By Becky Walz,
The Decorah girls’ and boys’ cross country teams took their talents to Epworth Thursday, returning home with fifth and sixth place finishes respectively in the field.
Men
The Class 3A No. 18 Viking men tallied 149 points to take fifth place as Class 4A No. 8 Cedar Rapids Kennedy secured the top spot in the team standings with 42. Decorah had an average time of 18:20.7 with a spread of 46.4 seconds.
At the line first for the Vikes was junior Henry Weis in 17:58.0, taking 20th overall. Grant Zilka stopped the clock at 18:08.2 to claim 24th, while Cade Olson was 27th in 18:12.2. In 18:40.2, Davis Coppola took 38th place with Jake Magner capping off the team score in 40th in 18:44.4.
The Decorah girls’ and boys’ cross country teams took their talents to Epworth Thursday, returning home with fifth and sixth place finishes respectively in the field.
Men
The Class 3A No. 18 Viking men tallied 149 points to take fifth place as Class 4A No. 8 Cedar Rapids Kennedy secured the top spot in the team standings with 42. Decorah had an average time of 18:20.7 with a spread of 46.4 seconds.
At the line first for the Vikes was junior Henry Weis in 17:58.0, taking 20th overall. Grant Zilka stopped the clock at 18:08.2 to claim 24th, while Cade Olson was 27th in 18:12.2. In 18:40.2, Davis Coppola took 38th place with Jake Magner capping off the team score in 40th in 18:44.4.
Others running varsity for Decorah were Landyn Hook (46th, 18:53.8), Thomas Hammel (50th, 19:00.4), Reid Berns (58th, 19:15.2) and Riley Berns (71st, 19:45.6).
“This was a great effort with 24 of the 44 boys posting season-best times on a very difficult course,” said boys’ coach Brad Johansen.
Women
The Decorah women finished sixth in the team standings with 141 points. Class 2A top-ranked Monticello secured the team title with 44 points. The Lady Vikes posted an average time of 22:43.1 and spread of 52.6 seconds.
“We did a great job on the hills and our pack running was strong in this race,” said Decorah girls’ coach Cristy Nimrod.
Leading the pack to the line was Ana Simon. The freshman’s time of 22:18.0 earned her 23rd overall with teammate Lily Sandhorst taking 24th in 22:34.1. Brynn Storhoff was the third Viking to the finish line in 22:42.0, good for 28th place. Touring the course in 22:40.8, Danielle Losen finished 30th and Deborah Hougen rounded out the team score in 37th place. She had a time of 23:10.6.
Also Viking varsity runners included Grace Brynsaas (39th, 23:12.8), Natalie stevens (42nd, 23:20.0), Kamryn Steines (48th, 23:38.6), Grace Blikre (50th, 23:48.1) and Annalise Skrade (64th, 24:41.7).
At Calmar
The Vikings will compete at South Winn Golf & Country Club tonight (Tuesday, Oct. 4) in the annual South Winn invite at 4:45 p.m.
Boys’ varsity team results
1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 42; 2. Marion 52; 3. Epworth; 68; 4. Monticello 143; 5. Decorah 149; 6. Waterloo West 165; 7. Central DeWitt 200; 8. Cascade 215; 9. Dubuque Wahlert 253; 10. Clayton Ridge 274; 11. Calamus-Wheatland 345; 12. Springville 358; 13. Beckman Catholic 375; 14. Prince of Peace 385; 15. Independence 413; 16. Maquoketa 452; 17. Union 467; 18. Camanche 506
Girls’ varsity team results
1. Monticello 44; 2. Beckman Catholic 77; 3. Dubuque Wahlert 101; 4. Marion 109; 5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 111; 6. Decorah 141; 7. Cascade 184; 8. Epworth 184; 9. Union 201; 10. Waukon 218; 11. Central DeWitt 301
Boys’ JV team results
1. Decorah 27; 2. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 36; 3. Waterloo West 76; 4. Marion 133; 5. Monticello 146; 6. Central DeWitt 148; 7. Epworth 179; 8. Independence 223
Boys’ JV individual results
1. D’Mitry Lesser 18:35.0; 2. Garrett See 18.49.6; 6. Aidan Nalean-Carlson 19:25.3; 8. Mitchell Stemper 19:27.2; 10. Carson Bohner 19:29.6; 12. Peter Essa 19:36.7; 13. Max Wilson 19:37.7; 16. Benson Newhouse 19:44.7; 18. Raven Battle 19:54.1; 19. Keaton Nalean-Carlson 20:01.0; 23. Montana Jump-Gerleman 20:13.6; 29. Max Grimstad 20:39.8; 32. Doug Bentley 20:45.2; 36. Ezra Vorvick 21:02.9; 38. Garrett Willie 21:05.1; 44. Lucas Arendt 21:12.5; 45. Brock Taylor 21:14.5; 49. Carter Kowitz 21:36.7; 50. Oliver Bollinger 21:28.6; 54. Travis Nordheim 21:36.0; 58. Kyle Pattison 21:42.7; 70. Beau Newhouse 22:02.7; 72. Andrew Olson 22:09.4; 83. Logan Smith 22:45.8; 84. Will Robinson 22:48.6; 85. Caleb Johnson 22:49.1; 89. Alex McGoahn 22:52.6; 95. Lange Betts 23:14.8; 96. Adam Walter 23:16.4; 101. Noah Vilardo 23:46.5; 108. Jack Sovern 24:44.0; 110. Leander Buettner 24:56.8; 111. William Chamberlain 25:03.3; 118. Nathaniel Myers 26:22.4
Girls’ JV team results
1. Decorah 29; 2. Marion 51; 3. Dubuque Wahlert 82; 4. Monticello 115; 5. Epworth 118; 6. Union 136
Girls’ JV individual results
1. Rebecca Anderson 23:00.7; 5. Natalie Goodner 24:12.2; 6. Kathryn Kelly 24:15.5; 7. Hailey Bower 24:17.8; 10. Olivia Paulsen 24:34.7; 12. Nora Lesmeister 24:35.3; 13. Amelia Wadsworth 24:49.9; 15. Mairi Sessions 24:55.6; 16. Elayna Hood 24:55.7; 17. Madison Tollefson 25:01.6; 23. Madison Heim 25:54.2; 24. McKenzie Riley 25:59.7; 25. Addison Lukes-Smith 26:03.3; 26. Ramsey Zilka 26:08.5; 27. McKenzie Tollefson 26:09.0; 35. Drew Zwart 26:46.1; 38. Ella Grouws 27:26.0; 40. Sylvia Sandhorst 27:29.4; 52. Sophia Christman 27:32.4; 51. Kortni O’Connell 28:32.7; 58. Hannah Schnitzler 29:47.2; 64. Chloe Chyle 30:49.9; 66. Gwenyth Thompson 31:56.3; 67. Diep Doan 31:57.8; 69. Klaara Short 32:55.3; 70. Abigail Larson 32:55.6; 73. Hailey Bohr 34:04.9; 74. Lillian Jensen 34:09.4; 77. Ella Carlson 37:08.6
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