Hillcrest Academy hosts its annual Invitational Cross Country meet
October 06, 2020

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                       45th                 20:42
Jorge Canchola               52nd                 21:34
Will Kolck                           57th                  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              26th                  22:30
Julia Boller                      54th                  26:17
Kennedy Roth                 57th                  28:20
Taryn Leichty                   62nd                 29:38
Hannah Chalupa            66th                  35:38

Girls Junior Varsity
Madeline Fox                   13th                   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 8th.     

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