Marion Girls Cross Country

Bach, Forster run strong at CPU meet

CENTER POINT - Madison Bach of Marion High School placed second in the girls 4K race at the Stormin Pointer Invitational cross country meet in Center Point Tuesday.

Colton Forster of Marion finished third in the boys 5K race for the Indians.

The Marion girls placed third out of nine teams in their race. The Marion boys finished second out of eight teams.

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Rethwisch, Bach lead Marion runners at Tipton

TIPTON - Peter Rethwisch and Madison Bach of Marion finished 12th in their respective races at the Tipton Invitational cross country meet Tuesday.

Rethwisch covered the 5K course for boys in 18:20. Marion placed sixth out of 21 teams in the standings. Mount Vernon/Lisbon was the champion.

Bach finished the 4K course for girls in 17:19 to help the Indians place eighth out 19 teams in the standings. Davenport Assumption was the champion.

TIPTON INVITATIONAL

GIRLS RESULTS
4K

Team Standings
1. Davenport Assumption 45, 2. Solon 64, 3. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 155, 4. Iowa City Regina 157, 5. North Linn 169, 6. Cascade 177, 7. Northeast Goose Lake 187, 8. Marion 203, 9. DeWitt Central 233, 10. Anamosa 246, 11. Durant 313, 12. Wilton 356, 13. Davenport North 359, 14. Clear Creek Amana 361, 15. Clinton 369, 16. Center Point-Urbana 456, 17. West Liberty 490, 18. Maquoketa 493, 19. East Buchanan 528.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Lauren Benzing, Solon          15:46
2. Nicole Miller, North Linn      16:06
3. Mariah Kauder, Cascade         16:14
4. Alex Smith, Solon              16:33
5. Maddie Hinsley, CCA            16:36
6. Molly Gilchrist, Assumption    16:36
7. Elizabeth Mallon, Assumption   16:37
8. Danielle Moore, Assumption     16:45
9. Ann Froeschle, Assumption      16:53
10. Grace Larew, Regina           17:05

Marion Results
12. Madison Bach 17:19, 17. Sam Livingston 17:31, 45. Ellen Cannon 18:28, 63. Tara Zumwalt 19:20, 66. Michaela Jacobs 19:24, 69. Abby Kolarik 19:37, 90. Grace Ehlinger 20:31.

BOYS RESULTS
5K

Team Standings
1. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 72, 2. Tipton 91, 3. Center Point-Urbana 128, 4. Davenport Assumption 156, 5. Solon 183, 6. Marion 205, 7. Clinton 216, 8. Northeast Goose Lake 219, 9. Wilton 251, 10. Cascade 291, 11. Anamosa 306, 12. Clear Creek Amana 318, 13. Durant 336, 14. Iowa City Regina 348, 15. Davenport North 353, 16. DeWitt Central 360, 17. Maquoketa 393, 18. North Cedar 495, 19. Camanche 521, 10. West Liberty 609, 21. East Buchanan 629.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Eli Kaczinski, Goose Lake       16:51
2. Ben Friederichs, Durant         17:17
3. Preston Kauder, Cascade         17:34
4. Eric Lenz, Tipton               17:44
5. Josh Yeager, Center Point       17:52
6. Michael Marshall, Center Point  18:00
7. Dain Gerber, Anamosa            18:02
8. James Wenzel, Mount Vernon      18:05
9. Scott Pelzer, Tipton            18:09
10. Matt Pelzer, Tipton            18:12

Marion Results
12. Peter Rethwisch 18:20, 18. Cole Kuethe 18:40, 44. Colton Forster 19:30, 61. Jacob Manderscheid 19:52, 70. Isaac Smith 19:56, 81. Hunter Reifschneider 20:26, 82. Austin Yirkovsky 20:27.

Marion girls 8th at district race

ANAMOSA - The Marion High School girls cross country team finished eighth at the Class 3A district meet at Jones County Park in Anamosa Thursday afternoon.

Ellen Cannon led the Indians in 28th place.

Solon, Davenport Assumption and Mount Vernon/Lisbon finished 1-2-3 in the team standings to qualify for the state meet in Fort Dodge on Oct. 29.

Lauren Benzing of Solon won the race in 15 minutes, 13.5 seconds.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Solon 37, 2. Davenport Assumption 58, 3. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 60, 4. Mount Pleasant 143, 5. Fort Madison 157, 6. Anamosa 167, 7. Clear Creek-Amana 171, 8. Marion 184, 9. DeWitt Central 210, 10. Washington (Iowa) 263.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS

1. Lauren Benzing, Solon            15:13.5
2. Laura Neurenberger, Maquoketa    16:07.5
3. Alex Smith, Solon                16:11.6
4. Maddie Hinsley, CCA              16:24.2
5. Kendra Schmidt, Mount Vernon     16:25.8
6. Erica Grubbs, Dav Assumption     16:34.2
7. Hannah Weber, Mt Pleasant        16:36.1
8. Lauren Wilch, Mount Vernon       16:37.6
9. Rebecca Mallon, Dav Assumption   16:39.9
10. Tayvia Hansen, Solon            16:42.4

MARION - 28. Ellen Cannon 17:43.2, 37. Alexis Timp 18:02.9, 38. Michaela Jacobs 18:03.6, 39. Tara Zumwalt 18:08.9, 42. Kaitlin Church 18:26.1, 50. Sam Livingston 18:46.8, 60. Sarah Mork 19:19.9.

Marion girls 10th at Wamac Conference meet

MOUNT VERNON - Solon had three finishers in the top eight and held off Williamsburg for the championship of the Wamac Conference girls cross country meet Thursday.

Marion finished 10th. The Indians were led by senior Alexis Timp, who finished 27th, and junior Ellen Cannon, who finished 38th.

Solon junior Lauren Benzing was first, running the 4k race in 15 minutes, 17 seconds. Freshman Alex Smith was third in 15:34 and sophomore Tayvia Hansen was eighth in 16:08.

Solon won with 53 points. The Spartans were followed by Williamsburg (63), Mount Vernon-Lisbon (102), Benton (102) and Clear Creek Amana (148). Marion had 254 points.

WAMAC MEET
At Mount Vernon

Teams
1. Solon 53, 2. Williamsburg 63, 3. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 102, 4. Benton 102, 5. Clear Creek Amana 148, 6. Western Dubuque 149, 7. West Delaware 206, 8. Anamosa 210, 9. DeWitt Central 219, 10. Marion 254, 11. Vinton-Shellsburg 287, 12. Maquoketa 304, 13. Waterloo Columbus 379, 14. Dyersville Beckman 412

Individuals
1. Lauren Benzing (Solon)          15:17
2. Laura Nuerenberger (Maq)     15:32
3. Alex Smith (Solon)                15:34
4. Kendra Schmidt (MV-L)          15:49
5. Madison Weekly (Benton)      15:54
6. Kali Slaymaker (Wburg)         15:58
7. Abby Heiderscheit (W.Dub.)   15:59
8. Tayvia Hansen (Solon)            16:08
9. Maddie Hinsley (CCA)              16:08
10. Ashley Mills (Benton)            16:10

MARION
27. Alexis Timp           16:57
38. Ellen Cannon         17:12
57. Sam Livingston      17:53
65. Kaitlin Church        18:01
67. Tara Zumwalt        18:03
78. Sarah Mork            18:25