The Bobcats came in fifth out of 10 teams with a 133 total, trailing 3A No. 1 Dallas Center-Grimes (36), No. 3 North Polk (60), No. 4 Pella (85) and host Newton (96).

Smith, who is ranked 13th in 4A, clocked in at 16 minutes, 46.4 seconds, to trail on Dallas Center-Grimes’ top-ranked Aidan Ramsey (16:18.1) and seventh-ranked Zach Sporaa (16:40.0) from North Polk. Eleventh-ranked Max Sporaa from North Polk was barely three seconds behind Smith.

Bobcat junior Jason Strand scored 18th place for his team, timing in at 18:01.5, and Anthoneih Kopsa came in 29th in 19:01.8. Andrew Kodis clocked in at 19:40.4 for 39th place, and Diego Tejada rounded out the team scoring in 44th position (19:57.2).

John Moellers (46th, 20:03.1) and Marco Herrera (49th, 20:20.6) also competed for the Bobcats.

PHOTO BY TROY HYDE/NEWTON DAILY NEWS - Marshalltown senior Rachel Smith leads a pack of runners during Tuesday’s Steve McDermott Cardinal Invite in Newton. Smith placed 10th in a time of 21 minutes, 56.5 seconds.

Marshalltown’s girls were the only team unable to field five runners in the 10-team invite, but the Bobcats did have three runners finish in the top 13. Micah Blevins led MHS in ninth place in 21:47.0) and Rachel Smith was moments behind in 10th (21:56.5), with Veronica Herrera taking 13th in 22:03.1. Grace Rasmussen made her way to 41st place (24:40.8), but she was the only other Bobcat runner.

Seventh-ranked North Polk picked up a team title with 38 points, No. 13 Pella was second with 61 points and third-ranked Dallas Center-Grimes was third in the meet with 69 points.

Next up for Marshalltown is a trip to Knoxville on Sept. 28.