WAVERLY, Iowa – Drake XC competed within the boundaries of the state of Iowa with a host of competitors at the Dan Huston Invite hosted by Wartburg College.
 
The Bulldogs produced a champion on the men's side as Anas Mahboub El Hamdouni ran a personal best 24:35.6 to take top honors in the 8k.
 
Juan Trasobares came across shortly after him in sixth with a time of 25:20.3, his best of the year. Lanse Larsen made it back-to-back for the Dogs with a seventh-place mark of 25:26.5.
 
Gaven Corpin took 14th for Drake in 25:38.1. Xander Kwa and John Moellers narrowly missed the top 30 with times of 26:07.8 and 26:10.0, respectively.
 
The balance of the Bulldog men included Luke Smith (26:18.8), Vaughn Larson (26:28.9), Landon Bendgen (26:47.6), Ryan Tobin (27:03.4), Jake Devivo (27:27.3), and Thomas Garrett (27:46.5).
 
Drake's Gracie Foster led the women's 6k finishers with a 22nd place time of 23:27.2. The Bulldog women also had three others just outside to the top 30 including Bella Hodges in 31st (23:55.4), Hannah Kilday in 32nd (23:56.3), and Fabi Gipson in 36th (24:00.2).
 
The remainder of the Drake women that participated in Waverly were Scarlett Byrnes (24:10.0), Adeline Viergutz (24:41.1), Addie Appleby (24:59.6), Catherine Beltrame (25:04.3), Gracie Federspiel (25:06.9), Ellen Cook (25:18.5), Allison Levy (26:18.6), and Hannah Quinn (26:42.0).