Cross country report: GC/G-R tops team standings in Tama

TAMA – Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck cross country won the girls and boys team races at the South Tama Invite in Tama on Monday, Sept. 12.

The girls scored 47 points, 13 ahead of North Tama. The boys put up 46 points, eight points better than South Tama.

Grace Storjohann, Laney Dole and Karlee Lynch finished third through fifth for GC/G-R to lead the way. Kali Aldrich scored 12th-place points and Avery Dirks closed out the scoring in 23rd.

BCLUW was sixth with 121 points. Abby Kemp and Kalia Stover led the Comets in second and sixth, respectively. Kemp finished in 22:05; North Tama’s Grace Lidgett won the race in 21:35.

Kaden Lynch was the boys runner-up in 16:38, seven seconds behind South Tama’s Tommy Tyynismaa. Brennen Sager was fourth, Tyler Venenga seventh and Emerson Vokes 10th. Devin Wrider closed out the team scoring in 23rd.

BCLUW’s boys were fifth with 157 points. Cayden McLeland had the fastest time for the Comets in 17th in 18:52.

South Tama

Sept. 12

Girls team scores (top 3 and area)–1. GC/G-R 47; 2. North Tama 60; 3. West Marshall 88; 6. BCLUW 121.

GC/G-R (47)–3. Grace Storjohann 22:26; 4. Laney Dole 22:34; 5. Karlee Lynch 23:01; 12. Kali Aldrich 23:57; 23. Avery Dirks 25:44; 33. Riah Schrage 27:53; 34. Jocelyn Freed 28:13.

BCLUW (121)–2. Abby Kemp 22:05; 6. Kalia Stover 23:12; 35. Izzy Morris 28:20; 38. Devin Peterson 29:39; 40. Bella Stotts 31:02.

Boys team scores (top 3 and area)–1. GC/G-R 46; 2. South Tama 54; 3. East Marshall 66; 5. BCLUW 157.

GC/G-R (46)–2. Kaden Lynch 16:38; 4. Brennen Sager 17:23; 7. Tyler Venenga 17:53; 10. Emerson Vokes 17:54; 23. Devin Wrider 19:29; 29. Jeryn Spear 20:08; 35. Brayden Wallis 20:52.

BCLUW (157)–17. Cayden McLeland 18:52; 25. Cayden White 19:32; 31. Lincoln Stover 20:20; 41. Carter Kemp 21:41; 43. Dane Petty 21:53; 48. Zach Morris 22:46; 50. Jacob Castell 23:15.

OLLIVIERRE 4TH AT HUXLEY: Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR freshman Nakia Ollivierre placed fourth in the Class B girls race at the Ballard Cross Country Invite on Monday, Sept. 12.

Ollivierre completed the course in 20:16. Solon’s Kayla Young won in 19:27.

The Cadets placed fifth in the team standings with 114 points.

Jase Beaubien finished 15th in 18:20, leading the IF-A/AGWSR boys to an 11th-place team finish.

HOUTS LEADS D-NH TO 3RD: Izzy Houts finished in the individual top 10 to lead Dike-New Hartford girls cross country to a third-place team finish at the Bob Scott Memorial Invitational on the North Fayette Valley campus in West Union on Thursday, Sept. 8.

The Wolverines scored 75 points and finished behind NFV (64) and Jesup (66) in the team standings. Jesup and NFV were ranked 15th and 20th in Class 2A, respectively, heading into the race.

Houts, a junior, was seventh in 22:10.

The D-NH boys scored 156 points, two points behind Postville Community in sixth.

Tyler Nystel was the lead runner for D-NH, scoring 13th-place points in 19:03.73.

West Union

Sept. 8

Girls team scores (top 3)–1. NFV 64; 2. Jesup 66; 3. D-NH 75.

D-NH (75)–7. Izzy Houts 22:10; 12. Elyse Folkerts 23:24; 15. Allison Starbuck 24:12; 20. Josey Syhlmann 24:50; 21. Hanna Steffen 25:01; 24. Katelyn Roeder 25:18; 26. Miranda Tyler 25:38.

Boys team scores (top 3 and D-NH)–1. Oelwein 25; 2. Clayton Ridge 88; 3. Jesup 91; 7. D-NH 156.

D-NH (156)–13. Tyler Nystel 19:03; 28. Bryce Petersen 20:46; 35. Caleb Paulsen 21:21; 37. Shayden Loger 21:42; 43. Rasmus Brandt 22:41; 45. Finn O’Neill 22:59; 51. Jacob White 25:00.

MEGA MARSHALLTOWN MEET: IF-A/AGWSR’s Nakia Ollivierre was the top individual girls finisher in 25th place in a massive meet at Marshalltown Community College.

There were 135 girls runners competing in the race, mostly from large schools.

BCLUW’s Abby Kemp was 78th and Kalia Stover placed 119th.

On the boys’ side, BCLUW’s Cayden White finished 134th for the Comets finishing in 23rd-place in the team standings.

DICK POLLITT CLASSIC: Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck competed at the Dick Pollitt Go-Hawk Classic on the Wartburg Max Cross Country Course in Waverly on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Race results are divided by class year, freshman through senior, with three runners required to place in the respective classes. Classes with fewer than three runners did not record a team score, their results are listed by overall placement in their respective races - upperclassmen and underclassmen raced separately.

Girls

Seniors (no team score)–67. Avery Dirks 26:11;

Juniors (no team score)–23. Laney Dole 22:54; 134. Xandra Anderson 39:31.

Sophomores (12th, 137)–38. Avery Knutsen 29:24; 47. Kennedy Scott 35:43; 52. Skylar Reding 38:38.

Freshmen (2nd, 23)–2. Grace Storjohann 21:34; 8. Karlee Lynch 22:58; 13. Kali Aldrich 24:24; 26. Emerson Lynch 27:04; 30. Riah Schrage 27:41; Jocelyn Freed 29:44.

Boys

Seniors (8th, 77)–5. Brennen Sager 17:16; 30. Jeryn Spear 20:00; 43. Wesley Latchman 23:03.

Juniors (6th, 45)–2. Kaden Lynch 16:35; 17. Tyler Venenga 17:42; 36. Alex Rogers 23:30.

Sophomores (6th, 66)–14. Devin Wrider 19:25; 16. Brayden Wallis 19:59; 36. Chris Utterback 22:39; 41. Cameron Sieh 23:13; 47. Preston Martens 26:50; Kaden Kauffman 28:13; Caleb Knutsen 29:11; 

Freshmen (10th, 91)–2. Emerson Vokes 17:46; 38. Daniel Hommel 24:04; 51. Jake May 26:45; 57. Daniel Barkley 32:53.