Published: October 27, 2009 08:41 am      

Cross country roundup: Griffin wins district, returns to state

Griffin leads Irish to state

Herald Staff Report

WAPELLO — Audrey Griffin is headed back to the Iowa cross country state meet. And the rest of her Prince of Peace teammates are going along with her.

Griffin won the Class 1A regional title Monday at Indian Hills Golf Course, and the Irish advanced to Saturday’s meet in Fort Dodge after finishing third in a close four-team battle for team honors.

“It was a good district, and we had good efforts from all our girls,” Prince of Peace coach Dave Lawrence said.

Griffin won the race in 16 minutes, 28 seconds, considered a slower time than normal by Lawrence, who said the course was longer than 4,000 meter. Sarah Lampe of Bellevue Marquette finished second, 20 seconds behind Griffin, and led the Mohawks to the team title.

Marquette finished with 56 points, with North Linn edging Prince of Peace 75-78 for second place, and Lone Tree taking fourth with 90. Preston finished in fifth place.

Katie Isenhour of Prince of Peace finished in ninth place in 17:30 and would have placed individually had the Irish not qualified.

Chrissy Kokjohn followed in 12th place (17:40), Anna Yackshaw was 22nd (18:43), Taylor Determan was 41st (18:43) and Jill Crigger was 56th in 21:01.

“We needed all our girls to do well because the top four were close,” Lawrence said.

Led by a 26th-place finish, the Prince of Peace boys placed eighth in the team race with 169 points. Iowa Mennonite School (44) was the champion, followed by Wapello (94) and Lone Tree (106). Marquette was fourth with 132.

Konner Lemke was 33rd for the Irish in 19:12, followed by Joe Schnier (34th, 19:16), Eric Sikkema (36th, 19:18), Isaac Jankowski (40th, 19:29), Jacob Lehmkuhl (42nd, 19:31) and Kevin Schnier (57th, 20:37).

“We were expecting a little bit better,” Lawrence said. “It was a fairly strong district, so I thought our boys did pretty well. Our overall effort was pretty good.”

Bill Spencer of Iowa Mennonite School was the boys winner in 16:46.



Sabers win team title

ANAMOSA — The Central DeWitt boys cross country team won Monday's Anamosa Class 3A district race to earn a return trip to the state meet.

The Sabers earned the victory with 53 points. Marion finished second with 79.

Two Central DeWitt runners placed in the top 10: Nolan Knudson finished second in 18:35, and Ryan Hamby placed fifth at 18:45.

The Maquoketa boys finished 10th in the team standings with 273 points.

Central DeWitt's girls team placed seventh.



ANAMOSA CLASS 3A DISTRICT MEET

Boys

Team standings — 1. Central DeWitt 53, 2. Marion 79, 3. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 85, 4. Cedar Rapids Xavier 105, 5. Davenport Assumption 120, 6. Vinton-Shellsburg 135, 7. South Tama County 158, 8. Benton Community 184, 9. Anamosa 237, 10. Maquoketa 273, 11. Clear Creek-Amana 304, 12. Washington 320.

Individual leaders — 1. Connor Smock (Mount Vernon/Lisbon) 17:32; 2. Nolan Knudson (Central DeWitt) 18:35; 3. Blake Nelson (South Tama County) 18:37; 4. Max Nguyen (Vinton Shellsburg) 18:41; 5. Ryan Hamby (Central DeWitt) 18:45; 6. Brandon Nelson (South Tama County) 18:47; 7. Zach Burhite (Marion) 18:52; 8. Alex Hunter (Marion) 18:57; 9. Michael Tessmer (Cedar Rapids Xavier) 18:58; 10. Trevor Ebel (Mount Verson/Lisbon).

Girls

Team standings — 1. Cedar Rapids Xavier 46, 2. Benton Community 69, 3. Davenport Assumption 81, 4. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 84, 5. Marion 123, 6. Anamosa 151, 7. Central DeWitt 197, 8. Vinton-Shellsburg 213, 9. South Tama County 247, 10. Clear Creek-Amana 269, 11. Washington 313.

Individual leaders — 1. Alex Wilson (Mount Vernon/Lisbon) 17:01; 2. Ashley Mills (Benton Community) 17:09; 3. Hallie Martin (Cedar Rapids Xavier) 17:13; 4. Holly Salzbrenner (Mount Vernon/Lisbon) 17:25; 5. Madison Weekly (Benton Community) 17:29.



Northeast duo qualifies

MONTICELLO — Northeast/East Central runners Morgan Casey and Emily Franks both qualified for the Class 2A state meet after placing in the top 10 at Monday's Monticello regional meet.

Casey, the defending 2A champion, won the race in 14:41, 33 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Jodi Miller of Sumner-Fredericksburg.

Franks, a freshman, finished third in 15:18.

Northeast/East Central's girls team placed ninth in the team standings. The boys team placed sixth and did not have a state qualifier.



MONTICELLO CLASS 2A DISTRICT MEET

Girls

Team standings — 1. Union 49, 2. Cascade 121, 3. Solon 122, 4. Monticello 134, 5. South Winneshiek 140, 6. Jesup 169, 7. New Hampton, 8. North Fayette 174, 9. Northeast/East Central 212, 10. MFL-Mar-Mac 240, 11. Sumner-Fredericksburg 272, 12. Springville/Central City 296, 13. Dyersville Beckman 371.

Individual leaders — 1. Morgan Casey (Northeast/East Central) 14:41; 2. Jodi Miller (Sumner-Fredericksburg) 15:14; 3. Emily Franks (Northeast/East Central) 15:18; 4. Ashley Frush (Union) 15:20; 5. Jaisa Miller (Solon) 15:20; 6. Paige Sears (Union) 15:29; 7. Brittany Frush (Union) 15:32; 8. Arden Betzer (Springville/Central City) 15:44; 9. Katerina Althoff (Cascade) 15:46; 19. Lindsey Kite (Jesup) 15:54.

Boys

Team standings — 1. Monticello 44, 2. South Winneshiek 45, 3. Solon 78, 4. Dyersville Beckman 83, 5. Union 165, 6. Northeast/East Central 198, 7. North Fayette 225, 8. Cascade 250, 9. North Cedar 251, 10. Sumner-Fredericksburg 258, 11. MFL-Mar-Mac 280, 12. Springville/Central City 286, 13. Jesup 319.

Individual leaders — 1. Jud Schneider (Monticello) 16:39; 2. Brett Losen (South Winneshiek) 16:46; 3. Josh Goerdt (Beckman) 17:19; 4. Colin Bream (Solon) 17:21; 5. Jon Ameling (South Winneshiek) 17:27.



Adams, Temple return to state

COLUMBUS JUNCTION — Camanche runners Codie Adams and Lorena Temple are headed back to the Class 2A state meet.

Adams finished second in the boys race at 16:27, just nine seconds behind Columbus Community's Sam Chaney, the top-ranked runner in Class 2A. Adams is ranked 10th.

Temple, Camanche's only girls runner, finished ninth in 16:55.

Tony Stoll placed 21st in the boys race to lead five other runners for Camanche, which finished fifth in the team standings.



COLUMBUS CLASS 2A DISTRICT MEET

Boys

Team standings — 1. Wellman Mid-Prarie 88, 2. Iowa City Regina 98, 3. Columbus Community 108, 4. Durant-Bennett 122, 5. Camanche 148, 6. Eddyville-Blakesburg 163, 7. Danville/New London 232, 8. West Liberty 233, 9. Pekin 235, 10. Davis County 266, 11. Mediapolis 272, 12. Louisa-Muscatine 391.

Individual leaders — 1. Sam Chaney (Columbus) 16:16; 2. Codie Adams (Camanche) 16:27, 3. Zach Baker (Eddysville-Blakesburg) 16:30; 4. Jacob Griffin (Danville/New London) 16:43; 5. Jake Keller (Columbus) 16:44; 6. Christopher Welch (Eddyville-Blakesburg) 16:53; 7. Kyle Paulsen (Wilton) 16:58; 8. Tyler Hartley (Wilton) 17:05; 9. Deane Wichelt (Durant-Bennett) 17:08; 10. Daniel Bonthius (Iowa City Regina) 17:12.

CAMANCHE — 2. Adams, 21. Tony Stoll 17:47, 37. Kevin Carrington 18:39, 38. Patrick Knapp 18:31, 50. Kevin Beardslee 19:35, 69. Luke Snodgrass 20:39.

Girls

Team standings — 1. Pekin 35, 2. Iowa City Regina 55, 3. Wilton 84, 4. Mid-Prairie 108, 5. Durant 110, 6. Davis County 164, 7. Louisa-Muscatine 180, 8. Mediapolis 192.

Individual leaders — 1. Nicole Kleinmeyer (Iowa City Regina) 16:13; 2. Sofia Chmaruk (Mid-Prairie) 16:29; 3. Celsey Conger (Pekin) 16:36; 4. Kaitlin Spilman (Pekin) 16:43; 5. Julia Hunter (Iowa City Regina) 16:47; 6. Magan McCusker (Iowa City Regina) 16:51; 7. Maleaha Earnest (Pekin) 16:53; 8. Cassandra Stuflick (Danville/New London) 16:54; 9. Lorena Temple (Camanche) 16:55; 10. Katie Hocker (Central Lee) 17:00.