Jefferson Girls Cross Country

Zikes wins title at IMS Early Bird race

IOWA CITY - Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Michelle Zikes ran away with the individual title at the Iowa Mennonite Early Bird cross country meet Tuesday.

Zikes won the race by more than 25 seconds in 16:09.34 for 4 kilometers. Mollie Shepherd, the runnerup from Iowa City High, crossed the finish line in 16:34.97.

Iowa City High won the girls title with 25 points. The J-Hawks finished second in the nine-team meet with 78 points.

The Jefferson boys placed fourth out of 10 teams in their race. Devin Stone led the J-Hawks with a sixth-place showing in 18:03.68 for 5 kilometers.

IMS EARLY BIRD MEET

GIRLS RESULTS

Team Standings
1. Iowa City High 25, 2. Jefferson 78, 3. Lone Tree 103, 4. Wapello 125, 5. Mediapolis 151, 6. Muscatine 153, 7. Iowa Mennonite 233, 8. English Valleys 251, 9. Cardinal of Eldon 263.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Michelle Zikes, Jefferson     16:09.34
2. Mollie Shepherd, IC High      16:34.97
3. Allison Siglin, IC High       16:52.21
4. Savannah Banwart, Mediapolis  16:55.72
5. Sonora Taffa, IC High         17:02.51
6. Ella Feldman, Lone Tree       17:07.74
7. Morgan Sammons, IC High       17:14.21
8. Fanta Traore, IC High         17:16.26
9. Terra Perez, IC High          17:22.38
10. Sydney, Wapello              17:27.11

Jefferson Results
1. Michelle Zikes 16:09.34, 15. Meredith Koenigsfeld 17:56.06, 16. Sarah Hanna 18:02.73, 19. Megan Ely 18:18.02, 27. Cara Voll 19:00.13, 39. Sarah Fehlberg 20:19.36, 40. Bethany Polansky 20:23.88.

BOYS RESULTS

Team Standings
1. Muscatine 32, 2. Iowa City High 71, 3. Mediapolis 104, 4. Jefferson 120, 5. Highland 136, 6. Wapello 142, 7. Iowa Mennonite 177, 8. Winfield-Mt. Union 224, 9. Lynville-Sully 245, 10. Lone Tree 288.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Bennett Luedtke, Muscatine    17:05.19
2. Dillon Tummerman, Mediapolis  17:35.58
3. Ben, Wapello                  17:47.46
4. Noah Salmonson, Muscatine     17:52.14
5. Jason McVay, Alburnett        17:57.20
6. Devin Stone, Jefferson        18:03.68
7. Kevin Hughes, Muscatine       18:05.32
8. Will Seydel, IC High          18:08.05
9. Seth Burton, Muscatine        18:12.87
10. Matt Eden, Highland          18:15.75

Jefferson
6. Devin Stone 18:03.68, 17. Jason Chung 18:38.84, 29. Ky Kramer 19:41.20, 30. Lucas Vanous 19:50.51, 38. Matt Swenson 20:14.93, 39. Trey Hitchings 20:22.43, 43. Max Guyer 20;47.87.

Jefferson girls 6th 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

J-Hawk girls 13th 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.

J-Hawk girls run 4th at Iowa City race

IOWA CITY - The Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls cross country team placed fourth out of four teams at the Bud Williams Invitational in Iowa City Thursday.

Rachel Sedlacek finished 13th for the J-Hawks in 16 minutes, 50.5 seconds.

Team Standings

1. Iowa City High 20, 2. Pekin 55, 3. Ottumwa 72, 4. Jefferson 103.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Celsey Conger (Pekin) 14:54.3, 2. Meg Richardson (ICH) 15:11.3, 3. Harper Beasley (ICH) 15:16.0, 4. Courtney Bruns (ICH) 15:21.7, 5. Erin Danielson (ICH) 15:27.8.

Jefferson - 13. Rachel Sedlacek 16:50.5, 15. Michelle Zikes 16:55.6, 24. Bethany Polansky 18:17.9, 25. Carson Burgart 18:20.9, 26. Jennifer McDowell 19:01.7.