WAVERLY, Iowa - Grace's cross country team crossed a few state lines to race in Iowa on Saturday.

The Lancers competed at the Dan Huston Invitational with each team producing strong results.

Grace's women finished as the runners-up in the race out of 21 teams; the men's squad placed sixth.

The women's team had five of the top-13 finishers in the race for a dominant showing.

Freshman Chloe Gibson grabbed fifth place overall with a time of 22:36.7. Grace had two more top-10 finishers, including Grace Pettit in eighth (22:55.7) and Krysta Stanko in 10th (23:01.2).

Faith Spain was 13th overall (23:07.9) and Leah Emch was 15th (23:11.9).

Esther Crane (23:40.6) and Izzy Moon (24:28.5) rounded out Grace's top-seven finishers.

The men were also paced by a freshman. Brady Hicks grabbed 19th place in the race, ending with a time of 25:46.6.

Zeke Benedict was next in line in 26:35.6, followed by Brayden Mainwaring in 26:48.1 and Austin Wilson in 26:56.5.

Grace, who raced six men, were rounded out by John Young (27:26.1) and Matt Urbina (27:47.1).

Next up, the Lancers will race at the Ray Bullock Invitational at Taylor.

RACE RESULTS