Photos: River Valley Conference cross country meet

Savannah Blake

Oct. 12, 2021 7:58 pm, Updated: Oct. 21, 2021 2:06 pm

Boys 5k varsity winner Bellevue’s Payton Griebel gives other runners high-fives at the end of the finish line at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Boys varsity runners make their way around the track at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie varsity runner Danielle Hostetler runs past the finish line to place first in the girls varsity 5k race with a total time of 19:21 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Sydney Yoder runs towards the finish line and places second with a time of 20:31 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

The Monticello girls varsity team huddles together before the 5k race at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Girls varsity runners from schools around the state take off from the start line at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Maxson Fogg runs towards the finish line and places ninth with a time of 18:14 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Cody Bohlmann runs towards the finish line and places sixth with a time of 17:57 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Abby Fleming runs towards the finish line and places sixth with a time of 21:24 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Mitzi Evans runs towards the finish line and places fifth with a time of 21:10 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Monticello’s Emma Althoff runs towards the finish line and places fourth with a time of 20:54 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Ty Nichols runs towards the finish line and places second with a time of 17:42 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Anamosa Cross Country Assistant Coach Dylan Shaffer encourages his girls as they run past the one mile marker at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Troy Butler runs towards the finish line and places seventh with a time of 17:58 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Jaden Yoder runs towards the finish line and places third with a time of 20:46 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Danielle Hostetler runs past the one mile marker during the 5k girls varsity race at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Boys varsity cross country runners run their first lap of the 5k race at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Clay Bohlmann runs towards the finish line and places third with a time of 17:47 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Camanche’s Andrew Butt runs towards the finish line and places eighth with a time of 18:09 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Bellevue varsity runner Payton Griebel runs towards the finish line to place first in the boys varsity 5k race with a total time of 17:25 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Phoebe Shetler runs towards the finish line and places ninth with a time of 21:30 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Monticello’s Ava Capron runs towards the finish line and places seventh with a time of 21:28 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City Regina’s Aidan O’Neil picks up the pace right before the finish line to pass Mid-Prairie’s Thaddeus Shetler and places fourth with a time of 17:50 at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Danielle Hostetler and winner of the varsity girls 5k race hugs teammate Phoebe Shetler at the end of the race at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Mitzi Evans lays on the grass after finishing fifth in the girls varsity 5k run at the River Valley Conference cross country tournament in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Schools from around Iowa including Tipton, Mid-Prairie and Monticello raced in the River Valley Conference cross country meet at the Iowa City Kickers Soccer Park in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021.