TROY MILLS - The Marion High School boys placed third out of 20 teams at the North Linn Invitational cross country meet Saturday.

Monticello ran away with the title with 19 points by finishing 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 7th, claiming seven of the top-13 spots overall.

Peter Rethwisch led Marion in 11th place in 17:13.

The Marion girls placed 10th out of 17 teams. Madison Bach led the Indians in 14th place in 15:28.

Solon won the girls title.

BOYS RESULTS
5K

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Monticello 19, 2. Vinton-Shellsburg 112, 3. Marion 134, 4. Tipton 158, 5. Center Point-Urbana 174, 6. Solon, 7. Regina 208, 8. Mid-Prairie 214, 9. Williamsburg 221, 10. Mount Pleasant 241, 11. Cascade 246, 12. Benton Community 282, 13. Bellevue Marquette 294, 14. HLV 441, 15. Turkey Valley 444, 16. Dyersville Beckman 448, 17. Edgewood-Colesburg 473, 18. Starmont 554, 19. Valley Community 564, 20. Maquoketa Valley 623.

WINNER: Michael Melchert, Monticello, 16:17

MARION: 11. Peter Rethwisch 17:13, 26. Colton Forster 17:38, 29. Hunter Reifschneider 17:43, 33. Isaac Smith 17:51, 35. Cole Kuethe 17:55, 55. Justin Arebaugh 18:19, 56. Jacob Manderscheid 18:20.

GIRLS RESULTS
4K

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Solon 56, 2. Cascade 90, 3. Williamsburg 124, 4. Monticello 147, 5. North Linn 179, 6. Regina 180, 7. Mount Pleasant, 8. Bellevue Marquette 213, 9. Starmont 233, 10. Marion 252, 11. Vinton-Shellsburg 260, 12. Turkey Valley 297, 13. Benton Community 307, 14. Mid-Prairie 317, 15. Valley Community 386, 16. Dyersville Beckman 465, 17. Springville/Central City 505.

WINNER: Lauren Benzing, Solon, 14:16

MARION: 14. Madison Bach 15:28, 56. Ellen Cannon 16:33, 58. Sam Livingston 16:42, 59. Abby Kolarik 16:43, 65. Grace Ehlinger 16:53, 72. Tara Zumwalt 17:04, 83. Michaela Jacobs 17:24.