MANCHESTER - Bree Gaster finished third overall to lead Prairie to a second-place finish Tuesday at the West Delaware Invitational girls cross country meet.

Western Dubuque won the meet with 57 points. Prairie had 67 and Mount Vernon-Lisbon was third with 70.

Marion finished 10th with 232 points.

Western Dubuque's Dakota Tell was the individual winner, running the 4k course in 15 minutes, 13 seconds. Arden Betzer of Springville-Central City was second in 15:27 and Gaster was third in 15:38.

Amanda Weyer, Beth Heims and Maddie Rainey all recorded top 20 finishes for Prairie.

Marion was led by Ellen Cannon, who finished 26th.

WEST DELAWARE INVITATIONAL

Teams

1. Western Dubuque 57, 2. CR Prairie 67, 3. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 70, 4. Benton Community 124, 5. Waverly-Shell Rock 129, 6. North Fayette 166, 7. West Delaware 187, 8. Anamosa 209, 9. Edgewood-Colesburg 209, 10. Marion 232
11. Independence 279, 12. Oelwein 336, 13. Dyersville Beckman 361, 14. East Buchanan 394

Top Individuals

1. Dakota Tell (Western Dubuque) 15:13, 2. Arden Betzer (Springville-CC) 15:27, 3. Bree Gaster (CRP) 15:38, 4. Mariah Kauder (Cascade) 15:39, 5. Abby Heiderscheit (Western Dubuque) 16:08, 6. Madison Weekly (Benton) 16:15, 7. Ashley Mills (Benton) 16:21, 8. Kendra Schmidt (MV-Lisbon) 16:24, 9. Kari Fitzpatrick (Ed-Co) 16:25, 10. Stacey Krull (Waverly-SR) 16:26

CR PRAIRIE - 2. Bree Gaster 15:38, 9. Amanda Weyer 16:28, 12. Beth Heims 16:34, 17. Maddie Rainey 16:47, 27. Anastasia Jordan 17:27, 42. Katie Costigan 17:48, 49. Abby Rubsam 18:04

MARION - 26. Ellen Cannon 17:21, 30. Alexis Timp 17:30, 50. Tara Zumwalt 18:04, 57. Grace Ehlinger 18:15, 69. Michaela Jacobs 18:43, 73. Sam Livingston 19:08, 74. Abby Kolarick 19:12