KALONA — The Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls cross country team placed third out of 12 teams at the Iowa Mennonite School Early Bird Invitational in Kalona on Tuesday.

The Jefferson boys placed fifth out of nine teams in their race.

Megan Ely finished seventh in the individual standings for the Jefferson girls, and Sarah Hanna was just a second behind in eighth place for the J-Hawks.

Jason Chung led the Jefferson boys in 18th place.

Muscatine won the girls' championship by finishing an impressive 1-2-3-5-6. Iowa City High won the boys' title by finishing 2-3-5-6-7.

GIRLS TEAM STANDINGS

1. Muscatine 17, 2. Iowa City High 71, 3. Jefferson 102, 4. Wapello 123, 5. Mediapolis 126, 6. Lynnville-Sully 136, 7. Lone Tree 159, 8. Washington (Iowa) 231, 9. English Valleys 234, 10. Highland 256, 11. Cardinal of

Eldon 309, 12. Keota 332.

Medalist - Brina Kraft, Muscatine, 15:54.97.

Jefferson - 7. Megan Ely 17:04.91, 8. Sarah Hanna 17:05.74, 13. Meredith Koenigsfeld 17:34.26, 37. Maddie Robinson 19:43.80, 39. Caleigh Meyer 20:01.28, 40. Jasmine Blue 20:01.48.

BOYS TEAM STANDINGS

1. Iowa City High 23, 2. Muscatine 54, 3. Wapello 119, 4. Highland 122, 5. Jefferson 131, 6. Mediapolis 132, 7. Winfield-Mount Union 171, 8. Iowa Mennonite 243, 9. Washington (Iowa) 254.

Medalist - Bennett Luedtke, Muscatine, 16:24.78.

Jefferson - 18. Jason Chung 18:24.35, 28. Trey Hitchings 19:32.14, 29. Christopher Haring 19:32.31, 30. Nathan Prochnow 19:33.04, 34. Nate Homan 19:55.05.