It was the 50th annual Timm Lamb Cross Country Invitational in Fort Madison on Thursday and there were plenty of trophies to go around for area programs. 

The Washington boys placed first out of six in the A division with 60 points to beat out second place Mount Pleasant’s 75. The girls placed second out of four with 38 points just behind Muscatine’s 37 and that was good enough for Washington to win the combined team trophy. The Demons swept the individual titles with Lance Sobaski taking the boys crown in 17:12 and freshman Quincy Griffis won her first meet in 22:19. Micah Rees was runner-up in the boys’s race (17:32), Tyler Alderton 13th (19:36), Drew Horak 14th (19:42), and Kevin Marcelino 30th (20:40). Other Demon girls included Kendall Hinrichsen seventh (23:17), Taylor Bartholomew ninth (23:38), Grace Voss 10th (23:44), and Giselle Marcelino 11th (23:55). 

Columbus Community was also able to capture a combined team trophy in the B division with the boys winning and the girls placing third. The Wildcat boys had 46 points to best the other five programs including second place Mediapolis by 10. Freddy Vergara ran a personal record time of 18:00 to place second, Mason Hills-Carrier was fifth (19:15), Tim Hills-Carrier seventh (19:25), Isaac Acosta eighth (19:36), and Javier Panchillo 24th (22:25). Ariana Vergara was eighth on the girls’ side (25:39), Quinn Yotter 13th (26:49), Kimberly Gonzalez 17th (28:08), Averi Sipes 19th (29:09), and Frannie Sosa 21st (29:55). 

Winfield-Mt. Union was also participating with the boys in sixth and Gabe Hemsworth led the team in ninth (19:45). Lane Scorpil nabbed 14th (21:30), Jeff Maish 23rd (22:11), Ty Scorpil 27th (22:34), and Sheaden Adams 28th (22:35). The girls had a pair of runners with Maggie Hutton in 22nd (30:38) and Olivia Martinez 25th (32:27). 

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