McDowell Places 2nd At League Meetand

WALLA WALLA - Down its top runner, the WP men's cross country team placed fourth overall with 80 points last Wednesday in a District 9 league meet in Walla Walla.

Tri Cities Prep won for the men that day out of teams including Dayton, Asotin, Liberty Christian, Pomeroy, St. John-Endicott, WWVA

Columbia Burbank.

WP's no. 2 runner on the team, Tewedros McDowell, fared well last Wednesday and placed second overall with a time of 18:06.25. E.J. Meserve placed 12th with a time of 19:02.52, followed by Jacob Dingfield in 24th with a time of 19:57.95, Trent Hafen in 27th with a time of 20:33.61 and Kevin Kamel in 37th with a time of 22:39.22.

The Dayton Bulldogs had two men in the race as well. Austin Krekula placed 40th with a time of 22:47.54, fol­lowed by Tim Ihle in 49th with a time of 24:16.77.

Dayton also competed on Saturday at the Tri Cit­ies Prep Invite versus teams from Southridge, Toppen­ish, TOR, Riverside Chris­tian, Columbia-Burbank and Granger. WP coach Joanna Lanning said her team did not attend this meet because of Homecoming and Parents' Weekend at Jubilee.

Krekula finished 33rd on Saturday with a time of 21:19.3, followed by Ihle in 47th with a time of 25:25.

Bulldog Kiara Biggar also ran Saturday in the women's competition and placed 25th with a time of 29:26.