By Becky Walz,
Taking on some of the best teams in the area, the Decorah girls’ and boys’ cross country teams competed in the annual Dick Pollitt Go-Hawk Classic Tuesday in Waverly. The Viking boys came out on top of the standings.
“We showed improvement from last week. If we can become more disciplined in our approach we will continue to get faster,” said the boys’ coach Brad Johansen.
The Classic utilizes a different scoring method than other meets. Each high school squad is divided into grades. Harriers competed against runners only at their age level. To form an overall team score, the squad’s top-five runners, with no more than two representatives for each grade level, are combined. Individual grade level races are scored by each team’s top-three runners.
Taking on some of the best teams in the area, the Decorah girls’ and boys’ cross country teams competed in the annual Dick Pollitt Go-Hawk Classic Tuesday in Waverly. The Viking boys came out on top of the standings.
“We showed improvement from last week. If we can become more disciplined in our approach we will continue to get faster,” said the boys’ coach Brad Johansen.
The Classic utilizes a different scoring method than other meets. Each high school squad is divided into grades. Harriers competed against runners only at their age level. To form an overall team score, the squad’s top-five runners, with no more than two representatives for each grade level, are combined. Individual grade level races are scored by each team’s top-three runners.
At the top
The Viking boys scored the title, winning the sophomore race with 13 points, finishing second in the freshmen team score with 22, third in the junior class with 37 and sixth in the senior race with 53.
Henry Weis had the best finish for Decorah, taking fifth in 17:37.20, in the junior/senior event. Grant Zilka also finished fifth in the freshmen/sophomore race, crossing the finish line in 18:00.51, with Davis Coppola not far behind in 18:18.77, to take seventh.
A good showing
The Viking women also saw success on the course at Waverly, taking second in both the junior and senior team scores, while the freshmen and sophomore squads were third.
The seniors were one point away from the title with 30, behind Denver. Waverly-Shell Rock was at the top of junior team standings with 17, followed by Decorah with 29. Leading the way was Brynn Storhoff in 22:10.58, good for 13th overall in the junior/senior race.
Decorah tallied 26 points in the freshmen team standings behind Hudson and Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck. Also, third in the sophomore standings, the Lady Vikes came away with 28 points behind Denver and Mason City. In 21:41.54, it was Anna Simon leading Decorah to the finish line in the freshmen/sophomore race.
All-American Saturday
The Vikings will compete in the All-American race hosted by Luther College Saturday, Sept. 10, beginning at 9 a.m.
Girls’ freshmen team scores
1. Hudson 23; 2. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 23; 3. Decorah 26; 4. Denver 37; 5. Center Point-Urbana 42; 6. Waverly-Shell Rock 42; 7. Clarksville 76; 8. Wapsie Valley 81; 9. West Delaware 83
Girls’ sophomore team scores
1. Denver 13; 2. Mason City 26; 3. Decorah 28; 4. Center Point-Urbana 41; 5. Waverly-Shell Rock 55; 6. Crestwood 61; 7. West Delaware 74; 8. Western Dubuque (Epworth) 82; 9. Hudson 99; 10. Aplington-Parkersburg 101; 11. Webster City 120; 12. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 137
Girls’ fresh./soph. individual results
5. Anna Simon 21:41.65; 16. Lily Sandhorst 22:38.53; 23. Kamryn Steines 23:11.68; 23. Natalie Stevens 23:13.35; 25. Deborah Hougen 23:20.26; 26. Grace Blikre 23:26.10; 27. Amelia Wadsworth 23:53.17; 43. Nora Lesmeister 24:52.70; 48. Natalie Goodner 25:03.83; 57. McKenzie Riley 25:33.13; 60. Olivia Paulsen 25:38.00; 69. McKenzie Tollefson 26:43.22; 77. Morgan Miculinich 27:27.02; 84. Drew Zwart 28:10.68; 88. Addison Lukes-Smith 28:21.91; 113. Klaara Short 34:17.78; 120. Gwenyth Thompson 36:04.45; 122. Ella Carlson 36:17.38; 127. Abigail Larson 42:24.43
Girls’ junior team scores
1. Waverly-Shell Rock 17; 2. Decorah 29; 3. Waukon 36; 4. Crestwood 48; 5. West Delaware 48; 6. Western Dubuque (Epworth) 50; 7. Denver 63; 8. Aplington-Parkersburg 77; 9. Nashua-Plainfield 91
Girls’ senior team scores
1. Denver 29; 2. Decorah 30; 3. West Delaware 33; 4. Wapsie Valley 40; 5. Aplington-Parkersburg 42; 6. Crestwood 54; 7. New Hampton 56; 8. Waverly-Shell Rock 58; 9. Independence 90
Girls’ junior/senior individual results
13. Brynn Storhoff 22:10.58; 21. Grace Brynsaas 22:39.52; 24. Annalise Skrade 23:00.43; 31. Kathryn Kelly 23:43.95; 36. Elayna Hook 24:04.35; 37. Danielle Losen 24:05.90; 40. Claire Schutte 24:16.71; 41. Mairi Sessions 24:19.14; 43. Amy Jensen 24:21.72; 48. Madison Tollefson 24:59.39; 49. Hailey Bower 25:13.77; 52. Madison Heim 25:34.06; 63. Grace Neal 26:04.50; 70. Naomi Simon 26:22.25; 84. Ella Grouws 27:04.70; 90. Ramsey Zilka 27:36.65; 91. Sylvia Sandhorst 27:44.29; 106. Sophia Christman 29:42.21; 108. Kortni O’Connell 29:45.70; 109. Hannah Schnitzler 29:49.42; 121. Diep Doan 31:33.77; 130. Hailey Bohr 35:52.52
Boys’ freshmen team scores
1. Center Point-Urbana 18; 2. Decorah 22; 3. Waukon 60; 4. Webster City 62; 5. Crestwood 64; 6. Western Dubuque (Epworth) 68; 7. Waverly-Shell Rock 72; 8. Denver 73; 9. Nashua-Plainfield 81; 10. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 91; 11. West Delaware 100; 12. Wapsie Valley 114; 13. Mason City 137
Boys’ sophomore team scores
1. Decorah 13; 2. Waukon 25; 3. Denver 27; 4. West Delaware 37; 5. Western Dubuque (Epworth) 53; 6. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 66; 7. New Hampton 71; 8. Independence 79; 9. Waverly-Shell Rock 82; 10. Center Point-Urbana 82; 11. Waterloo East 131
Boys’ fresh./soph. individual results
5. Grant Zilka 18:00.51; 7. Davis Coppola 18:18.77; 14. Landyn Hook 18:57.32; 18. Thomas Hammel 19:13.83; 20. Reid Berns 19:16.34; 22. Riley Berns 19:20.32; 26. Oliver Bollinger 19:44.46; 27. Mitchell Stemper 19:44.78; 35. Garrett See 20:16.06; 38. Keaton Nalean-Carlson 20:25.08; 47. Carson Bohner 21:00.14; 48. Max Grimstad 21:00.19; 61. Garrett Willie 21:40.72; 71. Kyle Patterson 22:16.74; 84. Beau Newhouse 22:54.90; 94. Andrew Olson 23:19.36; 98. Will Robinson 23:29.18; 106. Phoung Doan 24:39.64; 108. Jack Sovern 24:53.65; 116. Caleb Johnson 25:25.32; 122. William Chamberlain 26:03.21; 134. Noah Vilardo 28:19.78
Boys’ junior team scores
1. Waukon 18; 2. Center Point-Urbana 33; 3. Decorah 37; 4. Denver 39; 5. West Delaware 39; 6. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 45; 7. Hudson 66; 8. Mason City 86; 9. Independence 106
Boys’ senior team scores
1. Western Dubuque (Epworth) 9; 2. Waverly-Shell Rock 28; 3. Denver 31; 4. Waukon 32; 5. Mason City 53; 6. Decorah 53; 7. Hudson 78; 8. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 77; 9. Aplington-Parkersburg 84; 10. Webster City; 11. West Delaware 116; 12. Independence 122
Boys’ junior/senior individual results
5. Henry Weis 17:37.20; 25. Jake Magner 18:09.99; 28. Cade Olson 18:19.52; 42. Aidan Nalean-Carlson 19:14.19; 48. Peter Essa 19:35.44; 49. Benson Newhouse 19:35.58; 64. Travis Nordheim 20:03.96; 70. Max Wilson 20:19.60; 84. Montana Jump-Gerleman 21:24.17; 90. Brock Taylor 21:45.76; 94. Lucas Arendt 21:51.46; 102. Doug Bentley 22:18.59; 113. Adam Walter 23:04.04; 118. Lucas Hanson 23:26.37; 123. Alex McGohan 23:43.28; 124. Lange Betts 23:48.74; 138. Nathaniel Myers 28:19.83
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