The West Central Valley 5th Annual Wildcat Cross-Country Classic at the 5 x 80 Golf Course near Menlo was held Thursday. Greene County had its best team finishes of the season with the girls placing second among eight teams and the boys seventh among 11 squads.

Panorama won the girls’ team title easily with 24 points. Both the Rams and Nodaway Valley (Greenfield) had 101 points, but NV did not have a sixth runner and Greene County did, therefore the tie-breaker went to the Rams. Extra-EHK had 104 with 117 for Audubon, 119 by Southwest Valley (Corning), 156 for Martensdale-St. Mary’s, and 161 for CAM (Anita).

On the boys’ side, it was NV placing first with 37 points and Des Moines Christian second with 51. Saddle (Des Moines) had 70 points with M-SM 134, WCV 148, Panorama 159, Greene County 179, Ankeny Christian Academy 210, Interstate 35 229, CAM 240, and SW Valley 330.

Kassie Lamoureux led the Greene County girls with a ninth place finish for the five kilometers (3.1 miles) in 22:34.73, followed by Conner Allendar in 20th  at 24:14.94, Ashlee Harmeyer 27th in 24:47.03, Makala Kafer 32nd in 25:17.71, and Izzy Bravard 41st in 26:37.04. There were 74 female runners.

Conner Brus led the Greene County boys. He was 25th in 19:47.70. Next was Logan Woodruff at 20:04.15, good for 30th place. Jack Bryso was 35th in 20:13.45, followed by Trevor Zebeck in 44th at 21:40.69, and Jayden Carstensen in 45th at 21:45.39.