Published: September 16, 2008 09:48 am      

Casey, Sikkema capture titles at Midland races

WYOMING — Morgan Casey of Northeast and Drew Sikkema of Prince of Peace continued their dominating cross country seasons Monday by winning the individual titles at the Midland Invitational.

Sikkema topped several long-standing rivals in winning the 5,000-meter boys race at Little Bear Recreation Club. He completed the course in 16 minutes, 40 seconds. Brandt Moore of Bellevue Marquette took second, 23 seconds back, and third-place Riley Bly of Prince of Peace was another 20 seconds behind. Codie Adams of Camanche (18:04) and Eric Sikkema of Prince of Peace (18:21) rounded out the top five.

With four of its runners finishing between seventh and 12th, however, Marquette edged the Irish 40-45 for the team title.

Casey got a challenge from Prince of Peace’s Audrey Griffin, but she won the girls race by 9 seconds. Casey finished in 16:12, with Griffin at 16:21. Katie Flogel of Marquette (16:49), Lorena Temple of Camanche (17:08) and Paige Daugherty of Marquette (17:17) completed the top five. Marquette captured the team crown with 32 points.

Midland cross country meet

Little Bear Recreation Club, Wyoming

Varsity girls

Team standings — 1. Bellevue Marquette 32; 2. Prince of Peace 64; 3. Camanche 93; 4. Northeast 103; 5. North Cedar 109.

Individual leaders — 1. Morgan Casey (Northeast) 16:12; 2. Audrey Griffin (Prince of Peace) 16:21; 3. Katie Flogel (Marquette) 16:49; Lorena Temple (Camanche) 17:08; 5. Paige Daugherty (Marquette) 17:17.

MARQUETTE — 3. Flogel 16:49; 5. Daugherty 17:17; 6. Anna Lampe 17:21; 7. Andrea Frank 17:23; 11. Bree Moore 18:11; 12. Madeline Schroeder 18:15; 22. Brooke Ploeger 19:31.

NORTHEAST — 1. Casey 16:12; 13. Carrington Giddings 18:26; 23. Whitney Rorah 19:42; 29. Alex Dickey 20:14.

PRINCE OF PEACE — 2. Griffin 16:21; 8. Chrissy Kokjohn 17:36; 16. Kirsten Nienhuis 18:47; Sina Stepken 19:15; 20. Laura Heikkinen 19:22.

CAMANCHE — 4. Temple 17:08; 10. Courtney Harksen 18:07; 19. Morgan Roth 19:17; 25. Sarah Thornton 19:50.

BELLEVUE — 14. Kaitlin Kilburg 18:30; 21. Brianna Brown 19:26; 26. Nicole Sullivan 19:54; 27. Leah Witt 20:02; 30. Amanda Templeton 20:45; 33. Brittany Till 21:10.

PRESTON — 15. Kandie Liles 18:41.

Varsity boys

Team standings — 1. Bellevue Marquette 40; 2. Prince of Peace 45; 3. Northeast 95; 4. Camanche 98; 5. North Cedar 133.

Individual leaders — 1. Drew Sikkema (Prince of Peace) 16:40; 2. Brandt Moore (Marquette) 17:03; 3. Riley Bly (Prince of Peace) 17:23; 4. Codie Adams (Camanche) 18:04; 5. Eric Sikkema (Prince of Peace) 18:21.

PRINCE OF PEACE — 1. D. Sikkema 16:40; 3. Bly 17:23; 5. E. Sikkema 18:21; 17. Stephen Peters 19:45; 19. Joe Schnier 20:01; 22. Sean Williams 20:09; 23. Isaac Jankowski 20:10.

BELLEVUE MARQUETTE — 2. Moore 17:03; 7. Adam Herrig 18:33; 9. Rob Timmer 19:09; 10. Beau Becker 19:26; 12. Scott Nolting 19:35; 20. Michael Rubel 20:05; 24. Austin Kolmes 20:13.

CAMANCHE — 4. Adams 18:04; 14. Tony Stall 19:40; 15. Kevin Carrington 19:43; 28. Cody Snodgrass 20:34.

NORTHEAST — Matt Bowman 18:22; 11. Trent Mussman 19:30; 16. Seth Mommsen 19:43; 30. Erick Anderson 20:43; 32. Brent Blanchard 20:50; 33. Baron Loots 20:58.

PRESTON — 8. Zach Henningsen 18:37; 21. Joel Geier 20:06.

BELLEVUE — 27. Cody Heim 20:30.