October 8, 2015 at 12:07 p.m.
Both Dodge-Point XC place high
"It was a great day at the Platteville Invite and the Dodge-Point runners performed very well. This is the final large invite before conference and it helps us to see how we are running against some of the best," said Dodge-Point coach Denny McGraw. "The fan support was tremendous at this meet and the runners responded with one of the best efforts of the year so far."
The girls totaled 106 points to finish a distant runner-up to winning McFarland's 47.
Belleville junior Noelle Marie won in 19:04 with McFarland junior Brooke Lonigro next in 19:30 and Lancaster freshman Lydia Murphy close behind at 19:31.
Brooke Rhyner led the D-P team taking sixth in 20:38 followed by Mackenzie Hall 10th in 20:55, Alexis Bauer 28th in 22;07, Josie Jabs 30th in 22:12, Drew Sandstrom 32nd in 22:15 and Kennedy Stumpf 47th in 23:31.
"We saw some nice improvement form last week in the varsity girls," McGraw said. "We look for everyone to keep working hard during the upcoming weeks leading to conference and sectional. Brittany continues to lead the team and had a strong sixth place finish. Mackenzie Hall is one of the solid runners that we can count on each weel. It is great to see Alexis Bauer running so well and Josie Jabs ran one of her better races of the year and looks more comfortable running on varsity. Drew Sandstrom is starting to feel better and will continue to improve. Kenedy Stumpf rounded out the varsity squad and will keep battling to improve her time."
Other team scores were: Lodi 114, Edgewood 116, Sauk Prairie 126, Brodhead/Juda 132, Platteville 135, Wisconsin Dells 157, Evansville 235, River Valley 258.
River Valley finishes were: Tiffany Limmex 20th in 21:30, Kiley Brownlee 34th in 22:22, Kourtney Higgins 60th in 25:08, Dakota Fingerhut 61st in 25:15, Katlin Schwartz 63rd in 25:54, Maicie Amble 65th in 27:00, Adeline Amble 66th in 31;57.
In JV action, the Dodge-Point team was also second. They scored 73 to winner Sauk Prairie's 40 with Platteville third at 80.
D-P finishes were: Mariah Zoet 5th in 23:39, Sydney Judd 9th in 23:49, Macy Ahrens 14th in 24:12, Alyssa Sullivan 22nd in 24:44, Makayna Lemanski 23rd in 24:54, Anacarpi Peterson-Waldvogel 37th in 25:47, Rachel Wahlin 52nd in 27:01, Rachel McGauley 80th in 29:04, Madelyn Hall 96th in 31:12.
"The JV was led by Mariah Zoet with Sydney Judd, Macy Ahrens, Alyssa Sullivan, Makayna Lemanski, Anacarpi Peterson and Rachel Wahlin rounding out the top seven. These ladies, along with the entire JV team, really help push the varsity," McGraw pointed out.
Lancaster won the Small Schools Division with 55 points to runner-up Albany's 72. The rest of the team scores were: Darlington 99, Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld 109, Prairie du Chien 141, New Glarus/Monticello 150, Hillsboro 163, Fennimore 180, Belleville 181.
Iowa-Grant had four runners - not enough for team scoring. Finishes were: Angela Melby 77th in 23:17, Caitlyn Fowell 118th in 25:56, Makelya Dicken 131st in 28:48, Julia Cockroft 132nd in 28:53.
Iowa-Grant coach Jake Winkler said, "On the girl's side, Angela earned a ribbon and was 30th place in the small schools division. There was great competition at this meet! In the girl's race we had 3rd ranked Albany, 7th ranked Lancaster, 8th ranked Darlington. I thought the girls raced well. We need to be a little more aggressive at the start to establish ourselves, but overall, I'm happy with where we are at this point in the season. I am confident that the best is yet to come with our team."
Pecatonica/Argyle fielded three girls. Their finishes were: Josie Penniston 67th in 22:50, Adriana Johnson 121st in 26:18, Jessica Erickson 134th in 31:17.
In the boys Large Schools Division, Platteville's Vince Momot won in 16:19 with McFarland's Christopher Pahnke next in16:23.
Dodge-Point was led by Juan Navarro taking 5th in 16:49. Then came Tanner Cullen 16th in 17:43, Isaac Grunow 20th in 17:54, Adam Phillips 27th in 18:13, Jordan May 31st in 18:25, Noah Blalock 38th in 18:43, Luke Davis 54th in 19:23.
About his varsity boys, McGraw said, "They really stepped it up today and closed the gap on the top three teams in this invite. Juan Navarro led the team and had a strong showing. He is letting his running show that he is the real deal. Tanner Cullen, Isaac Grunow, Adam Phillips and Jordan May had very solid races and were the runners to score. Noah Blalock and Luke Davis rounded out the varsity and ran a steady pace throughout the race. The squad is young and they are working hard. They will continue to improve with more experience and confidence."
McFarland won with 43 points to Edgewood's 74 and Platteville's 85 and Dodge-Point's 99. The rest of the team scores were: Lodi 151, River Valley 174, Mount Horeb 188, Sauk Prairie 191, Brod-head/Juda 226, Evansville 274, Southwestern/Cuba City 304, Wisconsin Dells 306.
In JV, Dodge-Point finished 3rd with 98 points behind winning McFarland's 25 and Platteville's 62.
D-P finishes were: Ty Driscoll 7th 19;08, John Phelan 9th 19:16, Stewart Thompson 17th 19:48, David Nagel 33rd 20:43, Conner Trocke 34th 20:47, Clay Venden 35th 20:47, Grant Lawton 36th 21:00, Hunter Blalock 56th 21:29, Sean Wahlin 89th 22:24, Branden Molldrem 110th 23:40, Josh Gorgen 119th 24:21.
"The JV boys finished a respectable 5th," said McGraw. "Ty Driscoll and John Phelan had one of their best races as the top runners. Stewart Thompson, David Nagel, and Conner Trocke rounded out the scoring. All had nice races and are gaining confidence. Clay Venden and Grant Lawton were the others to make the top seven."
Iowa-Grant had two runners with Mason Moon finishing 116th in 24:46 and Ben Amend 125th in 26:43.
Winkler said about his boys, "On the boy's side we had Ben Connolly lead the way for us. William McLeer battled his way through the course while suffering a pretty nasty cold and ran a respectable 19:36 for us on a tough course. Unfortunately the illness bug hurt our team again, this time with Paul Connolly unable to run for us. It was a lot of fun for me to be back at the Platteville Invite. I saw so many familiar faces, from old teammates of mine to parents. It was a really special time for me. I have a lot of great memories at that course, and it is fun to get to form new ones with Iowa-Grant."
Darlington won the Small School race with 37 points to Albany's 65 and Lancaster's 70.
Iowa-Grant was 9th with 255 and Pecatonica/Argyle 12th with 360.
Iowa-Grant finishes were: Ben Connolly 22nd in 18:46, William McLeer 37th in 19:36, Easton Dobson 44th in 20:11, Jacob Soman 75th in 22:42, Wyatt Reeves 77th in 22:54.
Pecatonica/Argyle finishes were: Joey Boland 66th 21:58, Caleb Carr 69th 22:00, Login Swearingen 71st 22:25, Dakota Hoffman 76th 22:51, Cade Bush 77th 24:06.
Last week, the Dodge-Point girls topped Platteville and Prairie du Chien 29-40-58 while the boys finished 2nd to Platteville 23-44 while tripping Prairie's 97.
Finishes for the D-P girls were: Rhyner 1st 16:21, Mackenzie Hall 2nd 16:33, Bauer 7th 17:17, McGraw 9th 17:25, Jabs 10th 17:28, Stumpf 15th 18:36, May 18th 18:44, Ahrens 21st 18:58, Judd 22nd 19:08, Lemanski 23rd 19:08, Sullivan 25th 19:37, Peterson-Waldvogel 31st 21:22, Wahlin 32nd 21:25, McGauley 35th 23;07, Madelyn Hall 41st 24:25.
Boys: Navarro 3rd 13:34, Cullen 8th 19:25, Phillips 10th 19:27, Grunow 11th 19:27, May 12th 19:42, Blalock 13th 19:52, Luke Davis 18th 15:20, Driscoll 21st 15:30, Phelan 22nd 15:34, Thompson 24th 15:36, Nagel 34th 16:19, Venden 16:25, John Davis 37th 16:33, Lawton 41st 17:00, Molldrem 55th 18:38, Wahlin 57th 19:28, Gorgen 58th 19:50.
