North Fayette Valley’s cross country teams competed at the Jesup Invitational Tuesday, Sept. 30, as the TigerHawks battled a combined 14 ranked teams across classes 1A, 2A and 3A.
Boys
NFV junior Elmer Trinidad set the pace for the boys as he finished 29th with a time of 18:04.5. He was joined by Robert Huck (58th, 18:56.8) and Alexander Mueller (64th, 19:05.8) at the top of the TigerHawk scoresheet. Other runners who contributed to the team score of 286 included Peyton Elliott (85th, 19:37.2) and Esten Moellering (90th, 19:57).
Rounding out the varsity lineup were Gabe Stansbery in 97th (20:12.1) and Brody Grove in 102nd (20:20.0).
Class 2A No. 2-ranked Denver took first overall with 85 points, just one spot lower than runner-up Oelwein (Class 2A, No. 4). Rounding out the top three was Class 2A No. 9-ranked Waukon with 134. North Fayette Valley finished 11th in the field of 20 teams.
Girls
Up against a field which featured 10 ranked teams, the TigerHawk girls came home with a 14th place finish with 332 points as Center Point-Urbana (Class 3A, No. 17) was first with 68 points.
Leading the effort for NFV were a pair of top 50 individuals, including Lexi McGowan in 23rd (21:39.6) and Annie Murray in 49th (22:47.9).
Clara Bilden finished 85th in 24:05.5, while Lydia Van Gelder was 99th in 25:02.1 and Kendall Elliot was 105th in 25:34.4. Other runners for the TigerHawks included Alivia Mueller in 111th (25:46.3) and Tristan Kuhse in 123rd (27:03.6).
Taking runner-up in the team standings was Class 2A’s No. 14th ranked Grundy Center with 136, while the top-ranked squad in Class 1A Sumner-Fredericksburg finished third with 167.
Boys’ Team Results
1. Denver (2A, #2) 85
2. Oelwein (2A, #4) 86
3. Waukon (2A, #9) 134
4. Benton Community 146
5. Waverly-Shell Rock 153
6. Jesup (2A, #15) 183
7. Alburnett 200
8. Center Point-Urbana 232
9. Dike-New Hartford 239
10. Grundy Center 248
11. North Fayette Valley 286
12. Central 308
13. Newman Catholic 311
14. New Hampton 315
15. Sumner-Fredericksburg 434
16. Union 442
17. Independence 468
18. Hudson 494
19. Gladbrook Reinbeck 504
20. MFL MarMac 530
Girls’ Team Results
1. Center Point-Urbana (3A, #17) 68
2. Grundy Center (2A, #14) 136
3. Sumner-Fredericksburg (1A, #1) 167
4. Dike-New Hartford (2A, #15) 171
5. Jesup (2A, #12) 174
6. Denver (2A, #19) 190
7. Hudson (1A, #15) 221
8. Wapsie Valley (1A, #18) 234
9. Aplington-Parkersburg (1A, #14) 242
10. MFL MarMac (2A, #16) 260
11. Starmont 302
12. Cascade 325
13. Newman Catholic 327
14. North Fayette Valley 332
15. Alburnett 346
16. Maquoketa Valley 357
17. Benton Community 381
18. New Hampton 407
19. Oelwein 429
20. Union 455