By Becky Walz,
Thursday was a beautiful night of racing for the South Winn cross country teams with the girls’ taking the title at Central Elkader with 27 points. The Class 1A No. 4 Lady Warriors had an average time of 22:53.3 and a spread of 1:22.8, among the top seven harriers.
For the South Winn boys, it was an average time of 20:44.7 and spread of 5:33.9, as the Warriors finished third in the team standings with 92 points behind Charles City and Central Elkader.
Franzen leads girls
Sophomore Ava Franzen paced South Winn with a second place finish overall in 22:10.3, behind Dunkerton’s Abbi Waskow who posted a time of 21:25.0. Crossing the finish line in 22:30.5 was Maddy Jansen, good for fourth place, just ahead of teammate Annie Hageman who took fifth in 22:44.0. Touring the course in 23:28.5 was Karissa Wenthold. Her time was good for 11th place. Izzy Kuboushek completed the scoring in 12th place. The senior had a time of 23:33.1.
Other Lady Warriors competing were Tessa Phillips (13th, 23:57.6), Lauren Ondrashek (14th, 24:30.4), Addy Conway (19th, 25:37.5) and Katie Shimek (22nd, 26:12.9).
Leading the boys
So far this season, freshmen Hugh Conway and Cameron Einck have led the Warrior pack to the finish line each race and did so again in Elkader. Conway claimed ninth place overall in 18:52.7, while Einck was just steps behind in 10th with a tie of 18:54.5. Junior Brad Dahl posted a time of 19:24.0, good for 11th place. Taking home 33rd was another freshman, Clayton Kuboushek. He had a time of 22:07.2. In 24:26.6, Eli Higgins rounded out the Warrior scoring in 47th place (39th in team standings).
Levi Feickert (49th, 24:49.8), Diego Flores (56th, 26:15.7) and Henry Lensing (66th, 31:50.0) also toured the course for the Warriors.
Girls’ varsity team results
1. South Winn 27; 2. MFL MarMac 39; 3. East Buchanan 95; 4. Central Elkader 116; 5. Clayton Ridge 144; 6. Charles City 149; 7. Postville 161
Boys’ varsity team results
1. Charles City 31; 2. Central Elkader 48; 3. South Winn 92; 4. Kee 102; 5. Clayton Ridge 109; 6. Postville 145; 7. East Buchanan 191
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