Jefferson Boys Cross Country

Jeff boys run 4th at IMS meet

KALONA - The Jefferson High School boys cross country team finished fourth at the IMS Early Bird Invitational in Kalona Tuesday.

Nate Homan led the J-Hawks in 21st place in 19 minutes, 17 seconds.

Muscatine won the team championship.

IMS EARLY BIRD INVITATIONAL
Team scoring

1. Muscatine 40, 2. Iiowa City High 41, 3. Highland 129, 4. Jefferson 143, 5. Mediapolis 151, 6. Winfield-Mt. Union 159, 7. Wapello 163, 8. Washington (Iowa) 189, 9. Iowa Mennonite 202, 10. Alburnett 221

JEFFERSON RESULTS: 21. Nate Homan 19:17.64; 29. Nathan Prochnow 19:54.04; 31. Christopher Haring 19:58.07; 32. Kane Kramer 20:06.02; 36. Barrett Wise 20:32.49; 38. Jake Hensel 20:35.61; 46. Davis Hall 21:18.74

J-Hawk girls run 3rd at IMS meet

KALONA — The Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls cross country team placed third out of 12 teams at the Iowa Mennonite School Early Bird Invitational in Kalona on Tuesday.

The Jefferson boys placed fifth out of nine teams in their race.

Megan Ely finished seventh in the individual standings for the Jefferson girls, and Sarah Hanna was just a second behind in eighth place for the J-Hawks.

Jason Chung led the Jefferson boys in 18th place.

Muscatine won the girls' championship by finishing an impressive 1-2-3-5-6. Iowa City High won the boys' title by finishing 2-3-5-6-7.

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Zikes wins title at IMS Early Bird race

IOWA CITY - Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Michelle Zikes ran away with the individual title at the Iowa Mennonite Early Bird cross country meet Tuesday.

Zikes won the race by more than 25 seconds in 16:09.34 for 4 kilometers. Mollie Shepherd, the runnerup from Iowa City High, crossed the finish line in 16:34.97.

Iowa City High won the girls title with 25 points. The J-Hawks finished second in the nine-team meet with 78 points.

The Jefferson boys placed fourth out of 10 teams in their race. Devin Stone led the J-Hawks with a sixth-place showing in 18:03.68 for 5 kilometers.

IMS EARLY BIRD MEET

GIRLS RESULTS

Team Standings
1. Iowa City High 25, 2. Jefferson 78, 3. Lone Tree 103, 4. Wapello 125, 5. Mediapolis 151, 6. Muscatine 153, 7. Iowa Mennonite 233, 8. English Valleys 251, 9. Cardinal of Eldon 263.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Michelle Zikes, Jefferson     16:09.34
2. Mollie Shepherd, IC High      16:34.97
3. Allison Siglin, IC High       16:52.21
4. Savannah Banwart, Mediapolis  16:55.72
5. Sonora Taffa, IC High         17:02.51
6. Ella Feldman, Lone Tree       17:07.74
7. Morgan Sammons, IC High       17:14.21
8. Fanta Traore, IC High         17:16.26
9. Terra Perez, IC High          17:22.38
10. Sydney, Wapello              17:27.11

Jefferson Results
1. Michelle Zikes 16:09.34, 15. Meredith Koenigsfeld 17:56.06, 16. Sarah Hanna 18:02.73, 19. Megan Ely 18:18.02, 27. Cara Voll 19:00.13, 39. Sarah Fehlberg 20:19.36, 40. Bethany Polansky 20:23.88.

BOYS RESULTS

Team Standings
1. Muscatine 32, 2. Iowa City High 71, 3. Mediapolis 104, 4. Jefferson 120, 5. Highland 136, 6. Wapello 142, 7. Iowa Mennonite 177, 8. Winfield-Mt. Union 224, 9. Lynville-Sully 245, 10. Lone Tree 288.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Bennett Luedtke, Muscatine    17:05.19
2. Dillon Tummerman, Mediapolis  17:35.58
3. Ben, Wapello                  17:47.46
4. Noah Salmonson, Muscatine     17:52.14
5. Jason McVay, Alburnett        17:57.20
6. Devin Stone, Jefferson        18:03.68
7. Kevin Hughes, Muscatine       18:05.32
8. Will Seydel, IC High          18:08.05
9. Seth Burton, Muscatine        18:12.87
10. Matt Eden, Highland          18:15.75

Jefferson
6. Devin Stone 18:03.68, 17. Jason Chung 18:38.84, 29. Ky Kramer 19:41.20, 30. Lucas Vanous 19:50.51, 38. Matt Swenson 20:14.93, 39. Trey Hitchings 20:22.43, 43. Max Guyer 20;47.87.

J-Hawks 6th, Mueller 16th in 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