Hillcrest Hosts Invitational

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.  364 runners finished the six races. Pella won the boys team title with Washington placing second.  Hillcrest Academy was eighth.  Senior Collin Miller led the Hillcrest Ravens in a personal best 19:47 placing twenty-eighth. Freshman Jesse Blossom was the next Raven finisher placing 49th in 22:52.  Senior Jorge Canchola placed fifty-sixth in 23:50.  Deigo Ramos had his high school cross country debut.  Diego placed fifty-seventh in 24:48.  Garrett Hurst showed the biggest improvement on the team taking another 1:30 off his personal best.  Garrett placed fifty-eighth in 26:58.  Quang Huynh was the next finisher.  His time was 27:57.  Isaac Lybeck finished in 29:20 for sixty-second place.  Washington senior Lance Sobaski won the boys varsity race in 17:12.  

Boys Varsity
Collin Miller              28th    19:47
Jesse Blossom        49th     22:52
Jorge Canchola      56th     23:50
Diego Ramos           57th     24:48
Garrett Hurst           58th     26:58
Quang Huynh          59th     27:54
Isaac Lybeck            62nd    29:20

Team Scores
Pella                              53
Washington                71
Regina                           82
Fairfield                         86
Mount Pleasant        125
North Mahaska         141
English Valleys          162
Hillcrest Academy    231

Senior Leah Bontrager led the Lady Ravens on her final tour of her home course medaling by placing sixteenth in 23:07.  Her time was 2:48 better than her time on the same course at the Early Bird meet in late August.  Delaney Shaw was the next Lady Raven finisher placing thirty-eighth in 27:35.  Morgyn Nafziger was two places back in 29:17.  Senior Julia Boller was three minutes faster than she was at the Early Bird meet.  Julia placed forty-first in 29:42.  Hillcrest did not have the five finishers needed to field a full team.  Washington won the meet by 25 points over second place Pella.  Mya Whitaker of Regina won the girls race in 21:16.    

Girls Varsity
Leah Bontrager     16th      23:07
Delaney Shaw        38th      27:35
Morgyn Nafziger    40th      29:17
Julia Boller               41st      29:42

Team Scores
Washington   42
Pella                  67
Regina              76
Mt. Pleasant   89
Fairfield            96

Complete Results Junior High Girls
Complete Results Junior High Boys
Complete Results JV Girls
Complete Results JV Boys
Complete Results Varsity Girls
Complete Results Varsity Boys

The Hillcrest Academy teams have their next competition at the Southeast Iowa Super Conference meet at Heritage Oaks Golf Club in rural Wapello Thursday, October 7 with the varsity races beginning at 5:00 p.m.