Prairie Girls Cross Country

Enyart leads Prairie runners into new year

The girls on the Cedar Rapids Prairie cross country team hope to make great strides this fall. First of all, they'll have to keep up with their new coach.

Corrie Enyart ran a half-marathon in the Twin Cities last year and has a passion for the sport, but this is the first time she's coached a team. "This is a new endeavor for me," she said Thursday before practice.

Enyart ran track and cross country at Cedar Rapids Jefferson, graduating in 1996. She was a sprinter on the track team and placed at the state meet, but now she's an active distance runner in road races.

Enyart is a licensed massage therapist who specializes in sports therapy. She has a private practice, and now she's taking her expertise in running and athletics to the Prairie cross country team.

There are 52 girls on the squad this year, including a big freshman class.

"A reasonable goal for us this year, I think, is to have individuals qualify for state," she said. "It's been quite awhile."

The girls and boys cross country season begins Saturday morning when Prairie hosts its annual invitational meet on school grounds. Enyart is looking forward to the campaign to see how well her girls can do.

"It will be interesting and exciting to see what comes out of them," she said.

Prairie girls 3rd in Valley Division meet

Iowa City West and Cedar Falls combined to sweep the top 10 spots at the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division girls cross country meet Thursday at Prairie.

West pulled out the team title with 25 points. Cedar Falls had 30. Prairie was third at 77, followed by Dubuque Hempstead (115), Xavier (130), Jefferson (167) and Waterloo East (202).

Cedar Falls junior Allison Gregg was the individual winner, running the 4k course in 15 minutes, 15 seconds. Iowa City West junior Molly Leveille was close behind in 15:18.

Prairie junior Beth Heims was 11th in 16:31 and senior Bree Gaster was 12th in 16:32.

Xavier was led by sophomore Marinna Schroud, who finished 21st in 17:11.

Jefferson's top finisher was junior Michelle Zikes, who was 26th in 17:24.

MVC VALLEY DIVISION MEET
At Prairie

Teams
1. Iowa City West 25, 2. Cedar Falls 30, 3. Prairie 77, 4. Hempstead 115, 5. Xavier 130, 6. Jefferson 167, 7. Waterloo East 202.

Individuals
1. Allison Gregg (CF)                  15:15
2. Molly Leveille (ICW)              15:18
3. Pombie Silverman (ICW)       15:26
4. Brianna King (CF)                   15:43
5. Ashley Knudson (ICW)          16:11
6. Hannah Savage (CF)               16:11
7. Ashlynn Yokom (ICW)            16:12
8. Olive Carrollhach (ICW)          16:18
9. Kate Halloran (CF)                   16:24
10. Kaitlyn Hennings (CF)           16:26

PRAIRIE
11. Beth Heims            16:31
12. Bree Gaster           16:32
16. Maddie Rainey      16:50
18. Anastasia Jordan  16:59
20. Katie Costigan       17:02
34. Holly Wisnousky   18:32
35. Anna Rubsam        18:35

XAVIER
21. Marinna Schroud     17:11
23. Sarah Chicchelly      17:15
25. Ann Glavan               17:22
29. Allison Pitz                17:40
32. Rachel Sigmon          18:01

JEFFERSON
26. Michelle Zikes            17:24
27. Rachel Sedlacek         17:36
37. Bethany Polansky      19:07
38. Carson Burgart           19:08
29. Rachel Broghammer   19:24
41. Jennifer McDowell      19:50

Prairie girls 9th at MVC Super Meet

The Linn-Mar High School girls cross country team is No. 2 in the state and No. 1 in the Mississippi Valley Conference.

The Lions captured their first MVC Super Meet title in school history Thursday with a strong performance at Noelridge Park by placing five girls in the top 11.

Linn-Mar finished 4-5-7-8-11 with Brooklyn Kascel, Carolyn Newhouse, Rachel Perry, Morgan Uridil and Maddie Saville tightly bunched within 21 seconds.

Newhouse has been Linn-Mar's top runner all season, but Kascel nudged her by three seconds with a strong finish.

"I honestly didn't think I could beat Carolyn," Kascel said. "But we just feed off each other the whole race, and if I run with her it makes me go faster."

The den of Lions finished with 35 points for a comfortable 16-point margin over Cedar Falls. Iowa City High was third.

"Awesome," Kascel said. "We worked so hard to get to this place."

Cedar Falls runners finished 1-2 with Allison Gregg and Brianna King at the top, but the Tigers didn't have the depth to match the Lions. The next three Cedar Falls runners were 13-17-18.

Linn-Mar is ranked No. 2 in the state in the latest Class 4A poll, trailing Dowling Catholic. The Lions have been ranked high all season, but shot all the way to No. 2 this week.

"We were really surprised, because last year we weren't that high up," Kascel said. "And this year we're working really hard and it's really paid off."

Linn-Mar Coach Todd Goodell thought his team had a chance to win the MVC title, but the Valley has other strong teams with third-ranked Iowa City High, No. 8 Iowa City West, No. 10 Cedar Falls and No. 11 Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

"I thought they performed well. It's the way we were hoping they would perform," said Goodell, in his 14th year as the girls and boys cross country coach at Linn-Mar.

"Brooklyn Kascel popped off a good one today. They ran well as a pack again. We have a couple more big ones to go."

The Mississippi Division meet will be held in Dubuque Oct. 13, followed by the regional meet Oct. 20 and the state meet Oct. 29.

Dowling Catholic beat Linn-Mar at the Heartland Classic Sept. 17, but the Lions appear to be getting stronger. They hope to challenge for the state title in Fort Dodge in three weeks.

"I think we have a chance if we keep working hard and just trust in each other," Kascel said.

"We're hoping we can make it interesting," Goodell said.

Kennedy finished fifth in the MVC team standings. Washington was eighth, Prairie ninth, Xavier 11th and Jefferson 13th.

Shannon Gorman of Washington placed 10th. Bree Gaster of Prairie was 15th.

MVC SUPER MEET
Girls Results
Noelridge Park
4K

Team Standings

1. Linn-Mar 35, 2. Cedar Falls 51, 3. Iowa City High 74, 4. Iowa City West 116, 5. Kennedy 141, 6. Dubuque Senior 156, 7. Wahlert 162, 8. Washington 197, 9. Prairie 246, 10. Hempstead 261, 11. Xavier 314, 12. Waterloo West 371, 13. Jefferson 381, 14. Waterloo East 450.

Top 15 Individuals

1. Allison Gregg, Cedar Falls        14:38
2. Brianna King, Cedar Falls         14:45
3. Meg Richardson, City High      14:56
4. Brooklynn Kascel, Linn-Mar      14:57
5. Carolyn Newhouse, Linn-Mar     15:00
6. Pombie Silverman, IC West      15:02
7. Rachel Perry, Linn-Mar             15:04
8. Morgan Uridil, Linn-Mar            15:06
9. Molly Leveille, IC West            15:09
10. Shannon Gorman, Washington    15:14
11. Maddie Saville, Linn-Mar         15:18
12. Harper Beasley, City High       15:22
13. Cassy Herkelman, Cedar Falls  15:22
14. Lindsey Bruns, City High        15:25
15. Bree Gaster, Prairie              15:25

LINN-MAR: 4. Brooklynn Kascel 14:57, 5. Carolyn Newhouse 15:00, 7. Rachel Perry 15:04, 8. Morgan Uridil 15:06, 11. Maddie Saville 15:18, 30. Caitlin Novak 16:00, 45. Olivia Miller 16:26.

KENNEDY: 19. Alyssa Averhoff 15:37, 21. Katie Wampole 15:41, 31. Jessica Rodman 16:01, 34. Lauren Meyer 16:09, 36. Tara Mittelberg 16:15, 46. Megan Terukina 16:27.

WASHINGTON: 10. Shannon Gorman 15:14, 40. Colby Bjornsen 16:17, 44. Katie Karamitros 16:23, 47. Morgan Stuckenschneider 16:28, 56. Madison Stuckenschneider 16:38, 66. Joslyn Ross 17:06, 70. Anna Kline 17:15.

PRAIRIE: 15. Bree Gaster 15:25, 39. Beth Heims 16:16, 53. Maddie Rainey 16:34, 60. Anastasia Jordan 16:55, 79. Holly Wisnousky 17:53, 83. Ashley Hawkins 18:16.

XAVIER: 52. Marinna Schroud 16:33, 61. Ann Glavan 16:58, 64. Allison Pitz 17:03, 68. Sarah Chicchelly 17:08, 69. Rachel Sigmon 17:12, 75. Katy Ropp 17:34, 82. Lauren Smith 18:10.

JEFFERSON: 59. Rachel Sedlacek 16:49, 67. Michelle Zikes 17:07, 84. Carson Burgart 18:24, 85. Bethany Polansky 18:51, 86. Rachel Broghammer 18:57, 87. Jennifer McDowell 19:07.

Prairie girls run to 2nd at West Delaware Invite

MANCHESTER - Bree Gaster finished third overall to lead Prairie to a second-place finish Tuesday at the West Delaware Invitational girls cross country meet.

Western Dubuque won the meet with 57 points. Prairie had 67 and Mount Vernon-Lisbon was third with 70.

Marion finished 10th with 232 points.

Western Dubuque's Dakota Tell was the individual winner, running the 4k course in 15 minutes, 13 seconds. Arden Betzer of Springville-Central City was second in 15:27 and Gaster was third in 15:38.

Amanda Weyer, Beth Heims and Maddie Rainey all recorded top 20 finishes for Prairie.

Marion was led by Ellen Cannon, who finished 26th.

WEST DELAWARE INVITATIONAL

Teams

1. Western Dubuque 57, 2. CR Prairie 67, 3. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 70, 4. Benton Community 124, 5. Waverly-Shell Rock 129, 6. North Fayette 166, 7. West Delaware 187, 8. Anamosa 209, 9. Edgewood-Colesburg 209, 10. Marion 232
11. Independence 279, 12. Oelwein 336, 13. Dyersville Beckman 361, 14. East Buchanan 394

Top Individuals

1. Dakota Tell (Western Dubuque) 15:13, 2. Arden Betzer (Springville-CC) 15:27, 3. Bree Gaster (CRP) 15:38, 4. Mariah Kauder (Cascade) 15:39, 5. Abby Heiderscheit (Western Dubuque) 16:08, 6. Madison Weekly (Benton) 16:15, 7. Ashley Mills (Benton) 16:21, 8. Kendra Schmidt (MV-Lisbon) 16:24, 9. Kari Fitzpatrick (Ed-Co) 16:25, 10. Stacey Krull (Waverly-SR) 16:26

CR PRAIRIE - 2. Bree Gaster 15:38, 9. Amanda Weyer 16:28, 12. Beth Heims 16:34, 17. Maddie Rainey 16:47, 27. Anastasia Jordan 17:27, 42. Katie Costigan 17:48, 49. Abby Rubsam 18:04

MARION - 26. Ellen Cannon 17:21, 30. Alexis Timp 17:30, 50. Tara Zumwalt 18:04, 57. Grace Ehlinger 18:15, 69. Michaela Jacobs 18:43, 73. Sam Livingston 19:08, 74. Abby Kolarick 19:12