Lady Vikes win 1A state qualifying meet; Dreyer of IKM-M also advances to Fort Dodge

 MOUNT AYR (Oct. 24) -- The AHSTW girls cross country team, along with IKM-Manning junior Quentin Dreyer, advanced to state last Thursday with their performances at the Class 1A State Qualifying Meet in Mount Ayr.
 The eighth-ranked Lady Vikes will be making their second state meet trip in three years as a team after winning a four-team battle for first place at the Mount Ayr Country Club.
 Led by top-10 finishers Chloe Falkena, Ryann Portch and Julia Kock, AHSTW posted a winning score of 55 to edge Van Meter (56) by one point. Nodaway Valley (70) also qualified for state by placing third but No. 13 Earlham (71) was left out of the 1A state field.
 “What a tough race!” noted Lady Vikes’ coach Jenny Hamilton. “We came into this meet knowing that there would be four very equally matched teams. Skill-wise, we thought this meet could have four different outcomes if we ran it four different ways. We knew it would come down to head, heart and guts, and today we had more”
 The AHSTW girls will compete at 2:00 p.m. November 2 in the State Cross Country Championships at Fort Dodge.
 Dreyer, meanwhile, will run at 2:30 p.m. after qualifying for state as an individual. Dreyer placed seventh at Mount Ayr with a time of 17:25.63, leading the Wolves to fourth place as a team.
 “Quentin has worked very hard to accomplish his goal of making it to state. Today was a great day for him. All the hard work paid off,” said IKM-M coach Robert Cast. “He ran a smart race and did what he needed to do.”
 Third-ranked Nodaway Valley (43), No. 2 Earlham (61) and No. 15 Ogden (96) were the clear cut top three in the boys half of the meet Thursday. IKM-Manning won the battle for fourth with a score of 158.
 In addition to Dreyer’s seventh-place effort, junior Connor Keller finished 28th for the Wolves, senior Adam Gruhn was 32nd and junior Tanner Spoelstra finished 37th.
 The IKM-Manning girls finished sixth with a score of 196 and just missed having an individual state qualifier as freshman Morgan Hanson came in 16th - less than two seconds behind the 15th qualifier - in 21:38. The Exira-EHK girls also had a full squad and finished 12th with a score of 280, led by freshman Ella Petersen in 54th.

1A State Qualifying Cross Country Meet • October 24 • Mount Ayr Country Club

Girls Team Standings - 1. AHSTW 55*, 2. Van Meter 56*, 3. Nodaway Valley 70*, 4. Earlham 71, 5. Mount Ayr 152, 6. IKM-Manning 196, 7. Audubon 221, 8. Martensdale-St. Marys 236, 9. CAM 261, 10. Wayne 264, 11. Southwest Valley 278, 12. Exira-EHK 280, 13. Sidney 317. (* State Qualifiers)
Individual State Qualifiers - 1. Clare Kelly (VM), 20:00; 2. Mary Kelly (VM), 20:25; 3. Lily Dixon (Earl.), 20:25; 4. Sophia Broers (NV), 20:26; 5. Reagan Weinheimer (NV), 20:45; 6. Grace Slater (Aud.), 20:47; 7. Chloe Falkena (AHSTW), 20:50; 8. Abbi Goering (I-35), 20:52; 9. Ryann Portch (AHSTW), 20:57; 10. Julia Kock (AHSTW), 21:02; 11. Gabrielle Valencia (E. Union), 21:17; 12. Hannah Thygesen (Aud.), 21:18; 13. Katie Noah (Earl.), 21:32; 14. Taylor Jensen (Earl.), 21:35; 15. Maya Herman (VM), 21:36.
AHSTW Individual Results - 7th: Chloe Falkena (jr.), 20:50.93; 9th: Ryann Portch (sr.), 20:57.39; 10th: Julia Kock (jr.), 21:02.56; 17th: Holly Hoepner (jr.), 21:44.41; 18th: Jade Draman (jr.), 21:48.97; 63rd: Jordan Blotzer (so.), 25:40.34; 65th: Grace Luna (sr.), 25:42.33.
IKM-M Individual Results - 16th: Morgan Hanson (fr.), 21:38.00; 38th: Kate Sutton (sr.), 23:29.46; 59th: Kaitlyn Spoelstra (fr.), 25:16.89; 61st: Julianna Stribe (fr.), 25:28.97; 74th: McKenna Mullen (so.), 26:24.57; 99th: Emily Powers (sr.), 29:32.78.
E-EHK Individual Results - 54th: Ella Petersen (fr.), 24:54.01; 68th: Kate Hansen (so.), 25:58.05; 73rd: Haley Harris (so.), 26:24.20; 79th: Macy Emgarten (so.), 26:51.12; 81st: Ellie Schultes (sr.), 26:58.04; 87th: McKenzie Yoshida (so.), 27:54.16; 102nd: Kassidy Chadwick (so.), 30:13.09.
(5-kilometer times; 106 runners)

Boys Team Standings - 1. Nodaway Valley 43*, 2. Earlham 61*, 3. Ogden 96*, 4. IKM-Manning 158, 5. Riverside 175, 6. Mount Ayr 200, 7. Van Meter 201, 8. Bedford 240, 9. Sidney 259, 10. Interstate 35 287, 11. Ankeny Christian Acad. 290, 12. Wayne 294, 13. Martensdale-St. Marys 364, 14. East Union 380, 15. East Mills 396, 16. CAM 398, 17. Orient-Macksburg 418, 18. Southwest Valley 443, 19. Essex 575. (* State Qualifiers)
Individual State Qualifiers - 1. Joshua Baudler (NV), 16:25; 2. Noah Jorgensen (Sidney), 16:41; 3. Garrett Buxton (Ogden), 16:58; 4. Jayden Dickson (Earl.), 17:03; 5. Isaac Timmerman (Mt. Ayr), 17:21; 6. Toby Bower (NV), 17:23; 7. Quentin Dreyer (IKM-M), 17:25; 8. Tyler Breheny (NV), 17:25; 9. Stephen Flynn (Ogden), 17:28; 10. Zach Dixon (Earl.), 17:37; 11. Jake Willem (Earl.), 17:44; 12. Ben Breheny (NV), 17:46; 13. Carson Wille (VM), 17:52; 14. RC Hicks (Wayne), 17:57; 15. Landon Smith (Ogden), 18:00.
IKM-M Individual Results - 7th: Quentin Dreyer (jr.), 17:25.63; 28th: Connor Keller (jr.), 18:51.54; 32nd: Adam Gruhn (sr.), 18:57.50; 37th: Tanner Spoelstra (jr.), 19:07.85; 56th: Timothy Conner (so.), 19:59.11; 84th: Carter Sorensen (sr.), 21:17.77; 129th: Brody Blom (so.), 23:56.55.
AHSTW Individual Results - 117th: Bryce Mourick (fr.), 23:01.72.
E-EHK Individual Results - 85th: Treaven Hill-Borger (fr.), 21:19.59.
(5-kilometer times; 142 runners)