Hillcrest Academy hosts its annual Invitational Cross Country meet

**Senior Madeline Fox races to the finish**

Hillcrest Academy hosted its annual Invitational Cross Country meet Monday on campus. The meet featured two junior high school races and four high school races. 453 runners finished the six races. Fourteen high schools competed in the high school races. Danville-New London won the boys team race in a tight battle with Pella and Solon. Junior Collin Miller led the Hillcrest Ravens placing forty-fifth in 20:42. Junior Jorge Canchola placed fifty-second in 21:34. Senior Will Kolck placed fifty-seventh in 22:09. All three team members ran the course faster than they did at the Early Bird meet one month earlier. Canchola had the biggest improvement taking two minutes off his Early Bird time. Juniors Ty Carr and Julian Alexander of Danville-New London were first and second. Ty Carr now holds the course record at 17:06.21.

Boys Varsity
Collin Miller 45^th 20:42
Jorge Canchola 52^nd 21:34
Will Kolck 57^th 22:09

Team Scores
Danville-New London 43
Pella 49
Solon 53
Mid-Prairie 93
Fairfield 159
Washington 161
Mount Pleasant 179
North Mahaska 201
Lone Tree 248

The Lady Ravens placed ninth of the nine full teams in the girls varsity race. Junior Leah Bontrager led the way placing twenty-sixth in 22:30. Julia Boller ran a season best time of 26:17 to place fifty-fourth. Senior Kennedy Roth had a good race finishing in 28:20 and placing fifty-seventh. Taryn Leichty was next for the Ravens placing sixty-second in 29:38. Hannah Chalupa took nearly five minutes off her time on the same course at the Early Bird meet one month earlier. Her time was 35:38 for sixty-sixth place. Senior Madeline Fox placed thirteenth in the junior varsity race in a season best time of 23:42. Mid-Prairie took the team title and the top three individual spots. Danielle Hostetler won in 19:55 with twins, Jaden and Sydney Yoder close behind in 20:01 and 20:02.

Girls Varsity Results
Leah Bontrager 26^th 22:30
Julia Boller 54^th 26:17
Kennedy Roth 57^th 28:20
Taryn Leichty 62^nd 29:38
Hannah Chalupa 66^th 35:38

Girls Junior Varsity
Madeline Fox 13^th 23:42

Team Scores
Mid-Prairie 27
Iowa City High 58
Solon 72
Pella 90
Danville-New London 148
Mt. Pleasant 162
Washington 194
Fairfield 220
Hillcrest Academy 242

The Hillcrest Academy teams have their next competition at the Southeast Iowa Super Conference meet at River View Country Club in Van Buren this Thursday, October 8^th.

Complete Results
Boys Varsity
Girls Varsity
Boys JV
Girls JV
Boys JH
Girls JH