VINTON - The Marion boys finished second and the girls third Tuesday at the Vinton-Shellsburg Invitational cross country meet.

Vinton-Shellsburg won the boys meet with 33 points. Marion was second with 73 and Benton Community third with 89.

Colton Forster was Marion's top finisher in the boys race at 11th. Cole Kuethe was 12th.

Marion's Madison Bach was third in the girls race.

Benton won the girls meet with 55 points. Vinton-Shellsburg was second with 69 and Marion third with 75.

VINTON-SHELLSBURG INVITATIONAL

Boys
5k

Teams
1. Vinton-Shellsburg 33, 2. Marion 73, 3. Benton 89, 4. South Tama 95, 5. Waterloo Columbus 95, 6. West Delaware 127, 7. Independence 218, 8. Belle Plaine 233

Top 5
1. Wyatt Lyons (VS) 17:13
2. Nolan Sagan (VS) 17:15
3. Collin McFadden (WC) 17:16
4. Tyler Steele (BC) 17:17
5. Alex Bernt (WC) 17:28

MARION: 11. Colton Forster 17:57, 12. Cole Kuethe 18:07, 15. Hunter Reifschneider 18:19, 16. Jacob Manderscheid 18:23, 19. Isaac Smith 18:40


Girls
4k

Teams
1. Benton 55, 2. Vinton-Shellsburg 69, 3. Marion 75, 4. West Delaware 90, 5. South Tama 91, 6. Independence 156, 7. Belle Plaine 185, 8. Waterloo Columbus 205, 9. Union 207

Top 5
1. Lily Horst (VS) 15:59
2. Bristi Gerber (VS) 16:11
3. Madison Bach (Mar) 16:44
4. Shae McEnamy (Indee) 16:47
5. Miranda Hammes (BC)  16:49

MARION: 3. Bach 16:44, 7. Sam Livingston 17:15, 14. Ellen Cannon 18:15, 25. Tara Zumwalt 18:57, 26. Michaela Jacobs 18:57