AMES - Tysen VanDraska of Prairie placed sixth at the prestigious Heartland Classic cross country race in Ames Saturday.

The Hawks finished fourth out of 25 teams in the race. Thomas Pollard of Gilbert was the individual champion in 15 minutes, 37 seconds. Sioux Falls (S.D.) Lincoln was the team champion.

The Linn-Mar Lions placed ninth. Daniel Murphy led the Lions in 10th place.

Amber Decker led Linn-Mar to a ninth-place showing in the girls race by finishing 17th overall. Jordyn Kieve of Johnston was the winner and led Johnston to the team championship.

BOYS RACE

Prairie - 6. Tysen VanDraska 16:21, 13. Jake Moore 16:44, 36. Zack Fiser 17:13, 41. Chris Oehlert 17:18, 61. Matt Lorenz 17:40.

Linn-Mar - 10. Daniel Murphy 16:26, 14. Ryan Murphy 16:45, 49. Bryan Fogerty 17:23, 72. Grant Chlystun 17:48, 96. Dalton Gosch 18:10.

Washington - 58. Sam Eck 17:39, 107. Finbar Berry 18:19, 115. Sam Werner 18:29, 117. Wyatt Forster 18:31, 120. Ryan Miller 18:36.

GIRLS RACE

Linn-Mar - 17. Amber Decker 15:30, 23. Maddie Saville 15:37, 41. Deanna Newhouse 15:57, 67. Rachel Bohnenkamp 16:18, 77. Sydney Johnston 16:29.

Prairie - 76. Sarah Meyers 16:29, 81. Kirstin Skriver 16:33, 100. Alissa Neubauer 16:54, 104. Victoria Enyart 16:59, 110. Eilish Stanek 17:04.