Xavier Girls Cross Country

Jenny Dickes runs 3rd at Cascade Invy

CASCADE - Xavier High School freshman Jenny Dickes finished third out of 90 runners at the Cascade Invitational cross country meet Friday at the Fillmore Fairways Golf Course.

Dickes ran the 4K race in 16:21. Mariah Kauder of Cascade was the champion in 15:53 and Elizabeth Mallon of Davenport Assumption was second in 16:01.

The Xavier girls placed third out of 15 teams in the standings. Marinna Schroud finished 11th for the Saints.

The Marion Indians finished in ninth place. Freshman Madison Bach placed 15th for Marion.

Peter Rethwisch placed 12th in the boys 5K race to help the Marion Indians finish third in the team standings.

Jacob Schmitt placed 14th to help Xavier finish fourth overall.

CASCADE INVITATIONAL

BOYS RESULTS
5K

Team Standings
1. Monticello 15, 2. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 77, 3. Marion 113, 4. Xavier 117, 5. Center Point-Urbana 129, 6. Western Dubuque 190, 7. Davenport Assumption 222, 8. Cascade 252, 9. Durant 266, 10. Bellevue Marquette 270, 11. Iowa City Regina 273, 12. West Delaware 335, 13. Dyersville Beckman 359, 14. Edgewood-Colesburg 369, 15. Prince of Peace 374, 16. Alburnett 443, 17. Anamosa 471, 18. Starmont 519.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Michael Melchert, Monticello     16:28
2. Dallas Lumpa, Monticello         17:00
3. JJ Frawley, Monticello           17:03
4. Ben Ahlrichs, Monticello         17:08
5. Nick Meyers, Monticello          17:09
6. Ben Friederichs, Durant          17:15
7. Josh Yeager, Center Point        17:19
8. Austin Springsteen, Mt Vernon    17:31
9. Michael Marshall, Center Point   17:36
10. James Wenzel, Mount Vernon      17:39

MARION
12. Peter Rethwisch 17:53, 19. Cole Kuethe 18:11, 22. Colton Forster 18:27, 27. Hunter Reifschneider 18:34, 33. Jacob Manderscheid 18:42, 40. Isaac Smith 18:58, 61. Justin Arebaugh 19:43

XAVIER
14. Jacob Schmitt 18:00, 17. Luke Koechner 18:09, 24. Grant Hunt 18:30, 25. Zach Schowalter 18:32, 37. Evan Gradoville 18:55, 50. Steven Culpepper 19:17, 51. Evan Bednar 19:18

GIRLS RESULTS
4K

Team Standings
1. Davenport Assumption 32, 2. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 104, 3. Xavier 114, 4. Cascade 116, 5. Monticello 159, 6. Iowa City Regina 178, 7. Bellevue Marquette 192, 8. Starmont 201, 9. Marion 225, 10. Western Dubuque 229, 11. Anamosa 244, 12. Durant 264, 13. West Delaware 312, 14. Dyersville Beckman 394, 15. Maquoketa Valley 473.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Mariah Kauder, Cascade       15:53
2. Elizabeth Mallon, Assumption 16:01
3. Jenny Dickes, Xavier         16:21
4. Ann Froeschle, Assumption    16:27
5. Kylie Kelchen, Cascade       16:29
6. Kendra Schmidt, Mt Vernon    16:34
7. Molly Gilchrist, Assumption  16:36
8. Danielle Moore, Assumption   16:38
9. Kari Fitzpatrick, Ed-Co      16:38
10. Sarah Lampe, Marquette      16:38

XAVIER RESULTS
3. Jenny Dickes 16:21, 11. Marinna Schroud 16:39, 28. Madeline Bailey 17:28, 38. Allison Pitz 17:52, 41. Lauren Smith 17:55, 49. Sarah Chicchelly 18:14, 59. Cassie Busch 18:44

MARION RESULTS
15. Madison Bach 16:51, 37. Sam Livingston 17:51, 48. Ellen Cannon 18:11, 67. Michaela Jacobs 19:03, 74. Tara Zumwalt 19:17

Saints girls 5th in Valley Division meet

Iowa City West and Cedar Falls combined to sweep the top 10 spots at the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division girls cross country meet Thursday at Prairie.

West pulled out the team title with 25 points. Cedar Falls had 30. Prairie was third at 77, followed by Dubuque Hempstead (115), Xavier (130), Jefferson (167) and Waterloo East (202).

Cedar Falls junior Allison Gregg was the individual winner, running the 4k course in 15 minutes, 15 seconds. Iowa City West junior Molly Leveille was close behind in 15:18.

Prairie junior Beth Heims was 11th in 16:31 and senior Bree Gaster was 12th in 16:32.

Xavier was led by sophomore Marinna Schroud, who finished 21st in 17:11.

Jefferson's top finisher was junior Michelle Zikes, who was 26th in 17:24.

MVC VALLEY DIVISION MEET
At Prairie

Teams
1. Iowa City West 25, 2. Cedar Falls 30, 3. Prairie 77, 4. Hempstead 115, 5. Xavier 130, 6. Jefferson 167, 7. Waterloo East 202.

Individuals
1. Allison Gregg (CF)                  15:15
2. Molly Leveille (ICW)              15:18
3. Pombie Silverman (ICW)       15:26
4. Brianna King (CF)                   15:43
5. Ashley Knudson (ICW)          16:11
6. Hannah Savage (CF)               16:11
7. Ashlynn Yokom (ICW)            16:12
8. Olive Carrollhach (ICW)          16:18
9. Kate Halloran (CF)                   16:24
10. Kaitlyn Hennings (CF)           16:26

PRAIRIE
11. Beth Heims            16:31
12. Bree Gaster           16:32
16. Maddie Rainey      16:50
18. Anastasia Jordan  16:59
20. Katie Costigan       17:02
34. Holly Wisnousky   18:32
35. Anna Rubsam        18:35

XAVIER
21. Marinna Schroud     17:11
23. Sarah Chicchelly      17:15
25. Ann Glavan               17:22
29. Allison Pitz                17:40
32. Rachel Sigmon          18:01

JEFFERSON
26. Michelle Zikes            17:24
27. Rachel Sedlacek         17:36
37. Bethany Polansky      19:07
38. Carson Burgart           19:08
29. Rachel Broghammer   19:24
41. Jennifer McDowell      19:50

Xavier girls 11th at MVC Super Meet

The Linn-Mar High School girls cross country team is No. 2 in the state and No. 1 in the Mississippi Valley Conference.

The Lions captured their first MVC Super Meet title in school history Thursday with a strong performance at Noelridge Park by placing five girls in the top 11.

Linn-Mar finished 4-5-7-8-11 with Brooklyn Kascel, Carolyn Newhouse, Rachel Perry, Morgan Uridil and Maddie Saville tightly bunched within 21 seconds.

Newhouse has been Linn-Mar's top runner all season, but Kascel nudged her by three seconds with a strong finish.

"I honestly didn't think I could beat Carolyn," Kascel said. "But we just feed off each other the whole race, and if I run with her it makes me go faster."

The den of Lions finished with 35 points for a comfortable 16-point margin over Cedar Falls. Iowa City High was third.

"Awesome," Kascel said. "We worked so hard to get to this place."

Cedar Falls runners finished 1-2 with Allison Gregg and Brianna King at the top, but the Tigers didn't have the depth to match the Lions. The next three Cedar Falls runners were 13-17-18.

Linn-Mar is ranked No. 2 in the state in the latest Class 4A poll, trailing Dowling Catholic. The Lions have been ranked high all season, but shot all the way to No. 2 this week.

"We were really surprised, because last year we weren't that high up," Kascel said. "And this year we're working really hard and it's really paid off."

Linn-Mar Coach Todd Goodell thought his team had a chance to win the MVC title, but the Valley has other strong teams with third-ranked Iowa City High, No. 8 Iowa City West, No. 10 Cedar Falls and No. 11 Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

"I thought they performed well. It's the way we were hoping they would perform," said Goodell, in his 14th year as the girls and boys cross country coach at Linn-Mar.

"Brooklyn Kascel popped off a good one today. They ran well as a pack again. We have a couple more big ones to go."

The Mississippi Division meet will be held in Dubuque Oct. 13, followed by the regional meet Oct. 20 and the state meet Oct. 29.

Dowling Catholic beat Linn-Mar at the Heartland Classic Sept. 17, but the Lions appear to be getting stronger. They hope to challenge for the state title in Fort Dodge in three weeks.

"I think we have a chance if we keep working hard and just trust in each other," Kascel said.

"We're hoping we can make it interesting," Goodell said.

Kennedy finished fifth in the MVC team standings. Washington was eighth, Prairie ninth, Xavier 11th and Jefferson 13th.

Shannon Gorman of Washington placed 10th. Bree Gaster of Prairie was 15th.

MVC SUPER MEET
Girls Results
Noelridge Park
4K

Team Standings

1. Linn-Mar 35, 2. Cedar Falls 51, 3. Iowa City High 74, 4. Iowa City West 116, 5. Kennedy 141, 6. Dubuque Senior 156, 7. Wahlert 162, 8. Washington 197, 9. Prairie 246, 10. Hempstead 261, 11. Xavier 314, 12. Waterloo West 371, 13. Jefferson 381, 14. Waterloo East 450.

Top 15 Individuals

1. Allison Gregg, Cedar Falls        14:38
2. Brianna King, Cedar Falls         14:45
3. Meg Richardson, City High      14:56
4. Brooklynn Kascel, Linn-Mar      14:57
5. Carolyn Newhouse, Linn-Mar     15:00
6. Pombie Silverman, IC West      15:02
7. Rachel Perry, Linn-Mar             15:04
8. Morgan Uridil, Linn-Mar            15:06
9. Molly Leveille, IC West            15:09
10. Shannon Gorman, Washington    15:14
11. Maddie Saville, Linn-Mar         15:18
12. Harper Beasley, City High       15:22
13. Cassy Herkelman, Cedar Falls  15:22
14. Lindsey Bruns, City High        15:25
15. Bree Gaster, Prairie              15:25

LINN-MAR: 4. Brooklynn Kascel 14:57, 5. Carolyn Newhouse 15:00, 7. Rachel Perry 15:04, 8. Morgan Uridil 15:06, 11. Maddie Saville 15:18, 30. Caitlin Novak 16:00, 45. Olivia Miller 16:26.

KENNEDY: 19. Alyssa Averhoff 15:37, 21. Katie Wampole 15:41, 31. Jessica Rodman 16:01, 34. Lauren Meyer 16:09, 36. Tara Mittelberg 16:15, 46. Megan Terukina 16:27.

WASHINGTON: 10. Shannon Gorman 15:14, 40. Colby Bjornsen 16:17, 44. Katie Karamitros 16:23, 47. Morgan Stuckenschneider 16:28, 56. Madison Stuckenschneider 16:38, 66. Joslyn Ross 17:06, 70. Anna Kline 17:15.

PRAIRIE: 15. Bree Gaster 15:25, 39. Beth Heims 16:16, 53. Maddie Rainey 16:34, 60. Anastasia Jordan 16:55, 79. Holly Wisnousky 17:53, 83. Ashley Hawkins 18:16.

XAVIER: 52. Marinna Schroud 16:33, 61. Ann Glavan 16:58, 64. Allison Pitz 17:03, 68. Sarah Chicchelly 17:08, 69. Rachel Sigmon 17:12, 75. Katy Ropp 17:34, 82. Lauren Smith 18:10.

JEFFERSON: 59. Rachel Sedlacek 16:49, 67. Michelle Zikes 17:07, 84. Carson Burgart 18:24, 85. Bethany Polansky 18:51, 86. Rachel Broghammer 18:57, 87. Jennifer McDowell 19:07.

Xavier girls run 7th at Clinton meet

CLINTON - Robert Hogg and the Cedar Rapids Washington Warriors were the grand champions at the Clinton Invitational cross country meet Saturday.

Hogg won the individual title in 15 minutes, 54.9 seconds and the Warriors captured the team championship for the second straight year.

Washington placed five runners in the top-15 with Etienne Nzoyisaba third (16:03.1), Laurent Hakizimana 10th (16:39.3), Joe Berry 12th (16:47.8) and Jon Rockwell 14th (16:49.9).

The Warriors won the title with 40 points, beating Indianola by 21 points. Xavier finished 10th out 15 teams with Ben Schueler running 26th in 17:15.5.

The Xavier girls team placed seventh out of 16 teams in their competition with Marinna Schroud finishing in 34th place in 16:28.3.

Washington placed 13th in the varsity girls competition with Colby Bjornsen 37th in 16:31.7. The Warriors used a modified varsity lineup because four of their varsity runners, who are all sophomores, elected to run in the frosh/soph race. They finished 1-2-3-4 in the frosh/soph race and led Washington to the title.

Kate Kasper of Clinton won the girls race in 14:38.6.

CLINTON INVITATIONAL

Boys Standings

1. Washington 40, 2. Indianola 61, 3. Pleasant Valley 74, 4. Bettendorf 136, 5. Urbandale 165, 6. Fort Madison 194, 7. Muscatine 203, 8. Iowa City Regina 227, 9. DeWitt Central 234, 10. Xavier 241, 11. Clinton 288, 12. Moline 329, 13. Durant-Bennett 331, 14. Prince of Peace 485, 15. North Scott 511.

Girls Standings

1. Pleasant Valley 57, 2. Bettendorf 62, 3. Urbandale 71, 4. Indianola 119, 5. Moline 127, 6. Iowa City Regina 211, 7. Xavier 235, 8. North Scott 295, 9. Prince of Peace 298, 10. Muscatine 333, 11. Fort Madison 334, 12. DeWitt Central 337, 13. Washington 347, 14. Clinton 393, 15. Bennett-Durant 557, 16. Davenport North (incomplete team).