It was all smiles once again last night for the Washington cross country teams in Fort Madison when  they swept the competition at the Timm Lamb Invite. 

The No. 13 Demon boys claimed three of the top five individual spots to place first in the team standings in class A with 33 points, beating out second place Fort Madison by 22. Micah Rees continued his tear by shattering a personal record and placing first in 16:16. That time is the third fastest in school history. Freshman Andrew Rees made a name for himself by night’s end placing third in 17:49 and Tyler Alderton was fourth in 18:10. Other scored results included Elijah Morris 12th (18:33) and Lane Schrock 13th (18:36). All five of the No. 14 Demon girl runners cracked the top 10 to help them run away with the title compiling 31 points. The Bloodhounds managed silver with 51. Freshman Iris Dahl set another PR to claim runner-up in 20:24 to put her in the top five fastest time in school history. Quincy Griffis placed third in 21:05, Lauren Horak was seventh (21:49), Alyvia Anderson ninth (21:49), and Angeline Anderson (21:49).

The B division featured area schools Winfield-Mt. Union and Columbus Community with the Wolves placing third on the boys’ side compiling 101 points while the Wildcats were fourth with 127. Danville-New London carried the crown with 41. Kohlby Newsom of WMU placed sixth (18:01) and Gabe Hemsworth was 12th (18:29). Columbus was led by Damian Vergara in 15th (19:06) and Tim Hills-Carrier 16th (19:07). The girls’ side saw Columbus nab third with 82 points while Danville-New London won with 43. Ariana Vergara finished in eighth (23:31) and Quinn Yotter 12th (24:40). WMU did not have enough for a team score, but Afton Wilkerson finished in 26th (26:53).  

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