Freshman Molly Breitbach was the bright spot for host Xavier in an otherwise poor showing for the Saints at the Xavier Invitational.

Breitbach won the 100 meter dash, was a part of the winning 4x200 relay, and was on the sprint medley that took second Friday at Xavier.

“She’s a hard worker, she will do whatever she is asked,” Xavier Coach Russ Camacho said. “There is not much more you can ask from her.”

As a team, the Saints struggled as their guests were more than willing to beat up on them all night. The Saints finished tied with Kennedy for last with 54 points.

“There were some highlights tonight and some things we need to work on,” Camacho said.

Kennedy joined the Saints to represent the Metro area at the invitational. The Cougars also struggled to keep up with the competition.

Kristin Huebsch got the Cougars their only first place finish by winning the high jump with a mark of 4-feet-10.

Cedar Falls won with 171.5 points and Benton placed second with 106 points.

Xavier next runs Tuesday (April 5) at the GTR Women of Troy Relays at Iowa City West. Kennedy also is in the meet.

XAVIER INVITATIONAL

Teams -- 1. Cedar Falls 171.5, 2. Benton Community 106, 3. North Scott 103.5, 4. Dubuque Senior 98, 5. (tie) C.R. Kennedy and C.R. Xavier 54.

3,000 meters -- 1. Kayla Naber (NS) 11:32.01, 2. Allison Culver (CRK) 11:32.24, 3. Randi Westervelt (DS) 11:40.47, 5. Tara Mittelberg (CRK) 11:57.7; 4x800 relay -- 1. Dubuque Senior 10:04.12; 2. Cedar Falls 10:05.06, 3. Benton 10:15.81, 4. Xavier (Martin, Sigmon, Fagan, Leskovec) 10:32.33, 5. Kennedy (Lichty, Rodman, Koch, Wampole) 10:36.76; Shuttle hurdle relay -- 1. Cedar Falls 1:09.54, 2. Dubuque Senior 1:11.54, 3. North Scott 1:15.45, 4. Kennedy (Welsh, Rogers, Coates, Wieland) 1:16.04, 6. Xavier (Jacobi, Munson, Swanke, Galligan) 1:22.94; 100 meters -- 1. Molly Breitbach (CRX) 13.71, 2. Jasmine Butler (NS) 13.76, 3. Lucy Martin (CRX) 13.80; Distance medley relay -- 1. Cedar Falls 4:24.47, 2. Kennedy (Ayoki-Davis, Welsh, Simmons, Terukina) 4:44.74, 3. Dubuque Senior 4:52.32, 5. Xavier (Robinson, Donnelly, Young, Dostal) 5:02.08; 400 -- 1. Hannah Timmerman (DS) 1:03.70, 2. Emily Neff (CF) 1:04.97, 3. Miranda Hammes (BC) 1:05.51, 6. Lizzy McWhinney (CRX) 1:07.15; 4x200 relay -- 1. Xavier (Richards, Sampson, Breitbach, Steingreaber) 1:48.81, 2. Dubuque Senior 1:49.18, 3. Cedar Falls 1:50.23, 4. Kennedy (Davis, Huebsch, Oates, Pospisil) 1:57.84; 100 hurdles -- 1. Katelyn Gillett (CF) 16.73, 2. Molly Youde (CF) 17.24, 3. Jerica Samson (BC) 17.31, 5. MacKenzie Welsh (CRK) 18.33, 6. Sydney Galligan (CRX) 18.57; 800 -- Madison Weekley (BC) 2:31.12, 2. Naber (NS) 2:32.61, 3. Carrie Traetow (CF) 2:34.72, 5. Kim Leskovec (CRX) 2:35.60; 200 -- 1. Cassie Crotty (CF) 27.21, 2. Butler (NS) 27.71, 3. Daianera Whitaker (CF) 27.87, 4. Audrey Richards (CRX) 27.93, 6. Martin (CRX) 29.04; 400 hurdles -- 1. Abbie Prusha (BC) 1:11.80, 2. Abby Saladino (NS) 1:13.25, 3. Neff (CF) 1:13.98, 6. Kelsie Coates (CRK) 1:16.91; Sprint medley relay -- 1. Cedar Falls 1:54.52, 2. Xavier (Breitbach, Steingreaber, Sampson, Richards) 1:56.43, 3. Kennedy (Pospisil, Simmons, Craig-Dothard, Davis) 1:58.93; 1,500 -- 1. Hannah Savage (CF) 5:04.05, 2. Allison Gregg (CF) 5:05.09, 3. Meredith Petty (DS) 5:19.62, 5. Allison Culver (CRK) 5:21.43, 6. Hallie Martin (CRX) 5:21.80; 4x100 relay -- 1. North Scott 53.36, 2. Benton 53.80, 3. Cedar Falls 54.33, 5. Xavier (Martin, Kapsch, Munson, Marshall) 55.05; 4x400 relay -- 1. Cedar Falls 4:06.56, 2. Dubuque Senior 4:15.41, 3. Benton 4:23.41, 5. Kennedy (Simmons, Oates, Coates, Huebsch) 4:32.86, 6. Xavier (Walvoord, Kapsch, McWhinney, Leskovec) 4:40.82.

Long jump -- 1. Youde (CF) 15-10.25, 2. Samantha Francois (DS) 15-8, 3. Chelsea Herkelman (CF) 14-1.5; High jump -- 1. Kristin Huebsch (CRK) 4-10, 2. Emily Hermiston (NS) 4-8, 3. Cristina Young (DS) 4-4; Shot put -- 1. Chloe Schmidt (BC) 38-5.5, 2. Sam Butlett (NS) 38-4.5, 3. Sheshe Bullock (CF) 33-10, 5. Katie Sickelka (CRK) 30-9.5; Discus -- 1. Schmidt (BC) 123-9, 2. Shayla Carlin (NS) 99-7, 3. Mollie Bender (NS) 86-6.