Cedar Falls boys & girls cross country teams win Linn-Mar Invitational

The Cedar Falls high school boys and girls cross country teams both earned first-place finishes at the Linn-Mar Invitational Saturday.

Cedar Falls won the boys meet with four of the top-five finishers. Tiger junior Jaden Merrick finished first overall with a course-record time of 15:10:07.

In the girls meet Cedar Falls had six of the top-nine finishers.

Tiger freshman Charlie Gall finished first overall with a time of 18:16:07.

Waterloo West’s Nakia Oliverre finished second-place.