Jefferson Girls Cross Country

J-Hawk girls 15th at Cedar Falls

CEDAR FALLS - Kennedy had three runners finish in the top 10 Thursday, propelling the Cougars to the championship of the Rich Engel Classic girls cross country meet.

Katie Wampole finished fourth, Alyssa Averhoff eighth and Lauren Meyer 10th for the Cougars.

Washington finished sixth, the Linn-Mar junior varsity ninth and Jefferson was 15th in the 16-team field.

Washington's Shannon Gorman finished sixth.

Waverly-Shell Rock's Anna Holdiman won the 4k race in 14 minutes, 45 seconds.

RICH ENGEL CLASSIC
At Birdsall Park

Team Standings
1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 51; 2. Cedar Falls 70; 3. Decorah 87; 4. Dubuque Senior 108; 5. Dubuque Wahlert 124; 6. Cedar Rapids Washington 161; 7. Waverly Shell-Rock 194; 8. Denver 233; 9. Linn-Mar JV 262; 10. Muscatine 272; 11. South Winneshiek 305; 12. Dike-New Hartford 358; 13. Mason City 371; 14. Charles City 385; 15. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 414; 16. New Hampton 502.

Top 10 individuals
1. Anna Holdiman (WSR) 14:45; 2. Brianna King (CF) 15:06; 3. Kelsey Kirchoff (Den) 15:17; 4. Katie Wampole (CRK) 15:19; 5. Shannon Gorman (CRW) 15:20; 6. Shana Kelly (Decorah) 15:26; 7. Hannah Savage (CF) 15:30; 8. Alyssa Averhoff (CRK) 15:31, 9. Brinn Anderson (Decorah) 15:32; 10. Lauren Meyer (CRK) 15:38.

KENNEDY (51): 4. Wampole 15:19, 8. Averhoff 15:31, 10. Meyer 15:38, 11. Jessica Rodman 15:42, 18. Tara Mittelberg 15:54, 47. Carolyn Stone 16:35, 52. Alexis Bernstein 16:41

WASHINGTON (161): 5. Gorman 15:20, 30. Colby Bjornsen 16:17, 37. Katie Karamitros 16:23, 41. Morgan Stuckenschneider 16:28, 48. Anna Kline 16:35, 54. Kylie Coutentos 16:46

LINN-MAR JV (262): 40. Olivia Miller 16:27, 42. Sydney Johnston 16:29, 57. Taylor Robertson 16:52, 59. Kennedy Japenga 16:53, 64. Brooke Almasi 17:05, 77. Kelsey Brandt 17:25, 83. Katie Rakers 17:44

JEFFERSON (414): 56. Rachel Sedlacek 16:52, 73. Michelle Zikes 17:19, 91. Bethany Polansky 17:57, 94. Carson Burgart 18:09, 100. Rachel Broghammer 18:49, 104. Jennifer McDowell 19:16

J-Hawk girls 12th at PV meet

BETTENDORF - Linn-Mar's Carolyn Newhouse finished third and two teammates placed in the top 10 Saturday at the Spartan Invitational girls cross country meet.

Linn-Mar finished in second place behind Naperville North of suburban Chicago. The Lions beat Iowa City High by one point.

Linn-Mar's Brooklyn Kascel was seventh and Morgan Uridil ninth. Rachel Perry finished 26th and Caitlin Novak 31st.

Bettendorf's Anna Peer won the race in 14 minutes, 45 seconds. Newhouse finished in 15:07, Kascel in 15:22 and Uridil in 15:25.

Prairie was eighth, Xavier ninth and Jefferson 12th.

SPARTAN INVITATIONAL

Teams - 1. Naperville North, Ill., 45, 2. Linn-Mar 76, 3. Iowa City High 77, 4. Pleasant Valley 105, 5. Edina, Minn., 132, 6. Bettendorf 144, 7. Dubuque Senior 167, 8. CR Prairie 209, 9. CR Xavier 260, 10. North Scott 286, 11. Davenport West 342, 12. CR Jefferson 377.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Anna Peer (Bettendorf) 14:45
2. Addie Royer (PV) 14:59
3. Carolyn Newhouse (Linn-Mar) 15:07
4. Kimber Meyer (Naperville North) 15:14
5. Maria McDaniel (Naperville North) 15:17
6. Piper Bain (Edina) 15:21
7. Brooklyn Kascel (Linn-Mar) 15:22
8. Alex Moxon (Naperville) 15:24
9. Morgan Uridil (Linn-Mar) 15:25
10. Mahnee Watts (Bettendorf) 15:30

LINN-MAR (76)
3. Carolyn Newhouse 15:07
7. Brooklyn Kascel 15:22
9. Morgan Uridil 15:25
26. Rachel Perry 16:14
31. Caitlin Novak 16:24
32. Hannah Grissel 16:32
38. Sydney Johnston 16:45

PRAIRIE (209)
15. Bree Gaster 15:41
36. Beth Heims 16:44
50. Maddie Rainey 17:10
51. Amanda Weyer 17:11
57. Anastasia Jordan 17:42
64. Ashley Hawkins 18:08
66. Brittney England 18:23

XAVIER (260)
41. Sarah Chicchelly 16:53
46. Allison Pitz 17:03
56. Ann Glavan 17:35
58. Marinna Schroud 17:43
59. Kim Leskovec 17:48
61. Lauren French 17:52
62. Rachel Sigmon 17:58

JEFFERSON (377)
65. Michelle Zikes 18:15
74. Bethany Polansky 19:08
77. Rachel Broghammer 19:43
80. Jennifer McDowell 20:38
81. Kim Crain 21:58
82. Sarah Fehlberg 1:19:19

J-Hawk girls run 5th at Iowa Mennonite

KALONA - The Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls cross country team placed fifth out of nine teams at the Iowa Mennonite Invitational cross country meet Tuesday in Kalona.

Iowa City High won the title with 29 points, followed by Muscatine (77), Wapello (90), Lone Tree (141), Jefferson (146), Mediapolis (184), Winfield-Mount Union (211), Waco (244) and Keota (300).

Rachel Sedlacek finished 17th in 18 minutes, 19 seconds to lead the J-Hawks. Michelle Zikes was 25th (18:59), Bethany Polansky 33rd (19:50), Carson Burgart 35th (19:55), Rachel Broghammer 36th (19:58) and Jennifer McDowell 42nd (20:53).

Top 5 Individuals

1. Siglin (ICH) 16:28; 2. Feldman (Lone Tree) 16:47; 3. Brunson (Muscatine) 16:56; 4. Langenfeld (ICH) 17:12; 5. Arch (ICH) 17:21.