MISSOURI VALLEY - It was a good day for St. Albert's cross country teams at the Missouri Valley Invitational Meet.

The girls' squad finished on top the final standings, while the boys' team came in second in their draw.

Perennial frontrunners Jessica Clark (15:01) of West Harrison and Carley Olsen (15:20) of Logan-Magnolia were first and second, respectively, on the girls side.

Among the boys, Griswold's Nathan Gaunt (17:15) was the fastest finisher with St. Albert's Brandon Daley (17:25) coming in second.

Jordan Williams (15:58) was St. Albert's girls' top individual runner at third place. The Saintes' had two medalists on the day between Williams and 14th place Audrey Weidman (16:55).

The boys also had two medal winners, Daley and Bryce Kinard (18:13) who finished 13th.

Dan Hoebelheinrich (18:30) and Tyler Ferguson (18:32) also finished in the top-20 for St. Albert's boys.

Missouri Valley Invitational

Girls Team Scoring

1.St. Albert 92, 2.Boyer Valley 111, 3.Logan-Magnolia 112, 4.Kuemper Catholic 124, 5.Griswold 127, 6.Riverside 162, 7.Underwood 185, 8.Galva-Holstein 226, 9. A-H-S-T 232, 10.Woodbine 237, 11.Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 295

Top 20 Finishers

1. Jessica Clark (West Harrison) 15:01, 2. Carley Olsen (Lo-Ma) 15:20, 3. Jordan Williams (STA) 15:58, 4. Britny Dean (Westwood) 16:05, 5. Rachel Hinners (KC) 16:17, 6.Lynzie Malone (BV) 16:20, 7. Kara Telfer (Und.) 16:25, 8. Kaitlan Moore (Gris.) 16:28, 9. Whitney Dooley (MV) 16:39, 10. Mandy Nicklaus (Gris.) 16:43, 11. Jayde Boyle (GH) 16:45, 12. Linsey Rohe, (MV) 16:47, 13. Amanda Vorthsman (Riv.) 16:49, 14. Audrey Weidman (STA) 16:55, 15. Cheri Malone (BV) 17:19, 16.Emily Weber (BV) 17:19, 17. Tammy Landon (Lo-Ma) 17:26, 18. Steph Bentley (Riv.) 17:28, 19. Lauren Faugman (KC) 17:29, 20. Alison Berg (KC)17:29.

Other St. Albert Finishers: 21.Jennifer Liston 17:30, 26.Molly Naig 17:54, 28. Gabrielle Welch 17:57, 31. Erin Schreiber 18:06, 40. Abby Schlater 18:34

Boys Team Scoring

1. Griswold 44, 2. St. Albert 68, 3. Woodbine 68, 4. Fremont-Mills 118, 5. Galva-Holstein 136, 6. Missouri Valley 150, 7. Logan-Magnolia 170, 8. Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 205, 9. Kuemper Catholic 272, 10. Boyer Valley 283, 11. Riverside 297

Top 20 Finishers

1. Nathan Gaunt (Gris.) 17:15, 2. Brandon Daley (STA) 17:25, 3. Jamie Meek (Gris.) 17:36, 4. Tym Wood (FM), 5.Caleb Egger (GH) 17:53, 6. James Smith (Wood.) 17:54, 7. Jared Hoffman (Gris.) 17:55, 8. Alex Powers (Wood.) 17:59, 9. Matt Dilocker (MV) 18:03, 10. Daren Kelley (FM) 18:04, 11. John Harris (GH) 18:07, 12.Austan Haynes (Gris.) 18:08, 13. Bryce Kinard (STA) 18:13, 14. Evan Harper (Wood.) 18:17, 15. Lucas McDowell (Wood.) 18:28, 16. Dan Hoebelheinrich (STA) 18:30, 17.Taylor Hawley (MV) 18:30, 18. Tyler Ferguson (STA) 18:32, 19.Eric Kruse (STA) 18:35, 20. Trevan Heizel (FM) 18:49

Other St. Albert Finishers: 27. Blake Fostvedt 19:11, 48. Nick Rhodes 20:02

Daily Nonpareil - 10.15.06