ANAMOSA - Lukas Mees and the Marion Indians are headed to the Class 3A state cross country meet in Fort Dodge on Oct. 29.

So is Ben Schueler of Xavier High School.

Mees finished third in the individual standings to help Marion place third in the team standings at the district meet at Jones County Park in Anamosa Thursday afternoon.

Schueler finished fifth in the individual standings to qualify for state as a senior.

Conner Smock won the race in 16 minutes, 39 seconds to help Mount Vernon/Lisbon win the team championship. Fort Madison placed second with 62 points and Marion was third with 66.

The top-3 teams and top-10 individuals qualified for the state meet.

Mees finished third in 17 minutes, 4 seconds for Marion. Cole Kuethe placed 10th for the Indians, Greg Sam 13th, Peter Rethwisch 15th and Isaac Smith 25th.

Xavier finished fourth in the team standings with 123 points.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 42, 2. Fort Madison 62, 3. Marion 66, 4. Xavier 123, 5. Solon 124, 6. DeWitt Central 154, 7. Davenport Assumption 177, 8. Maquoketa 235, 9. Clear Creek Amana 258, 10. Anamosa 272, 11. Mount Pleasant 293, 12. Washington (Iowa) 343, 13. Keokuk 361.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS

1. Conner Smock, Mount Vernon        16:39
2. Isaac Steffensmeier, Ft Madison   16:58
3. Lukas Mees, Marion                17:04
4. Dain Gerber, Anamosa              17:23
5. Ben Schueler, Xavier              17:31
6. Jordan Murray, DeWitt Central     17:33
7. James Wenzel, Mount Vernon        17:33
8. Garrett Ruth, Mount Vernon        17:49
9. Alex Dean, Fort Madison           17:50
10. Cole Kuethe, Marion              17:50

MARION - 3. Lukas Mees 17:04, 10. Cole Kuethe 17:50, 13. Greg Sam 18:00, 15. Peter Rethwisch 18:10, 25. Isaac Smith 18:33, 41. Colton Forster 19:06, 53. Jordan Garthwaite 19:33.

XAVIER - 5. Ben Schueler 17:31, 20. Grant Hunt 18:24, 24. Jacob Schmitt 18:32, 35. Daniel Pape 18:51, 39. Connor Marks 19:00, 44. Luke Koechner 19:14, 54. Evan Gradoville 19:36.