Cyclone girls, Gross best the field at Storm Lake Cross Country Meet

 STORM LAKE (Sept. 15) -- The Harlan Community girls claimed their fourth team title in five tries and Trey Gross earned his second individual win of the season at last Tuesday’s Storm Lake Cross Country Meet, held at Sunrise Pointe Golf Course.
 The Cyclone girls, who moved up one spot to fifth in last week’s Class 3A team ratings, placed five runners in the top 15 to post a first-place score of 38. Cherokee (14th in 2A) placed second with an 85 and MOC-Floyd Valley was third with an 87.
 Le Mars won the boys’ half of the meet with a 38 to best MOC-Floyd Valley by 12 points while HCHS - competing without three varsity runners - scored a 162 and finished seventh out of 13 squads.
 Gross completed the five-kilometer course in 17:00.42 to easily win the boys race by 20 seconds over Sam May of MOC-FV. Gross moved up to 12th in the 3A individual state rankings last week. Mitchell Rueschenberg also bagged a medal for HCHS, finishing 18th in 18:40, while Kaiden Milliken took 33rd out of 86 runners.
 The Cyclone girls were once again led by the trio of junior Kaia Bieker (third place), senior Brecken Van Baale (fourth) and senior Liv Freund (sixth), who finished with times between 20:45 and 21:04. Bieker is ranked 20th in Class 3A.

Storm Lake Cross Country Meet • Sept. 15 • Sunrise Pointe Golf Course

Girls Team Standings - 1. Harlan Comm. 38, 2. Cherokee 85, 3. MOC-Floyd Valley 87, 4. Algona 118, 5. Unity Christian 137, 6. Le Mars 173, 7. Spirit Lake 200, 8. Ridge View 210, 9. Denison-Schleswig 212, 10. Fort Dodge 237, 11. Storm Lake 261, 12. Estherville-LC 309.
Top 5 Individual Girls - 1. Kyrstin Agnitsch (Cherokee), 19:47; 2. Emily Haverdink (MOC-FV), 20:10; 3. Kaia Bieker (HCHS), 20:45; 4. Brecken Van Baale (HCHS), 20:51; 5. Moriah Knapp (Algona), 20:54.
HCHS Individual Results
3rd: Kaia Bieker, 20:45.61.
4th: Brecken Van Baale, 20:51.58.
6th: Liv Freund, 21:04.61.
10th: Abi Albertsen, 22:03.03.
15th: Ellie Gross, 22:15.49.
19th: Olivia Anderson, 22:53.98.
26th: Kennedy Kjergaard, 23:52.19.
(5-kilometer times; 81 runners)

Boys Team Standings - 1. Le Mars 38, 2. MOC-Floyd Valley 50, 3. Unity Christian 126, 4. Storm Lake 152, 5. Spirit Lake 158, 6. Algona 161, 7. Harlan Comm. 162, 8. Fort Dodge 182, 9. Cherokee 211, 10. Denison-Schleswig 288, 11. Estherville-LC 290, 12. Ridge View 324, 13. East Sac County 353.
Top 5 Individual Boys - 1. Trey Gross (HCHS), 17:00; 2. Sam May (MOC-FV), 17:20; 3. Jason Sudtelgte (Le Mars), 17:41; 4. Josh Meier (Fort Dodge), 17:46; 5. Jackson Sudtelgte (Le Mars), 17:48.
HCHS Individual Results
1st: Trey Gross, 17:00.42.
18th: Mitchell Rueschenberg, 18:40.33.
33rd: Kaiden Milliken, 19:40.72.
53rd: Joseph Bragg, 20:55.53.
57th: Seth Anderson, 21:21.01.
60th: Keaton Heileson, 21:27.61.
(5-kilometer times; 86 runners)

 
 

 

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