Marion Boys Cross Country

Marion runs 3rd at Starmont Invy

STRAWBERRY POINT - The Marion High School boys cross country team finished third out of 28 teams at the Starmont Invitational in Strawberry Point Tuesday.

Colton Forster placed seventh for the Indians in 17 minutes, 21 seconds.

Center Point-Urbana won the boys race, followed by Denver and Marion.

The Marion girls placed 11th out of 24 teams in their race. Madison Bach finished fifth for the Indians in 16 minutes, 8 seconds. Cascade won the girls title.

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Rethwisch qualifies for 3A state meet

CENTER JUNCTION - The Xavier boys cross country team and Marion's Peter Rethwisch claimed spots in next week's Class 3A state meet during Thursday's state qualifier at Jones Park in Center Junction.

The top three teams and top 10 individuals qualified for the state meet, which will be held Sat., Oct. 27, at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge.

The Xavier boys finished second in a tight three-way race. Mount Vernon-Lisbon was first with 59 points, followed by Xavier with 68 and Fort Madison with 69. Marion was a distant fourth with 121 points.

Xavier was led by Jacob Schmitt and Luke Koechner, who finished fifth and sixth, respectively. Grant Hunt was 12th, Steven Culpepper 13th and Evan Gradoville 32nd.

Rethwisch finished seventh to qualify as an individual. Colton Forster was 14th, Isaac Smith 27th, Cole Kuethe 28th and Jacob Manderscheid 45th for Marion.

Isaac Steffensmeier of Fort Madison won the boys race in 16 minutes, 47 seconds. He finished 48 seconds ahead of second-place Austin Springsteen of Mount Vernon-Lisbon.

Xavier was sixth and Marion 10th in the girls race. Neither the Saints nor Indians had a top-10 finisher.

Davenport Assumption, Solon and Fort Madison claimed the top three spots in the girls race. Lauren Benzing of Solon won the race.

CLASS 3A STATE QUALIFIER
At Anamosa

Boys (5k)

Teams
1. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 59, 2. Xavier 68, 3. Fort Madison 69, 4. Marion 121, 5. Solon 142, 6. Mount Pleasant 174, 7. Davenport Assumption 175, 8. Clear Creek Amana 191, 9. Anamosa 238, 10. Maquoketa 256, 11. DeWitt Central 257, 12. Keokuk 373, Washington, Iowa no score

Top 10 Individuals
1. Isaac Steffensmeier (Ft. Madison)   16:47
2. Austin Springsteen (MV-Lisbon)        17:35
3. Dain Gerber (Anamosa)                    17:41
4. James Wenzel (MV-Lisbon)               17:43
5. Jacob Schmitt (Xavier)                     17:44
6. Luke Koechner (Xavier)                   17:50
7. Peter Rethwisch (Marion)                17:55
8. Nick Guzman (Ft. Madison)             17:55
9. Ben Alcorn (CCA)                            17:56
10. Jack Murray (CCA)                       17:57


Xavier - 5. Jacob Schmitt 17:44, 6. Luke Koechner 17:50, 12. Grant Hunt 18:06, 13. Steven Culpepper 18:07, 32. Evan Gradoville 18:35, 37. Jonathan Francois 18:42, 38. Daniel Pape 18:42

Marion - 7. Peter Rethwisch 17:55, 14. Colton Forster 18:08, 27. Isaac Smith 18:30, 28. Cole Kuethe 18:31, 45. Jacob Manderscheid 18:55, 46. Hunter Reifschneider 19:01, 53. Justin Arebaugh 19:33



Girls (4k)

Teams
1. Davenport Assumption 41, 2. Solon 64, 3. Fort Madison 96, 4. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 111, 5. Mount Pleasant 135, 6. Xavier 148, 7. Clear Creek Amana 203, 8. DeWitt Central 205, 9. Anamosa 214, 10. Marion 218, 11. Washington, Iowa 324, Maquoketa no score

Top 10 Individuals
1. Lauren Benzing (Solon)                     15:42
2. Sarah Steffensmeier (Ft. Madison)   16:13
3. Elizabeth Mallon (Assumption)          16:16
4. Alex Smith (Solon)                            16:23
5. Maddie Hinsley (CCA)                       16:40
6. Kendra Schmidt (MV-Lisbon)             16:42
7. Molly Gilchrist (Assumption)             16:44
8. Mallory King (Assumption)                16:46
9. Ann Froeschle (Assumption)            16:49
10. Kaylee Alvarez (Ft. Madison)         16:53


Xavier - 12. Marinna Schroud 17:07, 28. Sydney Oakley 17:45, 30. Madeline Bailey 17:49, 37. Sarah Chicchelly 18:06, 41. Allison Pitz 18:15, 47. Lauren Smith 18:32

Marion - 13. Madison Bach 17:09, 46. Ellen Cannon 18:26, 48. Tara Zumwalt 18:38, 54. Sam Livingston 18:56, 57. Grace Ehlinger 19:18, 60. Abby Kolarik 19:35

Marion boys 3rd at Wamac meet

DE WITT - Peter Rethwisch ran to a sixth-place finish in the boys meet to help Marion to third place at the Wamac Conference cross country meet Thursday.

The Marion girls finished ninth, despite a sixth place finish by freshman Madison Bach.

Vinton-Shellsburg won the boys meet with 87 points. Mount Vernon-Lisbon was second with 95 and Marion third with 110.

Center Point-Urbana's Josh Yeager won the boys race in 16 minutes, 44 seconds. Rethwisch's clocking was 17:09.

Solon placed four runners in the top nine of the girls race and easily won the championship with 45 points. Western Dubuque was second with 114.

Solon's Lauren Benzinger won the girls race in 14:43. Bach's time was 15:51.

WAMAC MEET
At DeWitt

Boys (5k)

Teams
1. Vinton-Shellsburg 87, 2. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 95, 3. Marion 110, 4. Center Point-Urbana 131, 5. Western Dubuque 154, 6. Benton 171, 7. Waterloo Columbus 176, 8. Solon 205, 9. Williamsburg 213, 10. Clear Creek Amana 221, 11. Maquoketa 261, 12. Anamosa 308, 13. DeWitt Central 320, 14. West Delaware 381, 15. Independence 427, 16. Dyersville Beckman 431

Top 10 Individuals
1. Josh Yeager (CPU) 16:44
2. Dain Gerber (Anamosa) 16:55
3. Austin Springsteen (MVL) 17:03
4. Tyler Steele (BC) 17:03
5. Jack Murray (CCA) 17:06
6. Peter Rethwisch (Marion) 17:09
7. Michael Marshall (CPU) 17:10
8. Wyatt Lyons (VS) 17:10
9. James Wenzel (MVL) 17:11
10. Jordan Evans (VS) 17:14

Marion - 6. Rethwisch 17:09, 22. Colton Forster 17:49, 24. Cole Kuethe 17:50, 25. Hunter Reifschneider 17:54, 33. Jacob Manderscheid 18:01, 36. Isaac Smith 18:04, 61. Justin Arebaugh 18:42



Girls (4k)

Teams
1. Solon 45, 2. Western Dubuque 114, 3. Williamsburg 115, 4. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 124, 5. DeWitt Central 159, 6. Benton 176, 7. Vinton-Shellsburg 182, 8. Anamosa 191, 9. Marion 213, 10. Clear Creek Amana 229, 11. West Delaware 248, 12. Independence 354, 13. Dyersville Beckman 376, 14. Center Point-Urbana 399, 15. Waterloo Columbus 401, No score - Maquoketa

Top 10 Individuals
1. Lauren Benzing (Solon) 14:43
2. Lily Horst (VS) 15:16
3. Alex Smith (Solon) 15:31
4. Maddie Hinsley (CCA) 15:37
5. Bristi Gerber (VS) 15:43
6. Madison Bach (Marion) 15:51
7. Mallory Carr (Solon) 15:53
8. Tayvia Hansen (Solon) 16:00
9. Dakota Tell (WDub) 16:01
10. Shae McEnany (Indee) 16:03

Marion - 6. Bach 15:51, 40. Ellen Cannon 17:15, 49. Sam Livingston 17:27, 56. Tara Zumwalt 17:41, 62. Michaela Jacobs 17:48, 63. Abby Kolarik 17:51, 65. Grace Ehlinger 18:03

Marion runs 3rd at North Linn Invy

TROY MILLS - The Marion High School boys placed third out of 20 teams at the North Linn Invitational cross country meet Saturday.

Monticello ran away with the title with 19 points by finishing 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 7th, claiming seven of the top-13 spots overall.

Peter Rethwisch led Marion in 11th place in 17:13.

The Marion girls placed 10th out of 17 teams. Madison Bach led the Indians in 14th place in 15:28.

Solon won the girls title.

BOYS RESULTS
5K

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Monticello 19, 2. Vinton-Shellsburg 112, 3. Marion 134, 4. Tipton 158, 5. Center Point-Urbana 174, 6. Solon, 7. Regina 208, 8. Mid-Prairie 214, 9. Williamsburg 221, 10. Mount Pleasant 241, 11. Cascade 246, 12. Benton Community 282, 13. Bellevue Marquette 294, 14. HLV 441, 15. Turkey Valley 444, 16. Dyersville Beckman 448, 17. Edgewood-Colesburg 473, 18. Starmont 554, 19. Valley Community 564, 20. Maquoketa Valley 623.

WINNER: Michael Melchert, Monticello, 16:17

MARION: 11. Peter Rethwisch 17:13, 26. Colton Forster 17:38, 29. Hunter Reifschneider 17:43, 33. Isaac Smith 17:51, 35. Cole Kuethe 17:55, 55. Justin Arebaugh 18:19, 56. Jacob Manderscheid 18:20.

GIRLS RESULTS
4K

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Solon 56, 2. Cascade 90, 3. Williamsburg 124, 4. Monticello 147, 5. North Linn 179, 6. Regina 180, 7. Mount Pleasant, 8. Bellevue Marquette 213, 9. Starmont 233, 10. Marion 252, 11. Vinton-Shellsburg 260, 12. Turkey Valley 297, 13. Benton Community 307, 14. Mid-Prairie 317, 15. Valley Community 386, 16. Dyersville Beckman 465, 17. Springville/Central City 505.

WINNER: Lauren Benzing, Solon, 14:16

MARION: 14. Madison Bach 15:28, 56. Ellen Cannon 16:33, 58. Sam Livingston 16:42, 59. Abby Kolarik 16:43, 65. Grace Ehlinger 16:53, 72. Tara Zumwalt 17:04, 83. Michaela Jacobs 17:24.