By Becky Walz,
In one of the final regular season meets of the season hosted by the South Winn cross country team, squads from northeast Iowa, including Decorah and Turkey Valley, converged on the picturesque South Winn Golf and Country Club Tuesday night.
The Decorah boys came close to a perfect score with an 18 to win the team title. The host Warriors finished the night with 110 points in fourth.
In the girls’ race the Lady Vikes came home with the title, tallying 38 points while South Winn posted 67 to earn third.
Golden Vikes
The night was golden for the Viking boys who had an average time of 16:28 and spread of 41 seconds as they took 13 of the top 20 spots.
Senior Grant Zilka went under the 16:00 mark with a new personal best time of 15:5.6 to be crowned the individual champion. Grabbing silver in 16:23.8 was fellow Viking Davis Coppola. Garrett See toured the course in 16:37.2, good for fourth with Landyn Hook on his heels in fifth. Hook had a time of 16:39.1. Mitchell Stemper completed Decorah’s scoring in sixth place.
Averaging 20:40 for the race with a spread of 1:02, the Decorah girls had eight harriers finish in the top 20 for a medal.
Olivia Volkmann paced the Vikings to a fourth-place finish. The sophomore had a time of 20:03.5. Then came Brinlee Courtney. She posted a time of 20:30.6, good for sixth. In 20:39.8, Raelyn Newhouse earned seventh for the Vikes. Riley Chrisopher took the final top 10 spot in 21:03.2 with Leah Garcia-Prats wrapping up the team score in 11th with a time of 21:06.1.
Recapping SW
The host Lady Warriors, ranked No. 4 in Class 1A, were just seven points behind runner-up Waukon, who are currently No. 12 in Class 2A. South Winn had an average time of 21:20 and spread of 1:48.
Three harriers earned medals in the top 20 with Ava Franzen leading the Warriors to the finish line in 20:26.4, good for fifth. Maddy Jansen garnered eighth place in 20:42.0, while Annie Hageman toured the course in 21:16.6 to take 14th place overall. Just missing a medal, Lauren Ondrashek was 21st in 22:01.9. Concluding the scoring in 24th place was Tessa Phillips. The junior had a time of 22:14.4. Three other Lady Warriors competed including Addy Conway (35th, 23:10.7), Katie Shimek (48th, 23:44.7) and Cloey Zweibohmer (96th, 26:07.9).
Every SW boy posted a personal record in Tuesday’s race with the top five averaging 18:30 to go with a spread of 2:42.
Hugh Conway was the first Warrior to stop the clock. The freshman was the lone medalist with his time of 17:21.3 which was good for 14th place. Cameron Einck toured the course in 17:56.2 to finish 25th, while Brad Dahl was just steps behind in 26th. Dahl completed the race in 17:58.7. Taking 48th was Lukas Weiss in 19:12.0 with Clayton Kuboushek rounding out the scoring in 67th with a time of 20:03.4. Also competing for SW in the boys’ race were Levi Feickert (90th, 21:10.0), Eli Higgins (91st, 21:10.3), Myles Green (97th, 21:19.2), Diego Flores (114th, 23:21.1), Matthew Donovan (127th, 25:20.6) and Henry Lensing (130th, 28:20.3).
For the Trojans
The trio of Avery Franzen, Hazel Nieman and Madalyn Vsetecka competed for Turkey Valley in their respective races.
Franzen, a sophomore, ran a season best time of 21:23.9 in the boys’ race to finish 98th.
In the girls’ race, Nieman crossed the finish line in 21:58.1, setting a personal best and taking 18th place while Vsetecka completed the 5K in 25:02.6. The freshman took 73rd.
Decorah boys’ individual results (minus top 5)
11. D’mitry Lesser, 17:09.1; 12. Oak Pasche, 17:12.0; 13. Max Grimstad, 17:17.1; 15. Clarence Nimrod, 17:27.8; 16. Bennett Coppola, 17:31.6; 17. Spencer Christiansen, 17:34.8; 19. William Fullhart, 17:39.5; 20. Thomas Hammel, 17:44.2; 22. Oscar Grimstad, 17:49.9; 27. Derek Hrdlicka, 18:02.8; 28. Logan Nalean-Carlson, 18:08.0; 32. Kyan Oftedahl, 18:19.1; 33. Jack DeLaRosa, 18:25.1; 34. Oliver Bollinger, 18:29.0; 35. Kyle Pattison, 18:29.1; 36. Liam Huang, 18:31.2; 39. Kelton Casterton, 18:46.5; 40. Jayven Neubauer, 18:46.5; 44. Ezra Vorvick, 18:48.8; 45. Riley Berns, 19:02.7; 47. Esteban Fernadez, 19:06.9; 50. Max Goodner, 19:19.4; 51. Carson Bohner, 19:32.8; 54. Colin Thompson, 19.36.3; 57. Evan Madsen, Dec. 19:46.6; 66. Reid Berns, 20:02.5; 70. Nils Peterson, 20:16.6; 72. Phoung Doan, 20:22.2; 73. Beau Newhouse, 20:25.2; 77. Weston Cote, 20:30.9; 85. Will Robinson, 20:48.3; 88. Owen Rix, 20:56.9; 89. Van Bassford, 21:05.7; 94. Pranav Caton, 21:16.5; 106. Andrew Olson, 22:22.6; 120. Dylan Brincks, 23:56.7; 121. Wyatt Birdsell, 23:59.7; 122. Oscar Swanson, 24:04.0; 125. Gavin Wilkins, 25:03.9; 129. Keagan Steines, 28:13.6; 131. Noah Potvin, 29:19.0
Decorah girls’ individual results (minus top 5)
15. Deborah Hougen, 21:19.9; 17. Amelia Wadsworth, 21:53.4; 20. Claire Storhoff, 22:01.5; 23. Nora Lesmeister, 22:13.4; 26. Elsa Johnson, 22:27.9; 27. Natalie Stevens, 22:36.0; 30. Natalie Goodner, 22:44.3; 32. Olivia Rissman, 22:55.9; 33. Ellie Adams, 22:59.4; 34. Vivian Searcy, 23:09.6; 36. Addison Quandahl, 23:10.8; 41. Natalie Holthaus, 23:30.7; 44. Grace Blikre, 23:32.5; 46. Lulu Bellrichard, 23:38.7; 51. Lillian Dahlen, 23:51.2; 52. Simone Downing, 23:55.7; 53. Marley Harmening, 24:01.9; 55. Lily Sandhorst, 24:12.9; 58. Jillian Volz, 24:19.1; 59. Willow Blair, 24:19.7; 60. Grace Huinker, 24:21.4; 62. Camryn Quandahl, 24:27.7; 65. Lauren Severtson, 24:27.7; 67. Brinley Quandahl, 24:40.8; 68. Rachel Weis, 24:43.1; 74. Evelyn Opheim, 25:07.2; 76. Alandra Mercado-Arneson, 25:09.7; 85. Teagan Menke, 25:37.5; 86. Sophia McGee, 25:37.6; 88. Regine Hougen, 25:39.2; 89. Nina Sessions, 25:41.1; 100. Poppy Bellrichard, 26:16.5; 101. McKenzie Riley, 26:17.2; 104. Rachel Spilde-Maki, 26:33.6; 105. Kennedy Carlson, 26:34.9; 106. Emily Myers, 26:45.0; 114. Claire Ko, 27:30.0; 120. Kyra O’Hara, 29:09.7; 121. Myla Leitz, 29:11.3; 122. Kylie Lemke, 29:39.5; 123. Kathy Muj, 29:41.9; 129. Ava Hanson, 31:14.1; 131. Ella Carlson, 31:21.4; 133. Drew Zwart, 33:42.9
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