Knoxville Girls placed sixth and the boys eighth at the Pella Cross Country Meet held at Central College Saturday. Racing in less than ideal hot and humid conditions freshmen Emery Neer led the Panther attack across the finish line in a time of 24:42 good enough for 34th place. On the boys side, Cade McNeill led the Panther runners with a 32nd place finish with a time of 19:19. Coach Michael Splavec tells KNIA/KRLS Sports he was happy with how the runners persevered through the conditions.

Girls Results:

1 Iowa City West 26
2 Waukee 46
3 Gilbert 85
4 Pella 97
5 Oskaloosa 126
6 Knoxville 188
7 Mount Pleasant 189

34 Emery Neer, Fr 24:42
37 Sydney Washington, Sr 25:26
38 Lucy Olson, Jr 25:31
39 Cassidy Pearson, So 26:01
40 Mickayla McGill, Fr 26:02

Boys Results:

1 Iowa City West 28
2 Pella 55
3 Ankeny 92
4 Mount Pleasant 96
5 Gilbert 119
6 Southeast Polk 136
7 Oskaloosa 167
8 Knoxville 231

32 Cade McNeill, Jr 19:19
46 Mitchell Hollingshead, Sr 20:57
50 Chase Brown, Sr 21:47
51 Jack McDonald, Jr 21:47
52 Gunnar Garcia, So 22:29
53 Caden Hudson, So 22:29
54 Elliott Schmidt, Fr 27:20