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 squad finished ninth overall with 258 points, with an average time of 18:21.9 and a spread of 41.2 seconds. Cedar Falls won their own meet with 54 points, posting an average time of 17:04.4 and a spread of 1:01.7.
The Decorah cross country teams laced up their sneakers Thursday to compete at the Rich Engel Classic, held in Cedar Falls.
The varsity boys squad finished ninth overall with 258 points, with an average time of 18:21.9 and a spread of 41.2 seconds. Cedar Falls won their own meet with 54 points, posting an average time of 17:04.4 and a spread of 1:01.7.
Overall champion was Class 4A No. 3 Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Miles Wilson, in 15:51.7.
Decorah was led by junior Henry Weis. He toured the course in 17:56.4, good for 34th. In 49th was senior Cade Olson. His time of 18:21.1. Davis Coppola was one place back in a time of 18:21.6. Taking 60th in 18:32.5 was Jacob Magner. Landyn Hook concluded the team score in 65th with a time of 18:37.6.
Also running varsity were Reid Berns (71st, 18:45.0), Grant Zilka (77th, 18:49.4), Thomas Hammel (91st, 19:00.4) and Riley Berns (112th, 19:31.4)
“We were very mature in our race preparation and that was rewarded with really good race performances,” said Viking boys’ coach Brad Johansen.
In the girls’ competition, Decorah claimed 11th with 322 points. The varsity had an average time of 22:41.6, posting a spread of 1:49.6. Dubuque Hempstead took the women’s title, compiling 59 points, with average time of 20:11.1 and spread of 1:51.1.
Class 4A No. 17 Claire Helmers of Ames was the overall champion. She broke the tape in 19:02.2.
Decorah was led by freshman Ana Simon. She earned 44th place in 21:39.7. Lily Sandhorst toured the course in 22:33.9, good for 61st. Brynn Storhoff had a time of 22:50.8, good for 66th. In 68th, Elsa Johnson had a time of 22:54.3. Rounding out the team score was Natalie Stevens. The freshman posted a time of 23:29.3 to take 83rd. Also running varsity were Dani Losen (84th, 23:31.3), Decorah Hougen (86th, 23:32.6), Kamryn Steines (100th, 23:35.5), Grace Brynsaas (103rd, 23:45.2), Grace Blikre (107th, 23:53.5), Kathryn Kelly (121st, 24:24.4), Amelia Wadsworth (126th, 24:58.3) and Kenzie Riley (137th, 26:25.3).
Other results
The JV boys came in fifth overall with 123 points. They had an average time of 20:07.1, with a spread of 36.6 seconds. D’mitry Lesser was the first Viking to cross the finish line in 19:42.7, good for 17th.
The junior varsity girls garnered 146 points and placed seventh overall. The spread was 1:00.2, with an average time of 24:59.5. Leading the JV squad in 24:34.8 in 21st place was Elayna Hook.
Back in action
The Vikings are at Waukon Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 4:30 p.m.
Boys’ varsity team results
1. Cedar Falls 54; 2. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 77; 3. Urbandale 83; 4. Western Dubuque 141; 5. Linn-Mar 165; 6. Iowa City Liberty 237; 7. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 244; 8. Ankeny JV 252; 9. Decorah 258; 10. Clear Creek-Amana 261; 11. Dubuque Senior 286; 12. Mason City 302; 13. Waterloo West 305; 14. Waverly-Shell Rock 349; 15. Hempstead JV 389; 16. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 460; 17. Cedar Rapids Washington 472; 18. Valley Lutheran 530; 19. Hudson 546; 20. Dike-New Hartford 617; 21. Waterloo East 658
Girls’ varsity team results
1. Dubuque Hempstead 59; 2. Dubuque Senior 65; 3. Ames 95; 4. Ankeny 99; 5. Cedar Falls 138; 6. Iowa City West 176; 7. Mason City 187; 8. Clear Creek-Amana 231; 9. Iowa City Liberty 289; 10. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 312; 11. Decorah 322; 12. Hudson 346; 13. Waverly-Shell Rock 363; 14. Western Dubuque 372; 15. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 376; 16. Dike-New Hartford 418; 17. Cedar Rapids Washington 425; 18. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 539
Boys’ JV team results
1. Cedar Falls 16; 2. Urbandale 66; 3. Ankeny 86; 4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 119; 5. Decorah 123; 6. Linn-Mar 166; 7. Clear Creek-Amana 198; 8. Dubuque Senior 248; 9. Mason City 290; 10. Waterloo West 309; 11. Iowa City Liberty 331; 12. Hempstead JV 341; 13. Waverly-Shell Rock 398; 14. Cedar Rapids Washington 443; 15. Valley Lutheran 466; 16. Western Dubuque 500; 17. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 530; 18. Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Boys’ JV individual results
17. D’Mitrey Lesser, 19:42.7; 21. Oliver Bollinger 20:06.5; 22. Keaton Nalean-Carlson 20:09.2; 29. Benson Newhouse 20:17.5; 33. Aidan Nalean-Carlson 20:19.3; 34. Garrett See 20:19.7; 43. Mitchell Stemper 20:28.5; 71. Max Grimstad 20:49.9; 74. Peter Essa 20:53.1; 76. Carson Bohner 21:00.9; 77. Raven Battle Jr. 21:01.4; 100. Ezra Vorvick 21:22.7; 101. Montana Jump-Gerleman 21:23.4; 103. Max Wilson 21:25.2; 112. Doug Bentley 21:36.5; 119. Garrett Willie 21:49.9; 130. Travis Nordheim 22:02.4; 144. Kyle Pattison 22:17.0; 166. Lucas Arendt 22:40.8; 191. Carter Kowitz 23:07.4; 196. Brock Taylor 23:12.4; 206. Beau Newhouse 23:29.0; 207. Adam Walter 23:29.3; 218. Will Robinson 23:42.9; 239. Phoung Doan 24:16.8; 246. Lucas Hanson 24:34.2; 248. Caleb Johnson 24:38.4; 261. Alex McGohan 24:57.8; 265. Isaiah Yos Eddy 25:16.0; 271. Noah Vilardo 25:36.1; 285. Lange Betts 26:00.9; 297. Liam Chamberlain 26:45.7; 334. Nathaniel Myers 31:06.0
Girls’ JV team results
1. Dubuque Senior 52; 2. Dubuque Hempstead 66; 3. Iowa City West 95; 4. Ankeny 103; 5. Cedar Falls 125; 6. Ames 135; 7. Decorah 146; 8. Iowa City Liberty 221; 9. Waverly-Shell Rock 238; 10. Waterloo West 289; 11. Clear Creek-Amana 311; 12. Western Dubuque 325; 13. Dike-New Hartford 376; 14. Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Girls’ JV individual results
21. Elayna Hook 24:34.8; 22. Amy Jensen 24:35.3; 34. Nora Lesmeister 25:05.5; 36. Hailey Bower 25:07.6; 48. Grace Neal 25:35.0; 51. Madison Tollefson 25:51.5; 56. Mairi Sessions 26:02.3; 59. Natalie Goodner 26:05.2; 61. Olivia Paulsen 26:15.9; 65. Claire Schutte 26:19.8; 72. McKenzie Tollefson 25:34.4; 79. Ella Grouws 26:54.7; 80. Naomi Simon 26:59.7; 90. Addy Lukes-Smith 27:40.2; 92. Sylvia Sandhorst 27:46.7; 96. Sophia Christman 27:53.5; 102. Ramsey Zilka 28:15.5; 103. Olivia Huinker 28:16.1; 131. Hannah Schnitzler 29:51.7; 137. Kortni O’Connell 30:16.4; 161. Diep Doan 32:11.2; 170. Gwen Thompson 33:21.5; 175. Chloe Chyle 34:03.7; 186. Abby Larson 36:12.4; 191. Ella Carlson 37:01.3; 192. Hailey Bohr 37:06.9
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