The Gladbrook-Reinbeck 2026-27 cross country team. Pictured front row: (from left) Grayson Raffield, Colbie Roseland, Coach Jay Beichley, Caleb Pifkin, Braiden Sager, and Mason Wrider. Back row: (from left) Caleb Bowser, Tavin Rudden, and Campbell Gramer. PHOTO BY THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER PHOTOGRAPHY/TFD PHOTO

GRUNDY CENTER – Caleb Pifkin finished in seventh place to lead the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ cross country team to an 11th-place finish at the Sam Iverson Invitational hosted by Grundy Center on Thursday, Sept. 24, at Town & Country Golf Club.

Pifkin placed with a time of 17 minutes, 27 seconds, to lead the Rebels as the only coverage-area team in attendance to field at least five runners. Caleb Bowser was 44th in 19:37, Tavin Ruden took 86th in 21:01, Mason Wrider was 88th in 22:05, and Braiden Sager rounded out the team scoring in 92nd (22:23).

The Rebels took 11th place over Valley Lutheran on the sixth-score tiebreaker as Campbell Gramer’s 86th-place finish was three positions ahead of Valley Lutheran’s sixth runner.

Brayton Darter placed 98th as GMG’s lone runner, crossing the finish line in 23:04.

Class 3A No. 12 Bondurant-Farrar won the team title with just 35 points, beating 2A No. 11 Jesup (70) and 2A No. 20 Dike-New Hartford (91) among 15 scoring teams.

On the girls’ side, Grace Mathern of GMG was 45th (22:30), and Colbie Fevold of Gladbrook-Reinbeck placed 95th (26:25).