L-M hosts SEISC at Hillcrest - Hillcrest Ravens

Photo Credit: Jeff Yoder
Tuesday Louisa-Muscatine hosted the Southeast Iowa Super conference cross country meet on the Hillcrest Academy campus. The rainy fall made it impossible to host the meet at the originally scheduled location. Hillcrest Academy was ready to oblige having hosted the Hillcrest Invitational just one week earlier.

The Hillcrest Raven boys team placed seventh in the field of twelve full teams. West Burlington-Notre Dame ranked ninth in 2A won the boys team title with Columbus ranked sixth in 1A taking a close second. Troy Yoder and Calvin Meller earned all-conference honors for the Ravens by placing in the top fifteen. Yoder was eighth in 18:12. Meller placed eleventh in 18:37. Jaxson Brokaw placed forty-third in 20:49. Senior Isaac Beachy had a great race placing forty-sixth in 21:07. Danny Meyer, also a senior, showed a huge improvement on his time on the same course just one week early. Meyer placed sixty-third in 22:35. Merle Cronquist was the only team member to run a personal best on the challenging course. Croquist placed sixty-eighth in 23:34. Braden Hartsock rounded out the varsity showing for the Ravens placing seventy-second in 23:54. Lucas Beachy and Mateo Rodrigues-Yoder competed in the junior varsity race. Freshman Drake Newton of Central Lee won the individual varsity title completing the course in 17:28.

Senior Marie Yoder had the school’s highest placing in the high school races earning sixth place with her time of 21:44. This is Yoder’s fourth year earning all-conference honors. Amelia Vigneron also represented the Ravens in the girls varsity race. Vigneron took over forty-five seconds off her time from the Hillcrest Invitational on the same course last week. She clocked in at 33:52 for sixty-seventh place. Central Lee, ranked seventeenth in 2A won, the girls team title. 2A unranked West Burlington Notre Dame was third. 1A eighth ranked Van Buren County placed third. Josie Dykstra of WACO convincingly won the individual title in 20:09.

The Hillcrest Ravens junior high boys team placed second out of nine full boys teams. Ezana Estrada ran a personal best of 13:05 to place third and lead his team in the two mile race. Cameron Ropp, Tate Miller and Michael Sam also scored for the Ravens.

The Ravens girls junior high team placed sixth of six full teams. Norah Slaubaugh was the first finisher for the team running a personal best time of 16:02. Fraya Gardiner, Amelia Meller and Sadie Fernau also scored for the team.

The Ravens junior high teams run next at the state meet Saturday October 17 in Ankeny.

The high school teams compete next at the 1A state qualifier October 22 at Riverview Club in Keosaqua hosted by Van Buren County beginning with the girls race at 4:00 p.m

Complete Results Here!