September 11, 2014 at 10:45 a.m.
Owens, D-P girls all win at Darlington
She toured the 4k in 15:02.9, over 40 seconds faster than Boscobel senior Keely Foley, who took runner-up honors.
Dodge-Point junior Brittany Rhyner finished fourth in 15:52.3 with senior Mary Hanson fifth in 15:54.5. Then came sophomore McKenzie Hall 9th in 16:35.6 and senior Mikaela Bakker 13th in 16:59.4 to round out the scoring.
Senior Emily Philipps took 18th in 17:19.1 and junior Kennedy Stumpf was 36th in 18:22.
Dodge-Point won the team title easily with 28 points to Mount Horeb's 76.
The rest of the team scores were: Boscobel 81, Darlington 100, Lancaster 127, Belleville 198, Pecatonica/Argyle 224, Richland Center/Ithaca 226, Fennimore 228 and North Crawford 232.
Dodge-Point coach Denny McGraw talked about his varsity saying, "The Varsity Girls started us out with a strong win, scoring 28 points, outscoring their nearest competitor by 48 points. It was exciting to have WEKZ Radio 93.7 of Monroe covering the meet live. Senior Hannah Owens started the Dodge-Point team out with her fourth straight individual title at the Darlington Invite. She ran really well outpacing her nearest opponent by 41 seconds, looking relaxed and confident. Junior Brittany Rhyner placed fourth, setting a strong pace for the entire race. Senior Mary Hanson finished in fifth place, showed her great senior leadership by running hard. Sophomore MacKenzie Hall finished in eighth place, showed that all her miles this summer are really paying off. Senior Mikaela Bakker had a very strong showing, running very well to finish 8th. Senior Emily Philipps paced herself well to finish 14th. Junior Kennedy Stumpf rounded out the varsity runners with a solid race."
The JV team also claimed the top spot with 34 team points to Mount Horeb's 68.
The other team scores were: Monroe 75, Darlington 81, Necedah 131, Holy Family 140.
Senior Megan Hottmann took second in the race with a time of 18:19.5, eight seconds behind winner Annah Witt, Mount Horeb sophomore.
D-P junior Mariah Zoet was 7th in 18:41.5 with sophomore Claire Baldus 10th in 18:51.1, junior Alexis Bauer 11th in 18:56.3 and sophomore Drew Sanstrom 13th in 19:00.2 - to round out team scoring.
Other finishes were: freshman Abby Thompson 16th 19:20.1, sophomore Jayne Gorgen 19th 19:38, senior Brittany Walczak 20th 19:38.5, junior Jorie Driscoll 30th 20:08.1, senior Shianne Carroll 31st 20:11.9, freshman Hannah Jones 37th 20:46.3, freshman Alyssa Sullivan 38th 20:52.6, senior Dani Wetter 40th 21:01.2, junior Ashley Chitwood 51st 21:50.1, sophomore Jackie Frank 55th 22:14.5, sophomore Trilby Chitwood 61st 22:42.8, senior Hannah Sigg 84th 25:46.2.
"The JV Girls had a great first race scoring 34 points; their nearest competition doubled their points with 68 points," McGraw pointed out. Senior Megan Hottmann was the top runner for Dodge-Point, placing 2nd. We have a very deep roster that will keep the competition fierce."
D-P boys 3rd, Wunnicke 6th
In the boys race, it was the Dakota Kauffmann show as the Boscobel junior (16:38.4) won by more than 17 seconds over Darlington sophomore Jason Komprood.
Dodge-Point senior Tyler Wunnicke finished 6th in 17:42.7.
Freshman Juan Navarro took 10th in 17:48.6 with sophomore Tanner Cullen 22nd in 18:39.8, junior Brandon Forseth 23rd in 18:43.2, and the team scoring was completed when sophomore Luke Davis finished 37th in 19:16.
The rest of the varsity finishes were: senior Chapin Orr 59th in 20:19.9 and freshman Isaac Grunow 62nd 20:30.
Darlington won wih 47 points to Monroe's 73 with Dodge-Point totaling 83
Then came Boscobel 86, Albany 110, Lancaster 157, Iowa-Grant/Highland 179, Prairie du Chien 211, Belleville 222, Richland Center/Ithaca 289, Southwes-tern/Cuba City 294.
McGraw commentedon the varsity boys saying, "The Varsity Boys finished 3rd against some tough competition. Senior Tyler Wunnicke was the top runner for the boys, placing 5th with a good solid race. Freshmen Juan Navarro placed 9th with a great effort for his first high school race. Sophomore Tanner Cullen had a steady race throughout the competition placing 19th. Junior Brandon Forseth finished in 20th place running very well and helping the team. Sophomore Luke Davis is a very hard worker and he will continue to improve. Senior Chapin Orr did well in his first cross country race ever. Freshmen Isaac Grunow ran his first varsity race and showed a lot of promise."
Monroe took the JV meet with 31 points to Dodge-Point's 54.
Other team totals were: Boscobel 71, Darlington 118, Mount Horeb 140, Prairie du Chien 151, Tri State Homeschool 172, Iowa-Grant/High-land 218.
Monroe junior Thang Lu won in 19:48.6.
Dodge-Point freshman Jordan May took 4th in 20:01.9 with junior Stewart Thompson 6th in 20:19.8, junior Ty Driscoll 18th in 21:03.1, freshman John Phelan 19th in 21:04 and junior Nathan Eisenzimmer 23rd in 21:23.
Their other finishes were: senior Patrick Husom 34th 22:03.7, sophomore John Davis 47th 23:15.4, freshman Noah Lawinger 49th 23:16.1, sophomore Conner Trocke 56th 2338.2, junior Tristan Wilkins 71st 24:55.3.
"The JV Boys finished a strong second place, McGraw said. "Freshmen Jordan May led the way for the JV Boys, placing 3rd in his first cross country race. We have a good group of young runners out that will improve as the season progresses."
"It is always exciting to have the first invite of the season after three hard weeks of practice. We had a great fan base that really makes it fun for the runners as they hear people cheering them on throughout the race.
Saturday, September 13th we run the River Valley Invite at the Little Springs Golf Course in Spring Green.
Iowa-Grant/Highland results
Girls
Angela Melby 48th 19:08.5, Julia Crockroft 72nd 21:13.5, Caitlyn Fowell 77th 22:18.6, Makayla Dicken 78th 22:22.3.
Boys - Varsity
Jordan Jenks 13th 18:06, Ethan McCracken 33rd 19:01, William McLeer 50th 19:4.6, Benjamin Connolly 60th 20:21.1, Micah Bomkamp 64th 20:52.3, Jacob Soman 90th 23:13.4, Paul Connolly 97th 24:40.1.
Junior Varsity
Kyle Faull 46th 22:36, Easton Dobson 61st 23:50.8, Wyatt Reeves 64th 23:58.5, Ben Amend 91st 26:16.9, Brandon Bickford 101st 29:47.6.
Iowa-Grant coach Corey McCracken said about the meet: "Saturday was great day weather wise with the cooler temps helping many of our runners PR.
The girls team saw improvement in times from Cashton the week before.
Unfortunately we lost our fifth and final runner to a knee injury during their race. First year runner Angela Melby finished first on the team with a 19:08. Julie Cockroft finished 2nd on our team while cutting over a minute off last year's race at Darlington.
The boys team improved to 7th place from a previous years finish of 9th. I was proud of the effort despite missing one of our top runners, Creighton Biddick. Jacob Soman knocked 4 minutes off of last year's Darlington times along with many JV runners who saw two and 3 minute improvements over last week. Our JV runners are starting get their legs under them. One such runner is Wyatt Reeves who was previously a middle school short distance runner. He is transitioning well to distance and is pushing hard for a varsity spot. Next up we host a tri meet with Cassville and CC/SW on Thursday."
