MOUNT VERNON - Marion senior Lukas Mees finished second and led the Indians to a second-place finish Thursday in the Wamac Conference boys cross country meet.

Mees ran the 5k course in 16 minutes, 55 seconds. He was 18 seconds behind first-place finisher Conner Smock of Mount Vernon-Lisbon.

Mount Vernon-Lisbon had three finishers in the top 10 and finished with 52 points. Marion had three in the top 18 and had 82 points.

Marion senior Greg Sam was 11th, and juniors Cole Kuethe, Peter Rethwisch and Issac Smith finished 18th, 22nd and 29th, respectively.

WAMAC MEET
At Mount Vernon

Teams
1. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 52, 2. Marion 82, 3. Solon 126, 4. Western Dubuque 129, 5. Vinton-Shellsburg 132, 6. DeWitt Central 159, 7. West Delaware 168, 8. Center Point-Urbana 201, 9. Waterloo Columbus 229, 10. Benton 296, 11. Williamsburg 296, 12. Clear Creek Amana 341, 13. Dyersville Beckman 344, 14. Maquoketa 357, 15. Anamosa 365, 16. Independence 395

Individuals
1. Conner Smock (MV-L)             16:37
2. Lukas Mees (Marion)               16:55
3. Dain Gerber (Anamosa)            17:17
4. Josh Yeager (CPU)                  17:22
5. Wyatt Lyons (V-S)                  17:23
6. Jordan Murray (DeWitt)           17:26
7. James Wenzel (MV-L)             17:29
8. Cameron James (W.Dub.)       17:31
9. Stephen Heffernen (W.Del.)   17:34
10. Garrett Ruth (MV-L)             17:35

MARION
2. Lukas Mees             16:55
11. Greg Sam               17:37
18. Cole Kuethe           17:56
22. Peter Rethwisch     18:01
29. Isaac Smith            18:13
51. Colton Forster        18:40
71. Jordan Garthwaite  19:08