Published: October 13, 2008 10:19 am         

Griffin 3rd, Sikkema 4th for Irish

TROY MILLS — Freshman Audrey Griffin placed third in the girls meet and senior Drew Sikkema was fourth in the boys race to lead Prince of Peace on Saturday at the North Linn Invitational.

Eric Thein of Tipton, the top-ranked runner in the state in Class 2A, avenged an earlier loss to Sikkema by winning the boys race in 15 minutes, 48 seconds. Brennan McAllister of Cedar Rapids Xavier was second in 16:10, followed by Monticello’s Jud Schneider, No. 4 in 2A (16:23) and Sikkema in 16:27. Prince of Peace’s Riley Bly was 10th in 16:41.

Solon’s Jaisa Miller, ranked No. 5 in 2A, won the girls race in 15:27. Katy Moen of Wapsie Valley, ranked fourth in 1A, was the runner-up in 15:40, with the fifth-ranked Griffin 3 seconds behind her. Tipton’s Missy Miller, ranked sixth in 2A, and Julia Hunter of Iowa City Regina rounded out the top five.

“Audrey moved up well throughout her race, getting a nice third in an elite field,” Irish coach Dave Lawrence said.

The Prince of Peace girls finished 14th with 308 points. Williamsburg won with 89.

Xavier won the boys race with 58 points. Prince of Peace was sixth with 198.

“Riley, Eric (Sikkema, 31st in 17:39) and Joe (Schnier, 73rd in 18:52) had PRs in a big, fast field,” Lawrence said.

NORTH LINN LYNX INVITATIONAL

Saturday at Troy Mills

Boys varsity

Team standings — 1. Cedar Rapids Xavier 58; 2. Vinton-Shellsburg 94; 3. Iowa City Regina 99; 4. Tipton 129; 5. Belle Plaine 185; 6. Prince of Peace 198; 7. Benton Community 217; 8. Solon 257; 9. Marion 261; 10. Monticello 265; 11. Dyersville Beckman 279; 12. Cascade 291; 13. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 351; 14. Williamsburg 380; 15. Arlington Starmont 382; 16. Brooklyn BGM 467; 17. Center Point-Urbana 481; 18. West Union North Fayette 483; 19. Delhi Maquoketa Valley 503; 20. Edgewood-Colesburg 505. East Buchanan, Alburnett, Midland, Elgin Valley, Northeast, Keota, Victor HLV, Waterloo Columbus and Gilbertville Don Bosco competed but did not have enough runners for team scores.

Individual leaders — 1. Eric Thein (Tip) 15:48; 2. Brennan McAllister (CRX) 16:10; 3. Jud Schneider (Mont) 16:23; 4. Drew Sikkema (POP) 16:27; 5. Austin Steil (CRX) 16:28; 6. Nick Synan (ICR) 16:30; 7. Evan Schares (Col) 16:30; 8. Wes Meyer (V-S) 16:32; 9. Patrick Harrt (V-S) 16:36; 10. Riley Bly (POP) 16:41.

PRINCE OF PEACE — 4. D. Sikkema; 10. Bly; 31. Eric Sikkema 17:39; 73. Joe Schnier 18:52; 81. Stephen Peters 19:08; 100. Sean Williams 19:37; 101. Isaac Jankowski 19:39.

Boys junior varsity

Prince of Peace finishers — 68. Kevin Schnier 21:01; 82. Jacob Lehmkuhl 21:30.

Girls varsity

Team standings — 1. Williamsburg 89; 2. Solon 112; 3. Iowa City Regina 115; 4. Elgin Valley 126; 5. Tipton 159; 6. Cascade 189; 7. Marion 191; 8. Benton Community 199; 9. Monticello 221; 10. Wapsie Valley 234; 11. Vinton-Shellsburg 271; 12. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 274; 13. Troy Mills North Linn 280; 14. Prince of Peace 308; 15. Belle Plaine 398; 15. West Union North Fayette 445; 16. Dyersville Beckman 458. Center Point-Urbana, Edgewood-Colesburg, Arlington Starmont, Northeast, Brooklyn BGM, Keota, Sigourney, Waterloo Columbus and Gilbertville Don Bosco competed but did not have enough runners for team scores.

Individual leaders

1. Jaisa Miller (Solon) 15:27; 2. Katy Moen (WV) 15:40; 3. Audrey Griffin (POP) 15:43; 4. Missy Miller (Tip) 15:47; 5. Julia Hunter (ICR) 15:52; 6. Monica Kelly (Marion) 15:52; 7. Shelbie Beatty (E. Buc) 15:58; 8. Leah Adams (Solon) 16:08; 9. Katerina Althoff (Cas) 16:17; 10. Cora Claypool (Will) 16:19.

PRINCE OF PEACE — 3. Griffin; 55. Kirsten Nienhuis 17:54; 59. Chrissy Kokjohn 18:03; 70. Katie Isenhour 18:17; 92. Sina Stepken 19:20; 99. Laura Heikkinen 19:33.

Junior varsity

Prince of Peace finisher — 46. Brittany Horst 20:32.

     

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