Jefferson Girls Cross Country

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Fusselman stars for Kennedy runners

Thu - 17 Sep Written by Metro Sports Report

CEDAR FALLS - Cedar Rapids Kennedy sophomore Hannah Fusselman finished a strong second at the Rich Engle Classic cross country meet Thursday in Cedar Falls.

Fusselman battled Brina Kraft of Muscatine to the tape and lost the 5K race by just one second. Kraft was timed in 19 minutes, 22 seconds and Fusselman finished in 19:23.

Metro girls made a good showing in the 19-school race. Washington freshman Reagan Gorman placed fourth, Kennedy freshman Grace Walker was sixth and Jefferson senior Meredith Koenigsfeld was eighth.

Ankeny Centennial nipped Muscatine for the girls title, 76-77. Jefferson finished seventh, Kennedy 12th and Washington 13th.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 17 September 2015 23:50

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Tysen Vandraska of Prairie (left) defeated Brandon Cooley of Bettendorf for top honors at the Cedar Rapids Invitational cross country meet Thursday at Noelridge Park. (MSR photo by Ken Gilchrist).

VanDraska leads Prairie to title

Thu - 10 Sep Written by Jim Ecker

Tysen VanDraska was sorely disappointed when he finished seventh at the Class 4A state cross country meet last fall.

"I kind of choked a little bit," he claimed Thursday.

He does not plan to let it happen again.

VanDraska captured top honors and led Cedar Rapids Prairie to the team championship Thursday at the annual Cedar Rapids Invitational at Noelridge Park.

VanDraska won the 5K outing in 16 minutes, 7.68 seconds, edging Brandon Cooley of Bettendorf by 1.5 seconds in a tight race throughout. Prairie ran away with the team championship with 31 points with Jake Moore finishing fourth, Chris Oehlert sixth and Cam Steffens seventh.

VanDraska may have been a little harsh on himself by claiming he "choked a little bit" at the state meet, but he's always set high standards for himself as a distance runner.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 10 September 2015 20:48

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Altemeier, Eck run to state meet

Thu - 23 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

CEDAR FALLS - Sarah Altemeier and Sam Eck of Cedar Rapids Washington placed in the top 10 at the district cross country meet in Cedar Falls Thursday and qualified for the Class 4A state meet in Fort Dodge Nov. 1.

Altemeier finished fifth in the girls 4K race in 15 minutes, 38 seconds. Eck placed 10th in the boys 5K event in 16 minutes, 46 seconds.

The top three teams and top 10 individuals advance to state. Washington, Jefferson and Kennedy did not qualify their boys teams or girls teams for state.

CLASS 4A DISTRICT MEET
Birdsall Park, Cedar Falls

BOYS RESULTS

Team Standings

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Last Updated on Thursday, 23 October 2014 21:46

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Murphy, Mather lead Lions to MVC title

Thu - 16 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

CEDAR FALLS - Daniel Murphy and Michael Mather of Linn-Mar finished in nearly a dead heat Thursday to help the Lions capture the Valley Division cross country title at Birdsall Park in Cedar Falls.

Murphy and Mather were both timed in 16 minutes, 10 seconds in a photo finish, but Murphy was declared the winner.

Ryan Murphy placed fourth for Linn-Mar as the Lions edged Cedar Falls for the title, 37-39.

Linn-Mar junior Amber Decker, who won the title at the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet last week, had to settle for third place in the Valley Division race behind Bailey Nock and Emmie Skopec of Iowa City West.

Iowa City West topped Linn-Mar for the girls team championship, 19-37.

Hannah Fusselman of Kennedy finished 10th.

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