Washington runners sweep titles

MARION - Cedar Rapids Washington runners swept the individual titles at the Linn-Mar Invitational cross country meet Saturday morning at Oak Ridge Middle School.

Freshman Reagan Gorman was the girls' champion, finishing in 20 minutes, 12 seconds. Cedar Rapids Kennedy's Hannah Fusselman was the runner-up, 4 seconds back.

Linn-Mar won the girls' title with 34 points. The Lions placed five girls in the top 10. Cedar Rapids Jefferson was second with 59.

Individual champ Samuel Eck led Washington to the boys' title; the Warriors scored 35 points and edged Kennedy by eight.

Eck finished in 17:17. Kennedy's Reece Linder was second in 17:33.

Washington got a 1-3-6 finish from Eck, Finbar Berry and Ian Hoover-Grinde.

LINN-MAR INVITATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY

At Oak Ridge Middle School

Girls Results

Teams - 1. Linn-Mar 34, 2. C.R. Jefferson 59, 3. C.R. Xavier 80, 4. C.R. Kennedy 81, 5. C.R. Washington 105, 6. Waterloo East 178.

Individuals - 1. Reagan Gorman (CRW), 20:12; 2. Hannah Fusselman (CRK), 20:16; 3. Meredith Koenigsfeld (CRJ), 20:33; 4. Amber Decker (LM), 20:48; 5. Maddie Mann (LM), 20:55.

Linn-Mar - 4. Decker, 5. Mann, 7. Morgan Garcia, 21:05; 8. Maddy Genskow, 21:15; 10. Rachel Bohnenkamp, 21:27.

Jefferson - 3. Koenigsfeld, 9. Sarah Hanna, 21:23; 11. Megan Ely, 21:39; 16. Adriana Hargrove, 22:58; 20. Caleigh Meyer, 23:11.

Xavier - 6. Jenny Dickes, 21:01; 15. Megan Lenss, 22:51; 21. Kiana Stanek, 23:21; 23. Alaina Marti, 23:28; 25. Lydia Brown, 23:38.

Kennedy - 2. Fusselman, 14. Hannah Peterson, 22:37; 19. Ali Meyer, 23:04; 22. Hannah Ratzer, 23:22; 24. Emily Manders, 23:35.

Washington - 1. Gorman, 17. Brett Visser, 22:58; 18. Serena Eck, 23:03; 33. Olivia Kennedy, 25:56; 36. Mekela Spence, 27:19.

Boys Results

Teams - 1. C.R. Washington 35, 2. C.R. Kennedy 43, 3. Linn-Mar 61, 4. C.R. Xavier 91, 5. C.R. Jefferson 113, 6. Waterloo East 189.

Individuals - 1. Samuel Eck (CRW), 17:17; 2. Reece Linder (CRK), 17:33; 3. Finbar Berry (CRW), 17:45; 4. Jonathan Francois (CRX), 17:47; 5. Derek Girling (CRK), 17:53.

Washington - 1. Eck, 3. Berry, 6. Ian Hoover-Grinde, 17:53; 12. Sam McDermott, 18:17; 13. Patrick Gorman, 18:20.

Kennedy - 2. Linder, 5. Girling, 8. Andrew Solsrud, 17:55; 9. Jackson Foley, 17:58; 19. Riley Patton, 18:40.

Linn-Mar - 7. Johnny Clymer, 17:54; 10. Dalton Gosch, 18:05; 11. Michael Mather, 18:07; 16. Colin Johnston, 18:31; 17. Kyle Gansen, 18:38.

Xavier - 4. Francois, 15. John Pape, 18:26; 18. Nicholas Lyon, 18:40; 23. Nolan Pithan, 18:58; 31. Grayson Walther, 19:35.

Jefferson - 14. Barrett Wise, 18:24; 21. Nate Homan, 18:48; 25. Mac Karr, 18:59; 26. Joseph Sibomana, 19:04; 27. Eli Sarantakos, 19:14.

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