Prairie senior Jacob Aune was the winner Thursday in the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division boys cross country meet at Prairie.

Aune ran the 5k course in 16 minutes, 22.4 seconds. He beat Calvin Daack from Dubuque Hempstead by 2.7 seconds.

Cedar Falls won the team title with 36 points. Iowa City West was second with 46 and Prairie was third with 72. Xavier was fifth and Jefferson sixth.

Prairie's Mitch Pritts finished eighth and the Hawks' Isaiah Vlasek was 14th.

Xavier's top finisher was Ben Schueler who was 18th in 17:31.

Jefferson's Taylor Mueller was 16th in 17:20.3.

MVC VALLEY DIVISION MEET
At Prairie

Teams
1. Cedar Falls 36, 2. Iowa City West 46, 3. Prairie 72, 4. Hempstead 84, 5. Xavier 146, 6. Jefferson 147, 7. Waterloo East 225.

Individuals
1. Jacob Aune (CRP)                   16:22.4
2. Calvin Daack (Hemp)                16:25.1
3. Adam Streicher (CF)                16:29.9
4. Isaac Jensen (ICW)                 16:31.2
5. Daniel Gardarsson (ICW)          16:32.5
6. Matthew Adrian (CF)              16:36.3
7. Jaime Zarate (CF)                   16:45.2
8. Mitch Pritts (CRP)                   16:59.5
9. Mitch Hammer (CF)                 17:00.2
10. Lincoln Rozeboom (ICW)       17:02.2

PRAIRIE
1. Jacob Aune                           16:22.4
8. Mitch Pritts                            16:59.5
14. Isaiah Vlasek                        17:09.5
24. Zach Waite                         17:46.3
25. Christian Counts-Choplick       17:49.0
28. Walker Thompson               18:14.3
39. Luke Galloway                     19:31.8

XAVIER
18. Ben Schueler                      17:31.0
30. Daniel Pape                        18:17.7
31. Grant Hunt                        18:21.0
33. Connor Marks                     18:45.3
34. Jacob Schmitt                    18:48.1
40. Evan Bednar                      19:58.3
41. Zach Stovie                       20:04.4

JEFFERSON
16. Taylor Mueller                    17:20.3
26. Eric Jones                         17:59.2
32. Devin Stone                      18:42.8
36. Ky Kramer                         18:58.1
37. Jason Chung                     19:10.8
38. Tyler Boesenberg              19:16.5
42. Maverick Guyer                  20:05.9