The 4th Annual Wildcat Cross-Country Classic was held Thursday at the 5 x 80 Golf Course near Menlo with Panorama and Nodaway Valley taking the team titles. Both winning teams were dominant in taking first place in their respective team races.

Panorama’s girls scored 18 points to 55 for Greene County. The host West Central Valley team was third at 89 with 93 for Nodaway Valley and 110 by Exira-Elk Horn Kimballton.

The Panthers went one, two, three, five, and seven, in claiming first place. Ella Waddle was the top individual on the girls’ side with a time of 20:24.33 for the five kilometers (3.1 miles). Devyn Kemble was second at 21:16.80 and Brianna Hoffman placed third in 22:16.62. Gwen Steffen was fifth in 22:38.09 and seventh place wentt to Olivia Steffen in 23:34.03.

Greene County was led by Bailey Cunningham in 22:28.85, good for fourth place. Haley Hall was sixth in 23:27.74 and Kassie Lamoureux placed 10th in 23:55.87.

WCV’s Milayla Jaeger was ninth in 23:54.08.

On the boys’ side, NV scored just 15 points, placing second through sixth. Evan Wilson of Exira-EHK was the individual winner in 16:30.93 with NV claiming the next five spots. Second was Panorama at 69 with Martensdale-St. Mary’s third with 105. Ankeny Christian Academy had 116 points with 132 for WCV, 134 by Interstate 35 (Truro), and Greene County at 145.

NV’s Brycen Wallace was second in 16:53.11 with Tyler Breheny third at 17:38.67, Joshua Baudler fourth in 17:41.14, Skyler Rawlings fifth in 18:02.07, and Joel Blazek sixth in 18:08.76. Panorama’s Josh Carstens was seventh in 18:10.98 and the Panthers’ Danny Nordquist was eighth in 18:26.84.

Greene County’s top finisher was Nick Killion, 17th in 19:28.91, followed by Garrett Tasler, 19th, in 19:41.09.

There were 77 boys and 57 girls that completed the five K event.