Knoxville finished ninth out of 15 teams in the girl’s portion of the Grinnell Cross Country Invitational yesterday. The Panthers were led over the line by Lucy Olson’s 42nd place finish in a time of 24 minutes 12 seconds. The Knoxville Boys placed eighth overall with Cade McNeill crossing the line in 18th place with a time of 18 minutes 32 seconds.

GIRLS STANDINGS
1 Vinton Shellsburg
2 Pella
3 Williamsburg
4 Grinnell
5 Oskaloosa
6 Benton Community
7 Ottumwa
8 Newton
9 Knoxville
10 South Tama County
11 Lynnville-Sully
12 Des Moines Lincoln
13 Union
14 Montezuma
15 Belle Plaine

Knoxville Results
42 Lucy Olson 24:12
43 Cassidy Pearson 24:13
45 Sydney Washington 24:19
48 Emery Neer 24:24
51 Mickayla McGill 24:40
81 Bree Burton 27:59

BOYS STANDINGS
1 Grinnell
2 Vinton Shellsburg
3 Pella
4 Ottumwa
5 Williamsburg
6 Benton Community
7 Oskaloosa
8 Knoxville
9 Newton
10 Des Moines Lincoln
11 South Tama County
12 Belle Plaine
13 Montezuma
14 Union

Knoxville Results
18 Cade McNeill 18:32
49 Jack McDonald 19:58
58 Mitchell Hollingshead 20:24
63 Chase Brown 20:54
65 Matt Brown 21:03
70 Caden Hudson, 21:42
77 Gunnar Garcia 22:45