Kennedy placed four runners in the top nine to win the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Division girls cross country meet Thursday afternoon at Tuma soccer complex.

Alyssa Averhoff was Kennedy's top finisher in second place. Allison Culver finished fourth, Katie Wampole fifth and Lauren Meyer ninth. The Cougars' rounded out their scoring with a 15th place finish by Jessica Rodman.

Iowa City West's Ashlynn Yokom won the girls race in a time of 14 minutes, 16.39 seconds on the 4-kilometer course. Averhoff was 41 seconds behind her.

Iowa City West finished second, 15 points behind Kennedy and two points ahead of third place Iowa City High.

Jefferson's girls were fifth. Michelle Zikes topped the J-Hawks with a 10th place finish.

Iowa City High won the boys race by one point over Iowa City West. Kennedy was fifth and Jefferson sixth.

Dylan Eigenberger of Dubuque Senior clipped Iowa City High's Brook Price by .68 seconds to win the boys 5-kilometer race.

Kennedy's top finisher was Ryan Walker in 18th. Jefferson's top finisher was Devin Stone in 29th.

MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION MEET
At Tuma Soccer Complex

Girls (4k)

Teams
1. Kennedy 35, 2. Iowa City West 50, 3. Iowa City High 52, 4. Dubuque Senior 100, 5. Jefferson 135, 6. Dubuque Hempstead 155, 7. Waterloo East 218

Top 10 Individuals
1. Ashlynn Yokom (ICW) 14:16.39
2. Alyssa Averhoff (CRK) 14:57.26
3. Molly Leveille (ICW) 14:58.35
4. Allison Culver (CRK) 15:02.88
5. Katie Wampole ((CRK) 15:04.20
6. Elly Tebon (Dub. Sr.) 15:07.85
7. Ellen Carman (ICH) 15:13.29
8. Courtney Bruns (ICH) 15:16.34
9. Lauren Meyer (CRK) 15:17.93
10. Michelle Zikes (CRJ) 15:21.82

Kennedy - 2. Averhoff 14:57.26, 4. Culver 15:02.88, 5. Wampole 15:04.20, 9. Meyer 15:17.93, 15. Jessica Rodman 15:38.46, 22. Carolyn Stone 16:00.44, 31. Sarah Manders 16:18.64

Jefferson - 10. Zikes 15:21.82, 20. Meredith Koenigsfeld 15:52.70, 30. Sarah Hanna 16:13.83, 36. Megan Ely 17:06.41, 41. Sarah Fehlberg 18:26.65, 42. Makayla Kaune 18:29.39



Boys (5k)

Teams
1. Iowa City High 45, 2. Iowa City West 46, 3. Dubuque Senior 55, 4. Dubuque Hempstead 91, 5. Kennedy 136, 6. Jefferson 183, 7. Waterloo East 224

Top 10 Individuals
1. Dylan Eigenberger (Dub. Sr.) 15:31.58
2. Brook Price (ICH) 15:32.26
3. Isaac Jensen (ICW) 15:43.39
4. Ryan Dorman (ICH) 16:00.39
5. Chris Ohrt (ICH) 16:01.59
6. Zach Freund (Hemp) 16:08.25
7. Jon Specht (Hemp) 16:12.24
8. Mark Fairley (Dub. Sr.) 16:18.04
9. Bailey Wetherell (ICW) 16:20.10
10. Daniel Gardarsson (ICW) 16:24.18

Kennedy - 18. Ryan Walker 16:50.76, 21. Matthew Stevens 17:01.98, 30. Addison Furry 17:23.17, 33. Austin Trotter 17:41.86, 34. Derek Girling 17:54.33, 35. Andrew Solsrud 17:56.99, 36. Reece Linder 18:01.14

Jefferson - 29. Devin Stone 17:18.56, 37. Alec Archer 18:07.36, 38. Jason Chung 18:21.54, 39. Ky Kramer 18:22.63, 40. Lucas Vanous 18:26.83, 41. Maverick Guyer 18:47.32, 43. Trey Hitchings 19:40.60