Marion Boys Cross Country

Marion runners claim Washington Invy

WASHINGTON, Iowa - Two, four, six, eight ... Who do we appreciate?

Marion! Marion! Marion!

Marion runners finished 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th Tuesday to help the Indians take first place at the Washington (Iowa) Invitational at the Washington Country Club.

Marion nudged Fort Madison for the title, 32-36.

Peter Rethwisch led the Indians with a second-place showing in 16:37.38. Colton Forster was fourth, Isaac Smith sixth, Cole Kuethe eighth and Hunter Reifschneider 12th to complete the scoring.

Isaac Steffensmeier of Fort Madison ran away with the race in 15:04.86, according to the official scoresheet.

Madison Bach finished third for Marion in the girls race to help the Indians take third in the team standings. Ellen Cannon placed 10th for the Indians.

WASHINGTON INVITATIONAL
At Washington Country Club

BOYS RESULTS
5K

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Marion 32, Fort Madison 36, 3. Highland 71, 4. Fairfield 138, 5. Washington (Iowa) 157, 6. Sigourney 179, 7. Keokuk 220.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS
1. Isaac Steffensmeier, Ft Madison   15:04.86
2. Peter Rethwisch, Marion           16:37.38
3. Nick Guzman, Ft Madison           16:54.73
4. Colton Forster, Marion            16:56.94
5. Tucker Hall, Highland             17:06.73
6. Isaac Smith, Marion               17:07.27
7. Jeremy Maldenado, Ft Madison      17:07.97
8. Cole Kuethe, Marion               17:11.04
9. Keiffer Sexton, Highland          17:12.22
10. Evan Mahler, Highland            17:13.04
(12. Hunter Reifschneider, Marion    17:22.41)

GIRLS RESULTS
4K

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Fort Madison 25, 2. Fairfield 46, 3. Marion 61, 4. Washington (Iowa) 119, 5. Keota 224

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS
1. Sara Steffensmeier, Ft Madison     15:26.23
2. Jessica Lamb, Fairfield            15:42.24
3. Madison Bach, Marion               16:11.82
4. Kaylee Alvarez, Ft Madison         16:19.28
5. Alyssa Stickfort, Ft Madison       16:39.86
6. Hannah Sobaski, Fairfield          16:47.21
7. Mckenzie Coppage, Ft Madison       17:05.47
8. Jordyn Meierotto, Ft Madison       17:21.24
9. Rachel Wolf, Ft Madison            17:22.90
10. Ellen Cannon, Marion              17:33.26
(13. Michaela Jacobs, Marion          17:49.74)
(16. Abby Kolarik, Marion             18:15.96)
(19. Grace Ehlinger, Marion           18:33.47)

Marion boys grab top honors at Independence

INDEPENDENCE - The Marion Indians placed six runners in the top-12 Saturday and ran away with the team championship at the Independence Invitational cross country meet.

Peter Rethwisch finished second to lead the Indians. Cole Kuethe was sixth, Colton Forster seventh, Isaac Smith 10th, Hunter Reifschneider 11th and Jacob Manderscheid 12th in a dominating performance by Marion.

Alex Bernt of Waterloo Columbus won the 5-kilometer race in 17:14, beating Rethwisch by nine seconds.

Freshman Madison Bach finished in fourth place for the Marion girls to help the Indians finish fourth in the team standings. Bach ran the 4-kilometer race in 16:26. Nicole Miller of North Linn was the winner in 15:53.

INDEPENDENCE INVITATIONAL
MHI Campus

GIRLS RESULTS
4K

Team Standings
1. North Linn 59, 2. Central 62, 3. Starmont 96, 4. Marion 106, 5. South Winn 121, 6. West Delaware 151, 7. Ed-Co 194, 8. Valley 207, 9. Independence 214, 10. Beckman 276, 11. Waterloo Columbus 293, 12. East Buchanan 374, 13. Maquoketa Valley 375

Top 10 Individuals
1. Nicole Miller, North Linn        15:53
2. Haley Schroeder, Central         15:56
3. Kari Fitzpatrick, Ed-Co          16:01
4. Madison Bach, Marion             16:26
5. Kendra Nolan, Starmont           16:34
6. Emily Asche, Central             16:42
7. Shae McEnany, Independence       16:49
8. Jessica Lechtenberg, South Winn  16:54
9. Sarah McMurtry, Starmont         17:02
10. Hanna Adams, North Linn         17:08

Marion Results
4. Madison Bach 16:26, 13. Sam Livingston 17:18, 20. Ellen Cannon 17:31, 28. Michaela Jacobs 17:59, 41. Tara Zumwalt 18:20, 42. Abby Kolarik 18:24, 46. Grace Ehlinger 18:34

BOYS RESULTS
5K

Team Standings
1. Marion 36, 2. Waterloo Columbus 67, 3. South Winn 89, 4. Central 94, 5. West Delaware 132, 6. Beckman 151, 7. Ed-Co 189, 8. Independence 192, 9. East Buchanan 255, 10. Maquoketa Valley 293

Top 10 Individuals
1. Alex Bernt, Columbus          17:14
2. Peter Rethwisch, Marion       17:23
3. Collin McFadden, Columbus     17:27
4. Nick Sailer, West Delaware    17:36
5. Jason Bergan, Central         17:38
6. Cole Kuethe, Marion           17:51
7. Colton Forster, Marion        17:59
8. John Morkel, Independence     18:00
9. Nathan Meyer, South Winn      18:01
10. Isaac Smith, Marion          18:05

Marion Results
2. Peter Rethwisch 17:23, 6. Kole Kuethe 17:51, 7. Colton Forster 17:59, 10. Isaac Smith 18:05, 11. Hunter Reifschneider 18:06, 12. Jacob Manderscheid 18:12, 18. Justini Arebaugh 18:45

Bach runs to 3rd place at V-S meet

VINTON - The Marion boys finished second and the girls third Tuesday at the Vinton-Shellsburg Invitational cross country meet.

Vinton-Shellsburg won the boys meet with 33 points. Marion was second with 73 and Benton Community third with 89.

Colton Forster was Marion's top finisher in the boys race at 11th. Cole Kuethe was 12th.

Marion's Madison Bach was third in the girls race.

Benton won the girls meet with 55 points. Vinton-Shellsburg was second with 69 and Marion third with 75.

VINTON-SHELLSBURG INVITATIONAL

Boys
5k

Teams
1. Vinton-Shellsburg 33, 2. Marion 73, 3. Benton 89, 4. South Tama 95, 5. Waterloo Columbus 95, 6. West Delaware 127, 7. Independence 218, 8. Belle Plaine 233

Top 5
1. Wyatt Lyons (VS) 17:13
2. Nolan Sagan (VS) 17:15
3. Collin McFadden (WC) 17:16
4. Tyler Steele (BC) 17:17
5. Alex Bernt (WC) 17:28

MARION: 11. Colton Forster 17:57, 12. Cole Kuethe 18:07, 15. Hunter Reifschneider 18:19, 16. Jacob Manderscheid 18:23, 19. Isaac Smith 18:40


Girls
4k

Teams
1. Benton 55, 2. Vinton-Shellsburg 69, 3. Marion 75, 4. West Delaware 90, 5. South Tama 91, 6. Independence 156, 7. Belle Plaine 185, 8. Waterloo Columbus 205, 9. Union 207

Top 5
1. Lily Horst (VS) 15:59
2. Bristi Gerber (VS) 16:11
3. Madison Bach (Mar) 16:44
4. Shae McEnamy (Indee) 16:47
5. Miranda Hammes (BC)  16:49

MARION: 3. Bach 16:44, 7. Sam Livingston 17:15, 14. Ellen Cannon 18:15, 25. Tara Zumwalt 18:57, 26. Michaela Jacobs 18:57

Marion boys run to 3rd at Cascade

CASCADE - Xavier High School freshman Jenny Dickes finished third out of 90 runners at the Cascade Invitational cross country meet Friday at the Fillmore Fairways Golf Course.

Dickes ran the 4K race in 16:21. Mariah Kauder of Cascade was the champion in 15:53 and Elizabeth Mallon of Davenport Assumption was second in 16:01.

The Xavier girls placed third out of 15 teams in the standings. Marinna Schroud finished 11th for the Saints.

The Marion Indians finished in ninth place. Freshman Madison Bach placed 15th for Marion.

Peter Rethwisch placed 12th in the boys 5K race to help the Marion Indians finish third in the team standings.

Jacob Schmitt placed 14th to help Xavier finish fourth overall.

CASCADE INVITATIONAL

BOYS RESULTS
5K

Team Standings
1. Monticello 15, 2. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 77, 3. Marion 113, 4. Xavier 117, 5. Center Point-Urbana 129, 6. Western Dubuque 190, 7. Davenport Assumption 222, 8. Cascade 252, 9. Durant 266, 10. Bellevue Marquette 270, 11. Iowa City Regina 273, 12. West Delaware 335, 13. Dyersville Beckman 359, 14. Edgewood-Colesburg 369, 15. Prince of Peace 374, 16. Alburnett 443, 17. Anamosa 471, 18. Starmont 519.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Michael Melchert, Monticello     16:28
2. Dallas Lumpa, Monticello         17:00
3. JJ Frawley, Monticello           17:03
4. Ben Ahlrichs, Monticello         17:08
5. Nick Meyers, Monticello          17:09
6. Ben Friederichs, Durant          17:15
7. Josh Yeager, Center Point        17:19
8. Austin Springsteen, Mt Vernon    17:31
9. Michael Marshall, Center Point   17:36
10. James Wenzel, Mount Vernon      17:39

MARION
12. Peter Rethwisch 17:53, 19. Cole Kuethe 18:11, 22. Colton Forster 18:27, 27. Hunter Reifschneider 18:34, 33. Jacob Manderscheid 18:42, 40. Isaac Smith 18:58, 61. Justin Arebaugh 19:43

XAVIER
14. Jacob Schmitt 18:00, 17. Luke Koechner 18:09, 24. Grant Hunt 18:30, 25. Zach Schowalter 18:32, 37. Evan Gradoville 18:55, 50. Steven Culpepper 19:17, 51. Evan Bednar 19:18

GIRLS RESULTS
4K

Team Standings
1. Davenport Assumption 32, 2. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 104, 3. Xavier 114, 4. Cascade 116, 5. Monticello 159, 6. Iowa City Regina 178, 7. Bellevue Marquette 192, 8. Starmont 201, 9. Marion 225, 10. Western Dubuque 229, 11. Anamosa 244, 12. Durant 264, 13. West Delaware 312, 14. Dyersville Beckman 394, 15. Maquoketa Valley 473.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Mariah Kauder, Cascade       15:53
2. Elizabeth Mallon, Assumption 16:01
3. Jenny Dickes, Xavier         16:21
4. Ann Froeschle, Assumption    16:27
5. Kylie Kelchen, Cascade       16:29
6. Kendra Schmidt, Mt Vernon    16:34
7. Molly Gilchrist, Assumption  16:36
8. Danielle Moore, Assumption   16:38
9. Kari Fitzpatrick, Ed-Co      16:38
10. Sarah Lampe, Marquette      16:38

XAVIER RESULTS
3. Jenny Dickes 16:21, 11. Marinna Schroud 16:39, 28. Madeline Bailey 17:28, 38. Allison Pitz 17:52, 41. Lauren Smith 17:55, 49. Sarah Chicchelly 18:14, 59. Cassie Busch 18:44

MARION RESULTS
15. Madison Bach 16:51, 37. Sam Livingston 17:51, 48. Ellen Cannon 18:11, 67. Michaela Jacobs 19:03, 74. Tara Zumwalt 19:17