prairie 61; 2. Waukee 106; 3. West High 115; 4. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 130; 5. Cedar Falls 133; 6. Muscatine 137; 7. Marion 185; 8. Davenport West 204; 9. Cedar Rapids Washington 254; 10. Mason City 287; 11. Linn-Mar 290; 12. Pella 314; 13. Cedar Rapids Xavier 357; 14. Anamosa 384; 15. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 413; 16. Clear Creek Amana 425; 17. Monticello 435; 18. Fort Madison 483; 19. Solon 587; 20. Maquoketa 657.

Individual Results – 1. Sam Schillinger (CF) 16:24; 2. Jackson Lewis (WAU) 16:40; 3. Jeremy Fopma (MAR) 16:47; 4. Kolby Greiner (ICW) 16:50; 5. Alex Bautista (MUS) 16:52; 6. Myles Bach (MAR) 17:08; 7. Ali Ali (ICW) 17:12; 8. Jack Young (MV/L) 17:15; 9. Matt Lorenz (CRP) 17:16; 10. Max Laue (CRP) 17:16.

West High – 4. Kolby Greiner 16:50; 7. Ali Ali 17:12; 19. Andrew Murley 17:40; 42. Derek Nugent 18:13; 43. Jared Bailey 18:15.

Clear Creek Amana – 64. Wyatt Sedlacek 18:48; 71. Nick O’Connor 18:56; 91. Luke Wingert 19:27; 96. Cole Liebe 19:47; 103. Ben Oxley 19:59.

Solon – 104. Adam Smith 20:00; 106. Carl Richey 20:03; 114. Jorel Justus 20:15; 131. Luke Yetley 21:28; 132. Kenji Fisher 21:33.