HCHS girls add to title collection at Kuemper Invite
CARROLL (Sept. 15) -- One mark of a great cross country team is consistency - a word that epitomizes what the Harlan Community girls have done so far this season.
Battling heat and humidity at Carroll’s Swan Lake State Park Saturday morning, the fourth-ranked (3A) Cyclones took on a difficult course with courage and determination to easily win the Class A girls team title of the Kuemper Catholic Invite.
HCHS sophomore Trey Gross also stayed consistent, placing third out of 188 Class A boys for his fourth straight top-10 finish to open the year. Brennon Munch added a 19th-place medal for the Cyclone boys, who finished eighth out of 12 teams.
IKM-Manning and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton, meanwhile, competed in the Class B portion of the meet. The Wolves placed second in the boys team standings and the Spartan girls took third. Together, the two schools combined for 10 medalists and four top-10 individuals, led by sixth-place showings from IKM-M’s Quentin Dreyer and Emma Beermann.
The Cyclone girls continued to thrive by staying in a pack for as long as possible, placing their five counted scores between fifth (senior Greichaly Kaster) and 12th.
HCHS won the meet with a total of 41, easily distancing itself from 11th-ranked Atlantic (70) and No. 13 North Polk (72). Spencer (ranked 8th) slipped to fourth place after its number-three girl was unable to finish.
The Cyclone girls have now won three consecutive meet titles after placing second to Glenwood by one point in the season opener.
Kuemper Catholic Cross Country Meet • Saturday, Sept. 15 • Swan Lake State Park
Girls Team Standings (Class A) - 1. Harlan Community 41, 2. Atlantic 70, 3. North Polk 72, 4. Spencer 107, 5. Nevada 184, 6. CB Abraham Lincoln 186, 7. CB Thomas Jefferson 201, 8. Bondurant-Farrar 209, 9. Denison-Schleswig 212, 10. Lewis Central 218, 11. Webster City 318.
Top 5 Individuals - 1. Taylor McCreedy (Atl.), 20:39; 2. Brenna Fisher (Spen.), 21:02; 3. Elisa Fisher (Spen.), 21:05; 4. Raegan Andersen (D-S), 21:10; 5. Greichaly Kaster (HCHS), 21:13.
HCHS Individual Results (top 5) - 5th: Greichaly Kaster, 21:13; 7th: Lucy Borkowski, 21:31; 8th: Kaia Bieker, 21:54; 9th: Raegen Wicks, 21:56; 12th: Brecken Van Baale, 22:08.
Girls Team Standings (Class B) - 1. Madrid 38, 2. South Cnt. Calhoun 41, 3. Exira-EHK 72, 4. OA-BCIG 84, 5. MVAOCOU 132.
Top 5 Individuals - 1. Madison Schiernbeck (Oa-bcig), 23:04; 2. Lauren Horn (Mad.), 23:46; 3. Charli Adams (Gris.), 23:49; 4. Alexia Nelson (SCC), 24:04; 5. Oksana Howard (Mad.), 24:22.
E-EHK Individual Results - 11th: Shelbi Wilson, 25:16; 15th: Kate Hansen, 25:40; 23rd: Camryn Paulsen, 26:55; 25th: Ellie Schultes, 27:24; 28th: McKenzie Yoshida, 28:38; 31st: Claire Schlueter, 29:35.
IKM-M Individual Results - 6th: Emma Beermann, 24:28; 8th: McKenna Mullen, 24:53; 30th: Macie Doyel, 28:56.
Boys Team Standings (Class A) - 1. CB Thomas Jefferson 45, 2. Lewis Central 89, 3. Bondurant-Farrar 105, 4. Atlantic 115, 5. Nevada 149, 6. Spencer 160, 7. Webster City 168, 8. Harlan Comm. 178, 9. Denison-Schleswig 226, 10. CB Abraham Lincoln 247, 11. North Polk 263, 12. Kuemper Catholic 320.
Top 5 Individuals - 1. Aidan Booton (TJ), 17:48; 2. Jalen Petersen (Atl.), 17:57; 3. Trey Gross (HCHS), 17:58; 4. Juan Martinez (TJ), 18:17; 5. Wimach Gilo (TJ), 18:18.
HCHS Individual Results (top 5) - 3rd: Trey Gross, 17:58; 19th: Brennon Munch, 19:29; 53rd: Wyatt Obrecht, 20:43; 55th: Isaac Jones, 20:49; 58th: Mitchell Rueschenberg, 20:53.
Boys Team Standings (Class B) - 1. Madrid 25, 2. IKM-Manning 73, 3. South Cnt. Calhoun 79, 4. MVAOCOU 80, 5. OA-BCIG 105.
Top 5 Individuals - 1. Sean McDermott (Mad.), 17:05; 2. Spencer Moon (SCC), 17:49; 3. Dylan Blake (Mvaocou), 18:20; 4. Jason Renze (Mad.), 18:23; 5. Rory McDermott (Mad.), 18:46.
IKM-M Individual Results (top 5) - 6th: Quentin Dreyer, 18:57; 10th: Tanner Spoelstra, 19:42; 15th: Connor Keller, 20:38; 17th: Adam Gruhn, 20:58; 32nd: Haven Reese, 22:42.