Xavier Boys Cross Country

Xavier boys win Cascade Invy

CASCADE - Xavier placed three runners in the top 10 and won the Cascade Invitational boys cross country meet Friday at Fillmore Fairways Golf Course.

Jacob Schmitt led the Saints with a third-place finish. Luke Koechner was eighth and Steven Culpepper 10th.

Xavier beat Center Point-Urbana by eight points. Marion was fourth. The Indians' top runner was Colton Forster, who finished sixth.

The Xavier girls finished a distant second to Davenport Assumption. Jenny Dickes was the Saints' top finisher in sixth place.

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Jones named Saints cross country coach

Bryan Jones has been named head coach of the Xavier girls and boys cross country teams, Xavier athletics director Mike Winker announced Thursday.

Jones has been an assistant the last two seasons with the Xavier girls and boys track teams.  He is a Mount Mercy graduate and he participated in the Mustangs' track Program for four seasons.  He was a captain his junior and senior seasons.

Jones replaces Brian Ernst, who resigned as girls cross country coach, and Nathan Hopp, who resigned as boys cross country coach. Ernst had coached the girls team the past 14 years and led the Saints to 3A state championships in 2003 and 2006.

Hopp was the boys coach the last two seasons and led the Saints to the 2012 3A state meet.

Winker also announced that Kyle Mallie has been named as an assistant coach for both cross country teams. Mallie also will teach social studies at Xavier beginning this fall.

Xavier boys claim spot in 3A state field

CENTER JUNCTION - The Xavier boys cross country team and Marion's Peter Rethwisch claimed spots in next week's Class 3A state meet during Thursday's state qualifier at Jones Park in Center Junction.

The top three teams and top 10 individuals qualified for the state meet, which will be held Sat., Oct. 27, at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge.

The Xavier boys finished second in a tight three-way race. Mount Vernon-Lisbon was first with 59 points, followed by Xavier with 68 and Fort Madison with 69. Marion was a distant fourth with 121 points.

Xavier was led by Jacob Schmitt and Luke Koechner, who finished fifth and sixth, respectively. Grant Hunt was 12th, Steven Culpepper 13th and Evan Gradoville 32nd.

Rethwisch finished seventh to qualify as an individual. Colton Forster was 14th, Isaac Smith 27th, Cole Kuethe 28th and Jacob Manderscheid 45th for Marion.

Isaac Steffensmeier of Fort Madison won the boys race in 16 minutes, 47 seconds. He finished 48 seconds ahead of second-place Austin Springsteen of Mount Vernon-Lisbon.

Xavier was sixth and Marion 10th in the girls race. Neither the Saints nor Indians had a top-10 finisher.

Davenport Assumption, Solon and Fort Madison claimed the top three spots in the girls race. Lauren Benzing of Solon won the race.

CLASS 3A STATE QUALIFIER
At Anamosa

Boys (5k)

Teams
1. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 59, 2. Xavier 68, 3. Fort Madison 69, 4. Marion 121, 5. Solon 142, 6. Mount Pleasant 174, 7. Davenport Assumption 175, 8. Clear Creek Amana 191, 9. Anamosa 238, 10. Maquoketa 256, 11. DeWitt Central 257, 12. Keokuk 373, Washington, Iowa no score

Top 10 Individuals
1. Isaac Steffensmeier (Ft. Madison)   16:47
2. Austin Springsteen (MV-Lisbon)        17:35
3. Dain Gerber (Anamosa)                    17:41
4. James Wenzel (MV-Lisbon)               17:43
5. Jacob Schmitt (Xavier)                     17:44
6. Luke Koechner (Xavier)                   17:50
7. Peter Rethwisch (Marion)                17:55
8. Nick Guzman (Ft. Madison)             17:55
9. Ben Alcorn (CCA)                            17:56
10. Jack Murray (CCA)                       17:57


Xavier - 5. Jacob Schmitt 17:44, 6. Luke Koechner 17:50, 12. Grant Hunt 18:06, 13. Steven Culpepper 18:07, 32. Evan Gradoville 18:35, 37. Jonathan Francois 18:42, 38. Daniel Pape 18:42

Marion - 7. Peter Rethwisch 17:55, 14. Colton Forster 18:08, 27. Isaac Smith 18:30, 28. Cole Kuethe 18:31, 45. Jacob Manderscheid 18:55, 46. Hunter Reifschneider 19:01, 53. Justin Arebaugh 19:33



Girls (4k)

Teams
1. Davenport Assumption 41, 2. Solon 64, 3. Fort Madison 96, 4. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 111, 5. Mount Pleasant 135, 6. Xavier 148, 7. Clear Creek Amana 203, 8. DeWitt Central 205, 9. Anamosa 214, 10. Marion 218, 11. Washington, Iowa 324, Maquoketa no score

Top 10 Individuals
1. Lauren Benzing (Solon)                     15:42
2. Sarah Steffensmeier (Ft. Madison)   16:13
3. Elizabeth Mallon (Assumption)          16:16
4. Alex Smith (Solon)                            16:23
5. Maddie Hinsley (CCA)                       16:40
6. Kendra Schmidt (MV-Lisbon)             16:42
7. Molly Gilchrist (Assumption)             16:44
8. Mallory King (Assumption)                16:46
9. Ann Froeschle (Assumption)            16:49
10. Kaylee Alvarez (Ft. Madison)         16:53


Xavier - 12. Marinna Schroud 17:07, 28. Sydney Oakley 17:45, 30. Madeline Bailey 17:49, 37. Sarah Chicchelly 18:06, 41. Allison Pitz 18:15, 47. Lauren Smith 18:32

Marion - 13. Madison Bach 17:09, 46. Ellen Cannon 18:26, 48. Tara Zumwalt 18:38, 54. Sam Livingston 18:56, 57. Grace Ehlinger 19:18, 60. Abby Kolarik 19:35

Saints boys 5th at Valley Division meet

Prairie senior Jacob Aune was the winner Thursday in the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division boys cross country meet at Prairie.

Aune ran the 5k course in 16 minutes, 22.4 seconds. He beat Calvin Daack from Dubuque Hempstead by 2.7 seconds.

Cedar Falls won the team title with 36 points. Iowa City West was second with 46 and Prairie was third with 72. Xavier was fifth and Jefferson sixth.

Prairie's Mitch Pritts finished eighth and the Hawks' Isaiah Vlasek was 14th.

Xavier's top finisher was Ben Schueler who was 18th in 17:31.

Jefferson's Taylor Mueller was 16th in 17:20.3.

MVC VALLEY DIVISION MEET
At Prairie

Teams
1. Cedar Falls 36, 2. Iowa City West 46, 3. Prairie 72, 4. Hempstead 84, 5. Xavier 146, 6. Jefferson 147, 7. Waterloo East 225.

Individuals
1. Jacob Aune (CRP)                   16:22.4
2. Calvin Daack (Hemp)                16:25.1
3. Adam Streicher (CF)                16:29.9
4. Isaac Jensen (ICW)                 16:31.2
5. Daniel Gardarsson (ICW)          16:32.5
6. Matthew Adrian (CF)              16:36.3
7. Jaime Zarate (CF)                   16:45.2
8. Mitch Pritts (CRP)                   16:59.5
9. Mitch Hammer (CF)                 17:00.2
10. Lincoln Rozeboom (ICW)       17:02.2

PRAIRIE
1. Jacob Aune                           16:22.4
8. Mitch Pritts                            16:59.5
14. Isaiah Vlasek                        17:09.5
24. Zach Waite                         17:46.3
25. Christian Counts-Choplick       17:49.0
28. Walker Thompson               18:14.3
39. Luke Galloway                     19:31.8

XAVIER
18. Ben Schueler                      17:31.0
30. Daniel Pape                        18:17.7
31. Grant Hunt                        18:21.0
33. Connor Marks                     18:45.3
34. Jacob Schmitt                    18:48.1
40. Evan Bednar                      19:58.3
41. Zach Stovie                       20:04.4

JEFFERSON
16. Taylor Mueller                    17:20.3
26. Eric Jones                         17:59.2
32. Devin Stone                      18:42.8
36. Ky Kramer                         18:58.1
37. Jason Chung                     19:10.8
38. Tyler Boesenberg              19:16.5
42. Maverick Guyer                  20:05.9