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WILTON, Iowa – Kyle Paulsen ignited Wilton to the Cedar Valley Conference boys’ cross country championship Thursday at Wahkonsa Country Club. 

Paulsen, ranked 17th among Class 2A individuals, ran the 3.1-mile course in 16 minutes, 42 seconds to capture the individual title.

Tyler Hartley, Paul Searcy and Grant Wakefield all finished in the top 10 to help the Beavers finish with 40 points — 21 better than Iowa City Regina.

Durant-Bennett finished fifth in the boys division. The Wildcats were led by fifth-place finisher Deane Wichelt in 16:53.

West Liberty, paced by Dylan Hillyer’s fourth place, was sixth overall.

Wilton finished runner-up to seventh-ranked Iowa City Regina 32-53 in the girls race. The 10th-ranked Beavers were led by Paige Wheeler, who finished fourth in 15:46.

Mackenzie Holladay and Becca Bartell also finished in the top 10 for Wilton.

Iowa City Regina’s Nicole Kleinmeyer won the individual title in 14:56.

Durant was fourth in the girls’ team standings. None of the Wildcats’ individual results were available.

Cedar Valley Conference

Cross Country

Varsity Boys Team Results

1. Wilton 40; 2. Iowa City Regina 61; 3. Mid-Prairie 74; 4. Tipton 87; 5. Durant-Bennett 94; 6. West Liberty 142; 7. North Liberty 194.

Top Ten Individual Finishers

1. Kyle Paulsen, Wilton 16:42; 2. Brennan Bogert, Iowa City Regina 16:46; 3. Ethan Rogers, Tipton 16:48; 4. Dylan Hillyer, West Liberty 16:50; 5. Deane Wichelt, Durant-Bennett 16:53; 6. Daniel Bonthius, Iowa City Regina 17:02; 7. Tyler Hartley, Wilton 17:06; 8. Tyler Asbe, Mid-Prairie 17:08; 9. Paul Searcy, Wilton 17:14; 10. Grant Wakefield, Wilton 17:23.

Wilton (40) – 1. Kyle Paulsen 16:42; 7. Tyler Hartley 17:06; 9. Paul Searcy 17:14; 10. Grant Wakefield 17:23; 13. Kurt Paulsen 17:40; 32. Jered Williams 18:37; 38. Nathan Wolf 19:13.

Varsity Girls Team Results

1. Iowa City Regina 32; 2. Wilton 53; 3. Mid-Prarie 88; 4. Durant-Bennett 90; 5. Tipton 100.

Top Ten Individual Finishers

1. Nicole Kleinmeyer, Iowa City Regina 14:56; 2. Sofia Chmaruk, Mid-Prairie 15:16; 3. Julia Hunder, Iowa City Regina 15:31; 4. Paige Wheeler, Wilton 15:46; 5. Meagan McCusker, Iowa City Regina 15:51; 6. Mackenzie Holladay, Wilton 16:09; 7. Allison Kilburg, Tipton 16:11; 8. Becca Bartell, Wilton 16:12; 9. Gabby Iverson, Iowa City Regina 16:14; 10. Mallory McArtor, Mid-Prarie 16:16.

Wilton (53) – 4. Paige Wheeler 15:46; 6. Mackenzie Holladay 16:09; 8. Becca Bartell 16:12; 17. Melanie Walde 17:01; 18. Amy Hurd 17:04; 20. Linsie Mairet 17:10; 30. Kelly Jo Jannings 18:22.

Wapello boys finish 3rd at Lake Darling Classic

BRIGHTON, Iowa – Wapello’s boys cross country team finished third at the Lake Darling Classic on Thursday.

The Indians scored 89 points to finish behind IMS (51) and Lone Tree (84).

The Wapello girls finished sixth in the six-team field with 204 points. Lone Tree was the girls’ team champion with 48 points.

Bill Spencer of Iowa Mennonite won the boys individual title in 14 minutes, 27 seconds.

No individual results were available for Wapello.

Wapello’s teams are off until it hosts the Class 1A regional meet on Thursday.

Lake Darling Classic

Boys Team Results

1. IMS 51; 2. Lone Tree 84; 3. Wapello 89; 4. Keota 99; 5. Winfield-Mt. Union 120; 6. Pekin 145; 7. Van Buren 207; 8. Sigourney 274.

Girls Team Results

1. Lone Tree 48; 2. Pekin 62; 3. Van Buren 133; 4. Iowa Mennonite 134; 5. Twin Cedars 176; 6. Wapello 204.