By Becky Walz,
The Decorah cross country teams laced up their sneakers Thursday to compete at the Rich Engel Classic held in Cedar Falls.
The varsity boys ranked 13th in Class 3A, finished ninth overall with 259 points. Class 4A No. 15 Iowa City Liberty finished first with 82, edging Class 4A No. 7 Cedar Falls by one point. In the girls’ team race, Decorah collected 343 to finished 13th. Claiming the team title was Class 4A No. 3 Dubuque Hempstead.
Varsity boys
The Viking boys posted an average time of 18:30.4, with a spread of 36 seconds.
The individual winner was Class 3A No. 2 Eli Naumann of Western Dubuque. He had a time of 16:24.7.
Decorah was led by Arlo Hayes. The senior toured the course in 18:04.1, good for 32nd. The next to cross the finish line was Bennett Schutte in 18:31.7 in 52nd place. Stopping the clock within two second of each other was senior Larsson Shockey and sophomore Henry Weis. Shockey toured the course in 18:36.9 to earn 58th place, while Weis knocked out a time of 18:38.8 to finish 58th. Rounding out the team score in 61st place was Izaak Eichinger, posting a time of 18:40.1.
Others on the course for the Vikes were Jacob Magner, 90th, 19:01.0; Cade Olson, 109th, 19:17.7; Davis Coppola, 131st, 19:39.4; Landan Folkedahl, 133rd, 19:42.2; and Grant Zilka, 137th, 19:43.9.
“We competed much harder today and this has to be our normal effort to see success,” said boys’ coach Brad Johansen.
Varsity girls
“As we battle through some illnesses this season, several athletes have stepped up into leadership roles on the course. I am proud of the hard work and great attitudes I am seeing throughout this team,” said girls’ coach Cristy Nimrod.
Decorah had an average time of 23:44.8 and posted a spread of 1:17.3.
Taking first overall was Class 4A No. 5 Alli Macke. She had a time of 19:08.2.
Decorah was led by sophomore Brynn Storhoff with a time of 23:06.7 to claim 59th place. Less than 20 seconds back was Danielle Losen in 64th place, stopping the clock at 23:23.4. Freshman Elsa Johnson blazed the course to a time of 23:52.8 to bring home 69th place in the team standings, while Abby Halverson finished 70th in 23:56.8. Freshman McKenzie Riley concluded the team score in 81st place in 24:23.9.
The Vikings had five others on the course including Kathryn Kelly, 102nd, 24:29.3; Grace Brynsaas, 105th, 24:37.0; Kamryn Steins, 107th, 24:37.2; Lily Sandhorst, 108th, 24:37.6; and Mairi Sessions, 117th, 25:09.2.
Back in action
Today, Tuesday, Sept. 21, the Vikings are at Waukon at 4:30 p.m.
Boys’ varsity team results
1. Iowa City Liberty 82; 2. Cedar Falls 83; 3. Ankeny 95; 4. Urbandale 104; 5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 139; 6. Western Dubuque 198; 7. Southeast Polk 217; 8. Waverly-Shell Rock 242; 9. Decorah 259; 10. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 278; 11. Dubuque Senior 322; 12. Waterloo 326; 13. Clear Creek-Amana 327; 14. Mason City 345; 15. Valley Lutheran 389; 16. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 439; 17. Cedar Rapids Washington 496; 18. Dubuque Hempstead 512; 19. Dike-New Hartford 522; 20. Cedar Rapids Xavier 548; 21. Hudson 599
Girls’ varsity team results
1. Dubuque Hempstead 50; 2. Ankeny 70; 3. Dubuque Senior 117; 4. Iowa City West 126; 5. Western Dubuque 141; 6. Iowa City Liberty 157; 7. Urbandale 164; 8. Cedar Falls 207; 9. Clear Creek-Amana 208; 10. Waverly-Shell Rock, 283; 11. Hudson 294; 12. Dike-New Hartford 326; 13. Decorah 343; 14. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 344; 15. Waterloo; 16. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 501; 17. Cedar Rapids Xavier 501
Boys’ JV team results
1. Ankeny 34; 2. Cedar Falls 41; 3. Urbandale 87; 4. Southeast Polk 117; 5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 165; 6. Decorah 185; 7. Waterloo 217; 8. Dubuque Hempstead, 232; 9. Western Dubuque 266; 10. Mason City 287; 11. Clear Creek-Amana 287; 12. Dubuque Senior 344; 13. Cedar Rapids Washington 421; 14. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 422; 15. Waverly-Shell Rock 436; 16. Valley Lutheran 481; 17. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 526
Boys’ JV individual results
19. Thomas Hammel, 20:11.4; 26. Adrian Huang, 20:22.0; 50. Max Wilson, 20:50.0; 74. Benson Newhouse, 21:16.6; 94. Drew Berns, 21:46.4; 100. Landyn Hook, 21:56.3; 107. Haywood Stowe, 22:05.7; 109. Austin Wilkins, 22:14.7; 114. Montana Jump-Gerleman, 22:24.4; 117. D’mitry Lesser, 22:24.6; 121. Bradyn Hook, 22:31.1; 125. Brock Taylor, 22:32.5; 132. Karter Einck, 22:37.8; 143. Simon Mumford, 22:41.3; 154. Ezra Vorvick, 22:59.3; 155. Lucas Arendt, 23:00.0; 182. Doug Bentley, 23:35.0; 183. Joseph Stammeyer, 23:37.5; 228. Carter Kowitz, 24:46.1; 233. Nolan Jacobsen, 24:54.5; 244. Beau Newhouse, 25:16.4; 246. Dylan Mulbhauer; 249. Lange Betts, 25:37.1; 251. Andrew Olson, 25:43.7; 253. Garett Willie, 25:49.6; 260. Wyatt Hackman, 26:11.4
Girls’ JV team results
1. Dubuque Hempstead 29; 2. Dubuque Senior 42; 3. Iowa City West 65; 4. Ankeny 136; 5. Decorah 147; 6. Urbandale 185; 7. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 204; 8. Iowa City Liberty 224; 9. Clear Creek-Amana 248; 10. Mason City 255; 11. Cedar Falls 358; 12. Cedar Rapids Washington 397; 13. Aplington-Parkersburg 410; 14. Dike-New Hartford 423; 15. Cedar Rapids Xavier 434; 16. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 469; 17. Waverly-Shell Rock 471; 18. Western Dubuque 551; 19. Waterloo 552; 20. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 586
Girls JV individual results
22. Madison Tollefson, 24:57.3; 27. Grace Neal, 25:22.0; 28. Grace Blikre, 25:24.5; 32. Addison Lukes-Smith, 25:34.5; 40. Natalie Goodner, 25:54.8; 51. Amelia Wadsworth, 26:19.7; 60. Claire Schutte, 26:49.6; 61. Amy Jensen, 26:50.6; 65. Ellen Rooney, 27:01.0; 69. Hannah Schnitzler, 27:19.7; 70. Anya Lovstuen, 27:24.9; 74. Julia Phillips, 27:29.6; 75. Ramsey Zilka, 27:29.6; 107. Madison Heim, 28:30.5; 114. Kaya Hines, 28:41.9; 128. Ella Grouws, 29:07.8; 134. Ruby Sullivan, 29:22.1; 137. Hailey Bower, 29:28.0; 140. Sylvia Sandhorst, 29:34.4; 144. Mikiah Krieg, 29:43.0; 145. Sophia Christman, 29:43.5; 152. Karen Henriquez, 30:02.1; 157. Gwenyth Thompson, 30:12.5; 170. Ashley Bjork, 30:51.5; 205. Morgan Dhly, 33:32.0; 223. Lexie Stammeyer, 36:04.4; 228. Hailey Bohr, 37:01.1; 237. Ella Carlson, 38:18.9
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