DE WITT - Peter Rethwisch ran to a sixth-place finish in the boys meet to help Marion to third place at the Wamac Conference cross country meet Thursday.

The Marion girls finished ninth, despite a sixth place finish by freshman Madison Bach.

Vinton-Shellsburg won the boys meet with 87 points. Mount Vernon-Lisbon was second with 95 and Marion third with 110.

Center Point-Urbana's Josh Yeager won the boys race in 16 minutes, 44 seconds. Rethwisch's clocking was 17:09.

Solon placed four runners in the top nine of the girls race and easily won the championship with 45 points. Western Dubuque was second with 114.

Solon's Lauren Benzinger won the girls race in 14:43. Bach's time was 15:51.

WAMAC MEET
At DeWitt

Boys (5k)

Teams
1. Vinton-Shellsburg 87, 2. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 95, 3. Marion 110, 4. Center Point-Urbana 131, 5. Western Dubuque 154, 6. Benton 171, 7. Waterloo Columbus 176, 8. Solon 205, 9. Williamsburg 213, 10. Clear Creek Amana 221, 11. Maquoketa 261, 12. Anamosa 308, 13. DeWitt Central 320, 14. West Delaware 381, 15. Independence 427, 16. Dyersville Beckman 431

Top 10 Individuals
1. Josh Yeager (CPU) 16:44
2. Dain Gerber (Anamosa) 16:55
3. Austin Springsteen (MVL) 17:03
4. Tyler Steele (BC) 17:03
5. Jack Murray (CCA) 17:06
6. Peter Rethwisch (Marion) 17:09
7. Michael Marshall (CPU) 17:10
8. Wyatt Lyons (VS) 17:10
9. James Wenzel (MVL) 17:11
10. Jordan Evans (VS) 17:14

Marion - 6. Rethwisch 17:09, 22. Colton Forster 17:49, 24. Cole Kuethe 17:50, 25. Hunter Reifschneider 17:54, 33. Jacob Manderscheid 18:01, 36. Isaac Smith 18:04, 61. Justin Arebaugh 18:42



Girls (4k)

Teams
1. Solon 45, 2. Western Dubuque 114, 3. Williamsburg 115, 4. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 124, 5. DeWitt Central 159, 6. Benton 176, 7. Vinton-Shellsburg 182, 8. Anamosa 191, 9. Marion 213, 10. Clear Creek Amana 229, 11. West Delaware 248, 12. Independence 354, 13. Dyersville Beckman 376, 14. Center Point-Urbana 399, 15. Waterloo Columbus 401, No score - Maquoketa

Top 10 Individuals
1. Lauren Benzing (Solon) 14:43
2. Lily Horst (VS) 15:16
3. Alex Smith (Solon) 15:31
4. Maddie Hinsley (CCA) 15:37
5. Bristi Gerber (VS) 15:43
6. Madison Bach (Marion) 15:51
7. Mallory Carr (Solon) 15:53
8. Tayvia Hansen (Solon) 16:00
9. Dakota Tell (WDub) 16:01
10. Shae McEnany (Indee) 16:03

Marion - 6. Bach 15:51, 40. Ellen Cannon 17:15, 49. Sam Livingston 17:27, 56. Tara Zumwalt 17:41, 62. Michaela Jacobs 17:48, 63. Abby Kolarik 17:51, 65. Grace Ehlinger 18:03