HCHS girls win Denison Cross Country Invite
DENISON (Sept. 28) -- Placing five runners in the top nine overall, the Harlan Community girls posted a dominating team score of 26 to win Tuesday’s Denison-Schleswig Cross Country Invitational by 40 points.
The Cyclone girls moved up to seventh in this week’s Class 3A team rankings and avenged a head-to-head loss against No. 2-ranked (1A) Logan-Magnolia from a week earlier at Tri-Center. The Panthers, who were competing without their second-best runner in Madison Sporrer, placed second with a 66 and Tri-Center took third with a 117. IKM-Manning (218) was 10th.
Kuemper Catholic won the boys team title with a score of 75, followed by Missouri Valley (101), Woodbine (102) and HCHS (111) in fourth. IKM-M finished seventh out of 15 teams with a 162.
Even a Lo-Ma girls squad at full strength wouldn’t have been able to top the Cyclones on Tuesday. Freshman Lindsey Sonderman and senior Kaia Bieker once again led HCHS by placing second and third, respectively, with times of 20:30 and 20:53. Ellie Gross placed fifth in 22:12, Taylor Bieker was seventh (22:30) and Jenna Gessert was ninth (22:40).
Logan-Magnolia senior Courtney Sporrer won the race in 20:18 and was the lone Panther in the top 10.
The IKM-Manning girls had one medalist in freshman Emily Albertsen, who placed 16th. Senior Tyler Shelton paced the Cyclone boys with a second-place time of 17:33, finishing 20 seconds behind individual champion Patrick Heffernan of Boyer Valley. The IKM-Manning boys boasted a pair of medal winners in Caden Keller (11th) and Lane Sams (16th).
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Denison-Schleswig Cross Country Invite • September 28
Girls Team Standings - 1. Harlan Community 26, 2. Logan-Magnolia 66, 3. Tri-Center 117, 4. Denison-Schleswig 167, 5. CB Abraham Lincoln 168, 6. Woodbine 173, 7. Boyer Valley 188, 8. Kuemper Catholic 191, 9. South Central Calhoun 201, 10. IKM-Manning 218, 11. MVAOCOU 232, 12. Storm Lake 282, 13. Ridge View 375.
Top 5 Individual Girls - 1. Courtney Sporrer (Lo-Ma), 20:18; 2. Lindsey Sonderman (HCHS), 20:30; 3. Kaia Bieker (HCHS), 20:53; 4. Lola Mendlik (D-S), 21:51; 5. Ellie Gross (HCHS), 22:12.
HCHS Individual Results - 2nd: Lindsey Sonderman, 20:30.62; 3rd: Kaia Bieker, 20:53.14; 5th: Ellie Gross, 22:12.16; 7th: Taylor Bieker, 22:30.69; 9th: Jenna Gessert, 22:40.92; 15th: Kayla Anderson, 23:30.67; 22nd: Emily Schechinger, 24:12.01.
IKM-Manning Individual Results - 16th: Emily Albertsen, 23:34.51; 35th: Reagan Garrison, 25:20.38; 43rd: Julianna Stribe, 26:14.09; 56th: Maddie Snyder, 27:13.49; 69th: Kaitlynn Spoelstra, 30:40.04.
(5-kilometer times; 78 runners)
Boys Team Standings - 1. Kuemper Catholic 75, 2. Missouri Valley 101, 3. Woodbine 102, 4. Harlan Community 111, 5. CB Abraham Lincoln 149, 6. Denison-Schleswig 149, 7. IKM-Manning 162, 8. Storm Lake 168, 9. Tri-Center 224, 10. South Central Calhoun 249, 11. MVAOCOU 260, 12. Ridge View 285, 13. Boyer Valley 309, 14. Logan-Magnolia 382, 15. Woodward Academy 426.
Top 5 Individual Boys - 1. Patrick Heffernan (Boyer Valley), 17:13; 2. Tyler Shelton (HCHS), 17:33; 3. Michael Pottebaum (Kuemper), 17:44; 4. Landon Bendgen (Woodbine), 17:48; 5. Luiz Martinez (Storm Lake), 18:02.
HCHS Individual Results - 2nd: Tyler Shelton, 17:33.23; 10th: Kaiden Milliken, 18:48.42; 23rd: Joseph Bragg, 19:46.89; 31st: Ian Shelton, 20:19.82; 45th: Jonathan Shelton, 20:55.98; 65th: Keaton Heileson, 22:04.46; 89th: Micah Sorensen, 24:25.28.
IKM-Manning Individual Results - 11th: Caden Keller, 18:52.20; 16th: Lane Sams, 19:11.76; 38th: Nathan Johnson, 20:40.51; 43rd: Abe Polzien, 20:53.04; 54th: Timothy Connor, 21:15.58; 62nd: Kasche Huehn, 21:38.39; 90th: Josiah Connor, 24:39.39.
(5-kilometer times; 103 runners)