Raiders place 28th at Verona Invitational meet

Arcadia’s prep cross country team was one of more than 30 teams across the state which ran in the annual Verona Invitational near Madison last week.

The Raiders placed 28th at the meet, which boasts teams from across three divisions of competition in Wisconsin.

Andy Monroy was the Raiders’ fastest runner, finishing the 5k in 58th place with a time of 17 minutes, 32.3 seconds—his time was the seventh fastest in Saturday’s division three race.

Alec Conrad finished 136th for the Raiders, which also got a 181st-place run from Yahir Gonzalez and a 184th-place day out of senior Camren Schultz. There were 222 runners in the boys race on Saturday.

Jairo Aguilar placed 198th for the Raiders, Irbin Ortiz took 215th and Ben Kolstad rounded out Arcadia’s finishes in 218th place.

Middleton took the team crown in the boys’ race with 137 points, just ahead of Madison West’s 138 points and DeForest’s 154. DeForest had the two fastest times on Saturday, including individual champion Lucas Tanner, who ran the race in 15:47.7.

Arcadia did not have any girls compete in the girls’ race, which saw Greta Peters of Altoona take the fastest time in 18:25.7. Madison West was the runaway winner of the team scores with 68 points, followed by Sun Prairie West in second (135) and Dodgeville Mineral Point (167) in third.

Arcadia continued competition in Black River Falls on Monday and will join numerous other teams at an invitational at G-E-T High School on Thursday.

Boys cross country, Verona Invitational, Sept. 7 at Verona High School

Middleton 137, Madison West 138, DeForest 154, Madison La Follette 172, Verona 176, West Salem 210, Sun Prairie East 226, McFarland 254, Monroe 286, Madison East 319, Arrowhead 351, Baraboo 364, Stoughton 383, Waukesha West 388, Aquinas 421, Oregon 456, Fort Atkinson 470, Madison Memorial 484, Sun Prairie West 523, Watertown 525, Mauston 533, St. Ambrose Academy 537, Watertown Luther Prep 548, Altoona 600, Monona Grove 666, Mount Horeb 729, Edgerton 746, Arcadia 746, Platteville 748, Westby 827, New Glarus/Monticello 838

Arcadia—Monroy, 58th, 17:32.3; Conrad, 136th, 19:03.1; Gonzalez, 181st, 20:09.3; Schultz, 184th, 20:15.3; Aguilar, 198th, 20:52.7; Ortiz, 215th, 22:17.3; Kolstad, 218th, 23:03.2.