Tuesday, Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk cross country made it a true daily double Alex, winning both of the River Valley Conference team championships in Iowa City.

The girls did it with a score of 43, beating Tipton’s 64, giving the Golden Hawks back-to-back RVC team titles, and their fifth in the last seven seasons. Brooklyn Stutzman led the way for the Hawks in third at 19:53. Individual River Valley Champ was Noelle Steines of Tipton in 18:47. Other Mid-Prairie finishers included Rachel Hostetler sixth, Kendal Landstrum eighth, Tessa Brokaw 12th, Hannah Rodgers 14th, Dessa Poll 18th, Rebekah Wallington 24th, Kyrie Poll 35th, Ivy Reschly 47th, Averi Janecek 67th, Braelee Yoder 68th, Stephanie Parks 88th, Alaina Safly 90th, Natalie Weaver 94th, Marissa Parks 106th, Lexi Miller 107th, Fiona McClellen 110th, Skyler Swift 111th and Gwen Wunderlich 113th. Mid-Prairie’s entire top seven was named All-River Valley Conference.

The Golden Hawk boys winning score was also 43, ahead of Anamosa and Tipton’s 64. Emmett Swartzentruber led the way as River Valley Runner-up in 16:37. Tipton’s Clay Bohlmann won the individual title in 16:25. Other Mid-Prairie performers included Preston Yutzy fourth, Jayse Yoder 10th, Max Swartzentruber 12th, Luke Brokaw 15th, Thomas Flynn 23rd, Jesse Stultz 32nd, Reece Waters 51st, Ben Lothamer 79th, Evan Reschly 100th, Easton Rios 101st, Adrian Sanchez 104th and Cayce Damschen 126th. The Hawks top six were named All-River Valley Conference. After the meet, the happy group of Golden Hawks joined KCII Sports to talk about their wins.

Yoder said, “This is a great group of guys. Everyone has shown up, everyday, working hard, doing what they need to do to have this kind of success. It’s great to see what we’ve accomplished and know that we’ve earned it.”

Yutzy continued, “Having a group of guys that can run together, train together and get faster together is great but then having a group like this that you’re good friends with and you love each other, that helps a lot. That helps you run faster. It helps you train better.

Girls runners Stutzman, Hostetler, Brokaw, Rodgers, Dessa Poll and Wallington said, “This feels really good, awesome, it’s amazing! This was our last regular season meet so our goal was to improve a lot and get your pacing down for the State Qualifier meet and State.”

The Mid-Prairie boys and girls will be back on the course next week at their Class 2A State Qualifier at Pella Christian.