EPWORTH - The Cedar Rapids Prairie girls cross country team placed five runners in the top-12 Thursday and claimed top honors at the Western Dubuque Bobcat Invitational.

Bree Gaster placed second in the team competition for Prairie in 16 minutes, 43 seconds, followed by Amanda Weyer (5th), Maddie Rainey (8th), Beth Heims (10th) and Katie Costigan (12th).

The Hawks finished with 37 points, beating Western Dubuque (60 points) by a comfortable margin.

Arden Betzer of Springville/Central City won the race in 16:01. Betzer and several other girls ran as individuals, because their schools did not have full teams, which affected the individual results but not the team results.

Team Standings

1. Prairie 37, 2. Western Dubuque 60, 3. Monticello 108, 4. West Delaware 125, 5. North Scott 159, 6. DeWitt Central 181, 7. Anamosa 182, 8. Bellevue Marquette 189, 9. Edgewood-Colesburg 201, 10. Maquoketa 257, 11. Preston 326, 12. Independence 329, 13. Dyersville Beckman 346, 14. Durant 371.

Top 10 Individuals

1. Arden Betzer (Springville/Central City) 16:01, 2. Dakota Tell (Western Dub) 16:20, 3. Mariah Kauder (Cascade) 16:41, 4. Bree Gaster (Prairie) 16:43, 5. Abby Heiderscheit (Western Dub) 16:48, 6. Laura Nuerenberger (Maquoketa) 16:54, 7. Amanda Weyer (Prairie) 17:04, 8. Kari Fitzpatrick (Ed-Co) 17:13, 9. Kaitlin Pauls (West Del) 17:13, 10. Maddie Rainey (Prairie) 17:16.

Prairie - 2. Bree Gaster 16:43, 5. Amanda Weyer 17:04, 8. Maddie Rainey 17:16, 10. Beth Heims 17:19, 12. Katie Costigan 17:28, 25. Anastasia Jordan 17:58, 55. Abby Rubsam 19:07.