Cedar Falls boys cross country team wins Jim Broughton Invitational, Gall wins girls meet

The Cedar Falls and Waterloo West boys and girls cross country teams took part in the Jim Broughton Invitational in Dubuque yesterday.

Cedar Falls had five of the top-ten finishers in the boys meet, finishing first with a team score of 36. Bettendorf was runner up with a score of 95.

Cedar Falls’ Jaden Merrick took first-place individually with a time of 14:45.

Pleasant Valley won the Girls race with 44 points. Cedar Falls placed third with 95.

Tiger freshman Charlee Gall continued her impressive season with a first-place finish in a time of 18:02. Waterloo West’s Nakia Olivierre was runner up.