The Hillcrest Academy Raven cross country teams took the course on the campus of the University of Iowa Thursday for the annual City High Bud Williams Invitational. The Hillcrest girls did not post a team score but were led by Delaney Shaw who raced around the course in a new personal best time of 25:06 for 74th place. Rondi Quass of Ankeny Centennial was the individual champion in 18:20. Shaw spoke with KCII Sports after the race about the run. “Today the most important part was more the second mile. Speeding up and passing people. Today was good because I PR’d by 30 seconds and I wasn’t expecting that with how the race felt.”

The Hillcrest boys had three individuals set new personal best times on the Iowa Course. Micah Gerber led the way with a new PR time of 18:51 for 70th place, a more than 30 second improvement. Ford Washburn of City High had the championship time of 14:50. Jesse Blossom was 89th in 19:59, beating his previous record mark by more than a minute. Jeremiah Danker was 110th and Kyle Neuschwander lowered his personal best time to 26:01, an improvement of nearly three minutes, to finish 111th.