Linn-Mar Girls Cross Country

Jenks runs 25th at Nike national meet

PORTLAND, Ore. - Linn-Mar senior Stephanie Jenks finished 25th at the Nike Cross Nationals race at the Glendoveer Golf Course Saturday in Portland, Ore.

Jenks was in third place after the first mile and was 10th after two miles, but she dropped back after that and finished the 5K race in 17 minutes, 44.5 seconds.

Katie Rainsberger won the national title in 16:56.

Jenks runs 10th at Foot Locker regional

KENOSHA, Wis. - Stephanie Jenks of Linn-Mar finished 10th at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional cross country meet Saturday in Kenosha, Wis., and earned a trip to the national meet in two weeks.

Jenks covered the 5K course in 17 minutes, 49.2 seconds. Taylor Werner of Bloomsdale, Mo., ran away with the title in 16 minutes, 57.3 seconds.

Runners from 13 states competed in the regional meet with athletes from Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Jenks qualified for the Foot Locker national meet in San Diego on Saturday, Dec. 12.

Jenks also has qualified for the Nike Cross National meet that will be held in Portland, Ore., on Saturday, Dec. 5. She won the Nike Cross Heartland regional Nov. 15 in South Dakota.

Jenks has committed to run in college at Cal-Berkeley.

Linn-Mar girls take 2nd at district meet

CEDAR FALLS - The Linn-Mar girls cross country team finished second at the Class 4A district meet Thursday at Birdsall Park in Cedar Falls to qualify for the state meet.

Cedar Falls won the race with 40 points. Linn-Mar finished with 52 points and Ames was third with 72. The top three teams and top 15 individual advance to the state meet in Fort Dodge Oct. 31.

Maddie Mann led Linn-Mar in fourth place in 19 minutes, 16 seconds. Morgan Garcia finished fifth, Deanna Newhouse 11th, Amber Decker 14th and Abby Van Rheenen 18th.

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Fusselman wears Valley Division crown

Hannah Fusselman of Kennedy finished first at the Valley Division cross country meet Thursday at the Tuma Soccer Complex.

Fusselman, a sophomore, ran the 5K layout in 18 minutes, 50 seconds. She defeated Tia Saunders of Iowa City West by nine seconds.

Maddie Mann of Linn-Mar placed third. Meredith Koenigsfeld of Jefferson finished fifth. Morgan Garcia and Amber Decker of Linn-Mar placed seventh and eighth.

Iowa City West won the title with 34 points. Linn-Mar placed second with 54.

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