CASCADE - Marion High School senior Lukas Mees finished second out of 122 runners at the Cascade Invitational cross country meet Friday at the Fillmore Fairways Golf Course.

Connor Smock of Mount Vernon/Lisbon won the individual title in 16 minutes, 34 seconds. Mees crossed the finish line 16 seconds later as the runnerup.

The Xavier Saints finished in third place out of 18 teams in the meet. Ben Schueler led the Saints in seventh place in 17:43.

Marion finished in fifth place in the team standings. Cole Kuethe placed 10th in 18 minutes for the Indians.

Monticello won the team title.

CASCADE INVITATIONAL
Fillmore Fairways Golf Course
Boys Results
5K

Team Standings

1. Monticello 37, 2. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 112, 3. Xavier 124, 4. Western Dubuque 138, 5. Marion 152, 6. Davenport Assumption 195, 7. West Delaware 201, 8. Center Point-Urbana 204, 9. Iowa City Regina 218, 10. Cascade 253, 11. Prince of Peace 307, 12. Dyersville Beckman 313, 13. Bellevue Marquette 317, 14. Anamosa 327, 15. Starmont 380, 16. Alburnett 440, 17. Edgewood-Colesburg 450, 18. Bellevue 533.

Top 10 Individuals

1. Conner Smock (MTV) 16:34, 2. Lukas Mees (MARION) 16:50, 3. Michael Melchert (MONTI) 17:19, 4. Ben Ahlrich (MONTI) 17:31, 5. J.J. Frawley (MONTI) 17:32, 6. Dain Gerber (ANA) 17:41, 7. Ben Schueler (XAV) 17:43, 8. Liam Hartley (ICR) 17:54, 9. Ryan Hermsen (WDUB) 17:59, 10. Cole Kuethe (MARION) 18:00.

Xavier - 7. Ben Schueler 17:43, 19. Grant Hunt 18:20, 27. Daniel Pape 18:35, 28. Luke Koechner 18:37, 43. Connor Marks 19:02, 50. Jacob Schmitt 19:16, 60. Brian Ropp 19:31.

Marion - 2. Lukas Mees 16:50, 10. Cole Kuethe 18:00, 35. Peter Rethwisch 18:54, 38. Isaac Smith 18:56, 67. Colton Forster 19:53, 68. Nick Meeks 19:54, 90. Joseph Tiegan 21:02.