By Becky Walz,
Season and personal best records were last Thursday at Epworth as the Decorah boys and girls cross country teams took the course.
Both squads finished second overall at the large meet.
Two boys in top 10
Class 3A No. 5 Central DeWitt won the team title with 44 points, ahead of Decorah’s 52. The Class 3A No. 6 Vikes had an average time of 17:29 and spread of 14 seconds among their top five harriers.
“The team’s overall performance was commendable with a perfect score in the JV race and eight of the top 20 in the varsity race,” said Decorah Boys Cross Country Coach Brad Johansen.
Class 3A No. 1 Quentin Nauman of Epworth was the individual champion. His time was 16:09.3.
Landyn Hook was the Viking champion as he had a personal best time of 17:21.8, placing seventh overall. Garrett See came in ninth with a time of 17:25.1, with Davis Coppola just missing the top 10. Coppola’s time of 17:31.9 earned him 11th place. Grant Zilka and Mitchell Stemper finished together in 12th and 13th places, respectively. Zilka had a time of 17:35.0, while Stemper posted a time of 17:35.8 to round out the scorecard.
In 17:48.9, D’mitry Lesser was 15th. Oak Pasche also competed in the varsity race, finishing in 18:01.9, good for 19th place. Others on the varsity course were William Fullhart (20th, 18:02.7) and Thomas Hammel (35th, 18:46.0).
Volkman leads girls
Class 3A No. 15 Wahlert Catholic led the way in the varsity girls race with an average time of 21:37 and a point total of 64.
The Class 3A No. 16 Vikes came in second with 74 points, averaging 21:56 to go with a spread of 2:01 among the top five.
“This was a good learning meet for us and was fun to run against different competition,” said Viking Girls’ Cross Country Coach Cristy Nimrod.
Class 3A No. 9 Izzy Hardin of Maquoketa was the overall champion. Her time of 19:20.5.
Decorah was led by Olivia Volkmann. The sophomore finished the race in 20:47.0, in fifth place. Crossing the line in 21:59.3 was Brinlee Courtney to take 14th place with Riley Chrisopher steps behind in 15th who posted a timr of 22:03.6. Raelyn Newhouse stopped the stopwatch at 22:05.2 taking 16th. Rounding out the scoring in 25th was Deborah Hougen. The junior had a time of 22:05.2.
Others on the varsity course as part of the top seven Vikings were Leah Garcia-Prats (34th, 23:20.5) and Amelia Wadsworth (35th, 23:20.7).
JV results
The JV boys won the event with their second perfect score of 15 this season.
Contributing to the win were Max Grimstad (1st, 18:35.9), Clarence Nimrod (2nd, 18:49.9), Bennett Coppola (3rd, 18:56.5), Derek Hrdlicka (4th, 19:04.0) and Oscar Grimstad (5th, 19:05.1).
The junior varsity girls were also victorious, posting a score of 24. In the top five for the girls were Nora Lesmeister (1st, 23:17.9), Elsa Johnson (7th, 24:08.2), Ellie Adams (11th, 24:40.0), Grace Blikre (13th, 24:51.4) and Simone Downing (15th, 24:56.4).
Boys’ varsity team results
1. Central DeWitt 44; 2. Decorah 52; 3. Epworth 100; 4. Waterloo West 108; 5. Monticello 124; 6. Wahlert Catholic 133; 7. Beckman Catholic 240; 8. Cascade 247; 9. Prince of Peace 262; 10. Easton Valley 290; 11. Maquoketa 293; 12. Marquette Catholic 329
Girls’ varsity team results
1. Wahlert Catholic 64; 2. Decorah 74; 3. Waukon 89; 4. Monticello 111; 5. Epworth 144; 6. Cascade 152; 7. Maquoketa 154; 8. Beckman Catholic 212; 9. Camanche 228; 10. Central DeWitt 234; 11. Clayton Ridge 321
Boys’ JV team results
1. Decorah 15; 2. Epworth 73; 3. Wahlert Catholic 99; 4. Monticello 103; 5. Central DeWitt 122; 6. Clayton Ridge 151; 7. Waterloo West 171
Boys’ JV individual results
(minus top five)
7. Logan Nalean-Carlson 19:11.1; 8. Jack DeLaRose 19:25.4; 10. Oliver Bollinger 19:30.6; 11. Liam Huang 19:31.0; 13. Kyan Oftedahl 19:35.2; 14. Kelton Casterton 19;38.7; 20. Colin Thompson 19:53.2; 22. Kyle Pattison 19:58.6; 24. Riley Berns 20:02.5; 25. Max Goodner 20:03.0; 29. Carson Bohner 20:22.2; 33. Ezra Vorvick 20:57.2; 37. Evan Madsen 21:01.8; 38. Reid Berns 21:05.0; 40. Esteban Fernadez 21:07.2; 47. Phoung Doan 21:36.7; 48. Van Bassford 21:37.3; 49. Nils Peterson 21:38.3; 51. Andrew Olson 21:57.3; 52. Beau Newhouse 22:00.3; 54. Will Robinson 22:06.6; 62. Weston Cote 22:34.1; 64. Pranav Caton 22:49.7; 81. Oscar Swanson 25:35.4; 82. Wyatt Birdsell 25:47.4; 84. Dylan Brincks 26:03.5; 87. Gavin Wilkins 27:18.1; 92. Noah Potvin 29:25.6; 94. Keagan Steines 30:29.6
Girls’ JV team results
1. Decorah 24; 2. Wahlert Catholic 36; 3. Waukon 80; 4. Epworth 113; 5. Clayton Ridge 118
Girls varsity individual results
(minus top seven)
41. Olivia Rissman 23:46.1; 48. Claire Storhoff 24:04.4; 49. Vivian Search 24:06.0; 51. Lillian Dahlen 24:09.9; 52. Natalie Goodner 24:11.6; 62. Natalie Stevens 24:39.1; 70. Addison Quandahl 24:54.2; 77. Marley Harmening 25:18.4; 80. Grace Huinker 25:22.8; 82. McKenzie Riley 25:28.3; 91. Lauren Severtson 25:52.7; 94. Jillian Volz 26:08.9; 97. Evelyn Opheim 26:25.9; 100. Brinley Quandahl 26:41.9; 106. Sophia McGee 27:09.0; 114. Maggie Gavle 27:53.8; 116. Kennedy Carlson 27:55.4; 149. Kylie Lemke 32:05.8; 151. Kathy Muj 32:15.0; 156 Ella Carlson 33:31.7
Girls JV individual results
(minus top five)
17. Natalie Holthaus 24:58.8; 19. Willow Blair 25:21.4; 23. Camryn Quandahl 25:43.4; 32. Regine Hougen 26:49.6; 34. Rachel Weis 26:52.3; 42. Poppy Bellrichard 27:53.9; 58. Claire Ko 29:58.4; 62. Kyra O’Hara 30:23.8; 80. Ava Hanson 35:23.7
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