Washington Girls Cross Country

Gorman, Xavier girls win X-C races

IOWA CITY - Shannon Gorman of Cedar Rapids Washington captured first place at the Eastern Iowa Classic cross country meet at the University of Iowa course Thursday.

Gorman covered the 4 kilometer layout in 14 minutes, 56.04 seconds. She finished 41 seconds ahead of the runner-up.

The Xavier High School girls won the team championship by 22 points over Dubuque Hempstead. The Saints had three runners finish in the top-10 with Jenny Dickes (4th), Marinna Schroud (8th) and Addy Hoffman (9th).

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Gorman 1st team all-conference

Linn-Mar freshman Stephanie Jenks has been named the Athlete of the Year in the Valley Division for the Mississippi Valley Conference girls cross country team.

Linn-Mar teammates Amber Decker, Rachel Perry and Maddie Saville joined Jenks on the Valley Division first team. Shannon Gorman of Washington also made the first unit.

Kennedy teammates Alyssa Averhoff, Allison Culver and Katie Wampole were named first team in the Mississippi Division.

Mitch Pritts of Cedar Rapids Prairie was named the Athlete of the Year in the Valley Division on the boys all-conference squad. Joe Berry and Etienne Nzoyisaba of Washington made the first team, along with Chase Grabau and Tanner Rathje of Linn-Mar.

Todd Goodell of Linn-Mar was named the Coach of the Year in the Valley Division for both the girls and boys all-star teams. Mark Jensen of Kennedy was the named the girls Coach of the Year in the Mississippi Division.

GIRLS ALL-CONFERENCE
Metro Selections Only

VALLEY DIVISION

FIRST TEAM: Stephanie Jenks (Linn-Mar), Shannon Gorman (Washington), Amber Decker (Linn-Mar), Rachel Perry (Linn-Mar), Maddie Saville (Linn-Mar).
SECOND TEAM: Morgan Garcia (Linn-Mar), Sydney Johnston (Linn-Mar), Jenny Dickes (Xavier), Maddie Rainey (Prairie).
HONORABLE MENTION: Katie Costigan (Prairie), Marinna Schroud (Xavier).
ALL-ACADEMIC: Mikayla Wilson (Prairie), Beth Heims (Prairie), MJ Kamin (Washington), Shannon Gorman (Washington), Cassie Busch (Xavier), Sarah Chicchelly (Xavier), Kelsey Brandt (Linn-Mar), Abby Sourwine (Linn-Mar).

MISSISSIPPI DIVISION

FIRST TEAM: Alyssa Averhoff (Kennedy), Allison Culver (Kennedy), Katie Wampole (Kennedy).
SECOND TEAM: Lauren Meyer (Kennedy), Michelle Zikes (Jefferson).
HONORABLE MENTION: Jessica Rodman (Kennedy), Meredith Koenigsfeld (Jefferson).
ALL-ACADEMIC: Carly Beastrom (Jefferson), Shaylee Maas (Jefferson), Sarah Manders (Kennedy), Tara Mittelberg (Kennedy).

BOYS ALL-CONFERENCE
Metro Selections Only

VALLEY DIVISION

FIRST TEAM: Mitch Pritts (Prairie), Joe Berry (Washington), Etienne Nzoyisaba (Washington), Chase Grabau (Linn-Mar), Tanner Rathje (Linn-Mar).
SECOND TEAM: Michael Mather (Linn-Mar), Keegan Cook (Linn-Mar).
HONORABLE MENTION: Kyle Read (Linn-Mar), Isaiah Vlasek (Prairie), Jay Halverson (Linn-Mar), Trevor Luebe (Washington), Zach Waite (Prairie).
ALL-ACADEMIC: Luke Galloway (Prairie), Tanner Mumm (Prairie), Joe Berry (Washington), Matt Wittman (Washington), Daniel Pape (Xavier), Colby Trace (Xavier), Will Fuhrmann (Linn-Mar), Kyle Read (Linn-Mar).

MISSISSIPPI DIVISION

HONORABLE MENTION: Ryan Walker (Kennedy), Matthew Stevens (Kennedy).
ALL-ACADEMIC: Alex Archer (Jefferson), Joseph Petersen (Jefferson), Zach Grobstich (Kennedy), Taylor Moss (Kennedy).

Shannon Gorman wins title at Clinton Invy

CLINTON - Shannon Gorman of Cedar Rapids Washington captured first place at the Clinton Invitational cross country meet on Saturday.

Gorman ran the 4-kilometer race in 14:37.1 for a five-second victory over Haley Verbeke of Moline.

Jenny Dickes finished 13th to help the Xavier Saints place fifth out of 15 teams.

Washington finished in ninth place.

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Pleasant Valley 40, 2. Urbandale 47, 3. Moline 95, 4. Indianola 134, 5. Xavier 172, 6. Fort Madison 189, 7. Iowa City Regina 204, 8. Bettendorf 249, 9. Washington 274, 10. North Scott 279, 11. Bennett/Durant 299, 12. DeWitt Central 316, 13. Muscatine 476, 14. Clinton 506, 15. Prince of Peace incomplete.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS
1. Shannon Gorman, Washington        14:37.1
2. Haley Verbeke, Moline             14:42.5
3. Maddie Reynolds, Pleasant Valley  14:51.9
4. Mackenzie Yanek, Pleasant Valley  14:56.0
5. Addie Royer, Pleasant Valley      15:01.7
6. Ashley Norem, Urbandale           15:04.7
7. Elyse Prescott, Urbandale         15:11.5
8. Nicki Bruett, Urbandale           15:25.2
9. Ali Oppel, Pleasant Valley        15:28.2
10. Brisa Almanza, Moline            15:29.6

XAVIER - 13. Jenny Dickes 15:53.4, 16. Marinna Schroud 15:57.4, 42. Eileen Fagan 16:55.7, 49. Maddie Bailey 17:03.0, 52. Allison Pitz 17:08.8.

WASHINGTON - 1. Shannon Gorman 14:37.1, 47. Madison Stuckenschneider 17:01.7, 65. Morgan Stuckenschneider 17:28.7, 79. Sarah Witt 17:51.9, 82. Kristin Mackenburg 17:57.8.

Gorman wins title at Linn-Mar race

Shannon Gorman of Cedar Rapids Washington won the 4,000-meter run at the Linn-Mar Cross Country Invitational Saturday morning.

Gorman covered the course at the Oak Ridge Middle School in Marion in 14 minutes, 39.53 seconds in the Junior/Senior division. Jefferson senior Michelle Zikes finished second in the division at 15:20.63.

Two of the best times Saturday were submitted by Linn-Mar runners in the Freshman/Sophomore race. Maddie Saville crossed the finish line in 14:58.44 and Amber Decker was clocked in 15:02.77, which would have put them second and third among the upperclassmen.

Linn-Mar won the team title in the Junior/Senior division with 27 points, followed by Washington, Xavier and Jefferson.

Junior/Senior Division Results
Team Standings
1. Linn-Mar 27, 2. Washington 57, 3. Xavier 64, 4. Jefferson 99.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Shannon Gorman, Washington       14:39.53
2. Michelle Zikes, Jefferson        15:20.63
3. Rachel Perry, Linn-Mar           15:24.57
4. Caitlin Novak, Linn-Mar          15:38.91
5. Morgan Uridil, Linn-Mar          15:47.08
6. Marinna Schroud, Xavier          16:18.32
7. Haley Berry, Linn-Mar            16:21.26
8. Olivia Miller, Linn-Mar          16:30.25
9. Madison Stuckenschneider, Wash   16:33.02
10. Abby Sourwine, Linn-Mar         16:33.92

Washington
14. Morgan Stuckenschneider 17:00.86, 17. MJ Kamin 17:19.70, 18. Sarah Witt 17:223.93.

Xavier
11. Allison Pitz 16:48.81, 13. Lauren Smith 17:00.45, 16. Eileen Fagan 17:06.68, 20. Nicole Draker 17:28.38.

Jefferson
23. Cara Voll 17:34.75, 32. Carly Beastrom 18:51.56, 40. Elizabeth Haut 19:36.45, 45. Shaylee Maas 20:27.21.