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| Ankeny | Waterloo | Little Hawk | Dubuque | West DesMoines Valley girls, Ankeny boys win.. Freshman Kersten Thorgaard 14:15 (so Hannah Roeder 14:16). Keil Uhl 16:05 as most of his US#22 Roosevelt DesMoines teammates sit out. NU's Tim McKenna 15:35 5k gets course record at Waterloo. Nelle Trefz 14:18 leads US#12 Iowa City girls. ANKENY INVITATIONAL Ankeny’s annual meet featured five of the top 15 ranked teams in both the boys’ and girls’ competitions, and gave a good look at some of central Iowa’s top runners. The girls’ varsity meet proved to be one of the fastest run in the state this year, with six runners finishing under the 15:00 mark in the 4K. That group of half-a-dozen set a 5:45 pace at the first mile and was shoulder-to-shoulder for more than 3000 meters, until fr Kersten Thorgaard of Ames and so Hannah Roeder of Des Moines Roosevelt opened up a gap on the pack. With less than 50 meters to go, Thorgaard pulled ahead for a one-second victory and a time of 14:15. West Des Moines Valley, ranked #3 in Class 4A and a serious contender for the state title, put four runners in the top 10 and won with 32 points. Ames was runner-up, scoring 66 points, followed by Roosevelt with three runners in the top 10 and 90 points. The boys’ race saw a tight team competition between Ankeny, ranked #5 in Class 4A and #9 Ames. Ankeny’s 4-6-10-11-13 finish gave them 44 points to edge out Ames’ total of 57. Most of top boys from US #22 Des Moines Roosevelt sat out the meet, with the exception of Keil Uhl. Uhl, the state’s defending 3200 meter champ, won individual honors with a 16:05 5K. Only four seconds separated the next group of four runners, with John Gilarski of Ames coming out as runner-up with a 16:28. BOYS Team Scores Top 10 Individuals GIRLS Team Scores Top 10 Individuals
Running at the site of this year’s NCAA championship, schools from the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area gathered for their annual Metro Meet. In the boys’ race, all four of the varsity squads have top 15 rankings in their respective classes, and it was Class 4A #4 Cedar Falls narrowly besting Class 4A #11 Waterloo West, 33 to 42. Waterloo Columbus is ranked #7 in Class 2A and NU High is #10 in Class 1A. But it was a runner from one of the state’s smallest schools who set a new course record on his way to the individual win. Tim McKenna of NU High, the top-ranked Class 1A individual, ran a 15:35 5K to hold off Waterloo West’s Levi Forrester (15:44). The girls’ competition was a dual between Cedar Falls and Waterloo West, with Cedar Falls living up to their Class 4A #4 ranking. They put seven runners in the top seven spots, scoring a perfect 15 in the process. Samantha Nygren was the medalist in the 4K race with a 14:46. BOYS Team Scores Top 10 Individuals GIRLS Team Scores Top 10 Individuals
The Iowa City High boys and girls are both ranked #2 in Iowa’s Class 4A, so it’s not surprise that both teams came out number one at their invitational, scoring 17 and 21 points, respectively. This year’s meet proved to be a test drive, of sorts, for the new cross country course at the University of Iowa, which will host next year’s Big Ten championship. Senior Colin Swaney of City High, who last year played football, led his team in the boys’ race with a 16:10, followed by teammates Dan Groepper (16:13) and Dirk Marple (16:17). On the girls’ side, Nelle Trefz of City High, fresh from a 3rd place finish at the Griak Invitational, won with a 14:18 4K, ahead of teammate Jennie Funk’s 14:24. BOYS Team Scores Top 5 Individuals GIRLS Teams Scores Top 5 Individuals
The three high schools in Dubuque – Senior, Hempstead and Wahlert – gathered for their annual show down in a city that has a history of producing top Iowa distance runners. The boys’ race saw two of the top teams in Iowa squaring off with Class 4A #10 Senior and Class 3A #1 Wahlert. Senior got the better end of the deal, topping Wahlert 20 to 40. Senior also earned the medalist honor, with Kevin Oberfoell running a 16:33 5K to finish ahead of Wahlert’s Ryan Dolan (16:45). The girls’ race also featured one of the state’s top teams, Class 3A #4 Wahlert, but they narrowly came out ahead of the girls from Hempstead, winning 30 to 39. Wahlert did grab the top two individual spots: Sarah Fassbinder, runner-up at last year’s state championship, ran a 14:25 4K and cruised to a victory over teammate Mary Bridget Corken (15:34). BOYS Team Scores Top 10 Individuals GIRLS Team Scores Top 10 Individuals
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