Kennedy Girls Cross Country

Kennedy girls notch 6th win

IOWA CITY - Kennedy had four runners place in the top eight and five in the top 15 and cruised to its sixth straight invitational girls cross country win Tuesday night at the Iowa City West Invitational.

Katie Wampole finished third, Alyssa Averhoff fourth, Allison Culver sixth and Lauren Meyer eighth. The Cougars' Carolyn Stone finished 15th to round out the scoring.

Shannon Gorman of Washington finished second. The Warriors were 10th.

Xavier finished sixth and Prairie 13th.

IOWA CITY WEST INVITATIONAL

Girls

Teams
1. CR Kennedy 36, 2. Iowa City West 57, 3. Bettendorf 76, 4. Davenport Assumption 92, 5. Pekin 183, 6. CR Xavier 193, 7. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 198, 8. IC Regina 226, 9. Marshalltown 259, 10. CR Washington 261, 11. Muscatine 276, 12. Lone Tree 325, 13. CR Prairie 328

Top 10 Individuals
1. Ashlynn Yokom (ICW) 14:16.11
2. Shannon Gorman (CRW) 14:31.30
3. Katie Wampole (CRK) 14:41.62
4. Alyssa Averhoff (CRK) 14:44.11
5. Anna Peer (Bett) 14:45.18
6. Allison Culver (CRK) 14:52.02
7. Gwynne Wright (Pekin) 14:55.34
8. Lauren Meyer (CRK) 14:58.43
9. Mahnee Watts (Bett) 15:06.43
10. Molly Leveille (ICW) 15:13.84

Kennedy - 3. Wampole 14:41.62, 4. Averhoff 14:44.11, 6. Culver 14:52.02, 8. Meyer 14:58.43, 15. Carolyn Stone 15:28.46, 32. Tara Mittelberg 16:07.78, 38. Sarah Manders 16:14.65

Washington - 2. Gorman 14:31.30, 53. Madison Stuckenschneider 16:49.90, 67. MJ Kamin 17:35.18, 71. Sarah Witt 17:52.46, 75. Megan Muller 18:07.52, 78. Brett Visser 18:14.58

Xavier - 20. Jenny Dickes 15:47.18, 29. Marinna Schroud 16:00.69, 48. Maddie Bailey 16:44.90, 49. Allison Pitz 16:45.74, 50. Sarah Chicchelly 16:47.65, 51. Sydney Oakley 16:48.30, 63. Lauren Smith 17:18.58

Prairie - 46. Maddie Rainey 16:37.30, 55. Anna Rubsam 16:53.34, 70. Abby Rubsam 17:48.81, 82. Katie Ockenfels 18:33.55, 83. Sydney Stolba 18:36.30, 84. Ali Vaske 18:54.14, 91. Hannah Gregor 19:38.58

Kennedy girls claim 5th straight race

DUBUQUE - The Kennedy girls cross country team began winning major races four weeks ago when they captured the Prairie Invitational.

They haven't stopped since.

The Cougars made it 5-for-5 Thursday by running away with top honors at the Eastern Iowa Classic on a sunny, breezy day at the Dubuque Soccer Complex.

The Soccer Complex is located on JFK Road in Dubuque, and the girls from JFK High School in Cedar Rapids felt right at home.

Allison Culver won the 4-kilometer race for Kennedy in 14:28 as the Cougars claimed the top four spots in the individual standings. Katie Wampole placed second, Lauren Meyer was third and Alyssa Averhoff finished fourth.

Carolyn Stone took 12th for Kennedy, giving the Cougars 22 points and an impressive 30-point victory over Iowa City High.

Kennedy began the season by winning the Prairie Invitational on Aug. 25 and has captured the Bob Brown Invitational in Iowa City, the Cedar Rapids Invitational, the Engel Classic in Cedar Falls and now the Eastern Iowa Classic.

Five races, five victories.

"That's amazing," said Culver. "Our team is doing really well this year.

"We've been working real hard this summer, so it doesn't really surprise me too much. But yeah, I'm a little bit surprised."

Kennedy won several events last year and the girls have improved, so Coach Mark Jensen is not totally surprised by his club's success this season -- for the most part.

"The Cedar Rapids Invitational, that's a big powerhouse meet. That was a nice surprise," he said. "Hopefully we can keep it going and go for a conference and a district title."

The Cougars had a different leader in their first four races this season. Wampole led them at Prairie, Meyer won the Bob Brown title, Averhoff led them at the Cedar Rapids Invy and Culver paced them in Cedar Falls.

"We've been trading," said Culver. "It just happens. We're all pretty close to the same skill level."

The Cougars added another trophy to their collection Thursday as their string of success continued with an impressive win.

"I'm pretty pleased with it," said Wampole, a senior, "because I remember my freshman year we couldn't even win a race. And now we have four runners who are always finishing in the top 10 in every race."

Jensen said he has a mature group of highly motivated runners.

"They're not really friends outside of cross country. They all kind of do their own thing," he said. "But once they put their running shoes on they're a tight-knit group."

Kennedy is ranked No. 3 in Class 4A, but a possible showdown with No. 4 Linn-Mar did not materialize Thursday. The Lions have a big race in Aurora, Ill., on Saturday and rested most of their top runners.

The most important races are on the horizon with the Mississippi Valley Conference meet on Oct. 4, the regional meet on Oct. 18 and the state meet on Oct. 27.

"I think we can be top-5 for sure," said Culver. "I think we've got a shot at maybe winning state. We're pretty excited."

Iowa City High won the boys race with a nine-point victory over Washington. Etienne Nzoyisaba placed fourth for the Warriors and Joe Berry was seventh.

The Linn-Mar boys, also prepping for Saturday's race in Aurora, Ill., entered a junior varsity lineup Thursday in Dubuque. Linn-Mar junior Josh Evans, the top-ranked Class 4A runner in the state, will not run Saturday due to tightness in the upper part of his right leg.

He said he is taking a week off as a "precautionary" measure, but expects to be recovered soon.

Shannon Gorman of Washington placed fifth in the girls race and Beth Heims of Prairie was 10th.

EASTERN IOWA CLASSIC
At Dubuque Soccer Complex

GIRLS RESULTS
4K

Team Standings
1. Kennedy 22, 2. Iowa City High 52, 3. Dubuque Wahlert 114, 4. Xavier 135, 5. Dubuque Hempstead 139, 6. Iowa City Regina 151, 7. Prairie 152, 8. Linn-Mar 211, 9. Washington 227, 10. Clinton 271.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Allison Culver, Kennedy     14:28
2. Katie Wampole, Kennedy      14:33
3. Lauren Meyer, Kennedy       14:37
4. Alyssa Averhoff, Kennedy    14:40
5. Shannon Gorman, Washington  14:53
6. Lindsey Bruns, IC High      15:06
7. Molly Shepherd, IC High     15:09
8. Ellen Carman, IC High       15:15
9. Alesha Duccini, Hempstead   15:22
10. Beth Heims, Prairie        15:23

Kennedy - 1. Allison Culver 14:28, 2. Katie Wampole 14:33, 3. Lauren Meyer 14:37, 4. Alyssa Averhoff 14:40, 12. Carolyn Stone 15:29, 23. Tara Mittelberg 15:56, 23. Sarah Manders 15:57.

Xavier - 11. Jenny Dickes 15:26, 18. Marinna Schroud 15:47, 30. Allison Pitz 16:12, 34. Madeline Bailey 16:20, 42. Sarah Chicchelly 16:40, 51. Lauren Smith 16:57.

Prairie - 10. Beth Heims 15:23, 28, Maddie Rainey 16:08, 33. Katie Costigan 16:15, 40. Anna Rubsam 16:33, 41. Amanda Weyer 16:39, 49. Holly Wisnousky 16:52, 55. Hope Steimel 17:01.

Linn-Mar - 19. Caitlin Novak 15:48, 43. Brooke Almasi 16:42, 44. Bryce Jones 16:45, 48. Kelsey Brandt 16:51, 57. Taylor Robertson 17:05, 58. Lauren Bisgard 17:06, 60. Bella Feller 17:15.

Washington - 5. Shannon Gorman 14:53, 50. Morgan Stuckenschneider 16:55, 54. Kristin Mackenburg 17:00, 56. MJ Kamin 17:02, 62. Sarah Witt 17:34, 63. Megan Muller 17:39.

BOYS RESULTS
5K

Team Standings
1. Iowa City High 42, 2. Washington 51, 3. Dubuque Hempstead 70, 4. Dubuque Wahlert 130, 5. Kennedy 137, 6. Xavier 154, 7. Linn-Mar 171, 8. Clinton 183, 9. Iowa City Regina 281.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Brook Price, IC High            15:42
2. Brien Nugent, Wahlert           15:49
3. Jon Specht, Hempstead           15:52
4. Etienne Nzoyisaba, Wash         16:00
5. Ryan Dorman, IC High            16:02
6. Emmanuel Marcos-Teles, Clinton  16:09
7. Joe Berry, Wash                 16:12
8. Chris Ohrt, IC High             16:16
9. Zach Freund, Hempstead          16:22
10. Mohamed Traore, IC High        16:28

Washington - 4. Etienne Nzoyisaba 16:00, 7. Joe Berry 16:12, 11. Trevor Luebe 16:34, 14. Jon Rockwell 16:46, 15. Matt Wittman 16:48, 22. Finbar Berry 17:05, 33. Sam Eck 17:28.

Kennedy - 12. Ryan Walker 16:37, 21. Addison Furry 17:04, 25. Matt Stevens 17:10, 37. Austin Trotter 17:29, 42. Reece Linder 17:41, 46. Andrew Solsrud 17:50, 50. Ethan Williams 18:04.

Xavier - 23. Jacob Schmitt 17:06, 24. Luke Koechner 17:09, 33. Grant Hunt 17:18, 36. Evan Gradoville 17:29, 38. Steven Culpepper 17:31, 52. Zach Schowalter 18:08, 54. Evan Bednar 18:19.

Linn-Mar - 26. Atakilti Berhe 17:11, 27. Jonathan Tripp 17:12, 34. Ian Frana 17:21, 41. Andrew Schuring 17:39, 43. Aaron House 17:42, 45. Joe A'Hearn 17:47, 55. Tyler Annis 18:20.

Kennedy girls run to Engel Classic title

CEDAR FALLS - The Kennedy girls placed four runners in the top 10 Thursday and rolled to the team title at the Rich Engel Classic cross country meet at Birdsall Park.

The Cougars scored 40 points to easily outdistance host Cedar Falls, which was second with 71.

Allison Culver, Katie Wampole, Alyssa Averhoff and Lauren Meyer finished fourth through seventh to lead the Cougars. They all finished within six seconds of each other. Carolyn Stone finished 18th to round out Kennedy's scoring.

Jefferson's Michelle Zikes finished 10th and the J-Hawks were seventh in the 15-team meet.

Washington finished 12th.

The Washington boys got another strong run from Etienne Nzoyisaba, who finished third, and the Warriors claimed fourth in the boys division. Joe Berry was ninth for the Warriors.

The Kennedy boys were ninth and Jefferson 13th.

RICH ENGEL CLASSIC
At Cedar Falls

Girls Results

Team Standings
1. CR Kennedy 40, 2. Cedar Falls 71, 3. Decorah 94, 4. Dubuque Senior 98, 5. Waterloo West 174, 6. Dubuque Wahlert 187, 7. CR Jefferson 219, 8. Waverly-Shell Rock 229, 9. Charles City 246, 10. Denver 251, 11. Dike-New Hartford 257, 12. CR Washington 315, 13. Muscatine 345, 14. South Winneshiek 357, 15. New Hampton 484

Top 10 Individuals
1. Anna Holdiman, W-SR           14:14
2. Allison Gregg, Cedar Falls    15:02
3. Brianna King, Cedar Falls     15:03
4. Allison Culver, CRK           15:05
5. Katie Wampole, CRK            15:07
6. Alyssa Averhoff, CRK          15:11
7. Lauren Meyer, CRK             15:13
8. Kelsey Kirchoff, Denver       15:14
9. Elly Tebon, Dub. Sr.          15:30
10. Michelle Zikes, CRJ          15:31

Kennedy - 4. Culver 15:05, 5. Wampole 15:07, 6. Averhoff 15:11, 7. Meyer 15:13, 18. Carolyn Stone 16:05, 29. Tara Mittelberg 16:28, 34. Sarah Manders 16:32

Jefferson - 10. Zikes 15:31, 24. Meredith Koenigsfeld 16:19, 38. Sarah Hanna 16:38, 71. Megan Ely 17:25, 76. Cara Voll 17:34, 94. Sarah Fehlberg 19:06, 96. Bethany Polansky 19:21

Washington - 45. Madison Stuckenschneider 16:48, 62. Kristin Mackenburg 17:17, 64. MJ Kamin 17:18, 66. Morgan Stuckenschneider 17:19, 78. Sarah Witt 17:46, 82. Brett Visser 18:01, 86. Megan Muller 18:15



Boys Results

Team Standings
1. Dubuque Senior 60, 2. Cedar Falls 68, 3. Decorah 88, 4. CR Washington 117, 5. Waterloo West 132, 6. Charles City 204, 7. Dubuque Wahlert 205, 8. Muscatine 229, 9. CR Kennedy 236, 10. SE Polk 246, 11. Denver 312, 12. Mason City 314, 13. CR Jefferson 348, 14. Waverly-Shell Rock 348, 15, Dike-New Hartford 352, 16. New Hampton 494

Top 10 Individuals
1. Dylan Eigenberger, Dub. Sr.   15:52
2. Jaime Zarate, Cedar Falls     16:00
3. Etienne Nzoyisaba, CRW        16:04
4. Patrick Larson, Decorah       16:06
5. Brien Nugent, Wahlert         16:08
6. Blake Whalen, Dub. Sr.        16:08
7. Kyle Hosting, Decorah         16:20
8. Alex Hottle, Wat. West        16:20
9. Joe Berry, CRW                16:23
10. Mark Fairley, Dub. Sr.       16:25

Washington - 3. Nzoyisaba 16:04, 9. Berry 16:23, 24. Trevor Luebe 17:00, 37. Jon Rockwell 17:18, 44. Matt Wittman 17:23, 57. Finbar Berry 17:39, 63. Sam Eck 17:48

Kennedy - 25. Ryan Walker 17:05, 38. Adddison Furry 17:18, 46. Matthew Stevens 17:26, 60. Andrew Solsrud 17:44, 67. Austin Trotter 17:53, 72. Reece Linder 18:04, 83. Zach Grobstich 18:27

Jefferson - 41. Devin Stone 17:19, 66. Maverick Guyer 17:51, 73. Jason Chung 18:04, 81. Zeb Grimm 18:25, 87. Ky Kramer 18:31, 93. Alec Archer 18:46, 100. Lucas Vanous 19:18

Kennedy girls win CR Invitational

The Stephanie Jenks era in Metro cross country began with a bang Thursday at the Cedar Rapids Invitational.

Jenks, a freshman at Linn-Mar who is a nationally ranked triathlete, beat a strong field of older runners in the first varsity cross country race of her career.

Jenks covered the 4-kilometer course in 14 minutes, 26.71 seconds for a 16-second victory over Ashlynn Yokum of Iowa City West.

Jenks missed the first few meets of the season due to her national schedule of events, but she made up for lost time Thursday. She's also competing for the Linn-Mar swimming team this season and is one of the top swimmers on the club.

The Kennedy girls continued their string of impressive outings this season by winning the team championship with 54 points, nipping Linn-Mar by five markers.

The Cougars placed four runners in the top-11 with Alyssa Averhoff (5th), Allison Culver (7th), Lauren Meyer (10th) and Katie Wampole (11th) leading the way.

Shannon Gorman of Washington finished in third place and Maddie Saville of Linn-Mar was sixth.

Josh Evans of Linn-Mar showed no signs of slowing down Thursday and captured the boys' 5K race in 15 minutes, 32.89 seconds, beating Isaac Jensen of Iowa City West by 26 seconds.

Evans led the Lions to the team championship with 50 points. Iowa City West finished second.

Linn-Mar placed four runners in the top-11 with Evans (1st), Tanner Rathje (6th), Chase Grabau (9th) and Daniel Murphy (11th).

Etienne Nzoyisaba of Washington finished in fourth place. Mitch Pritts of Prairie was fifth.

CEDAR RAPIDS INVITATIONAL
Noelridge Park

GIRLS RESULTS
4K

Team Standings
1. Kennedy 54, 2. Linn-Mar 59, 3. Iowa City West 68, 4. Bettendorf 97, 5. Iowa City High 121, 6. Ames 176, 7. Wahlert 239, 8. Xavier 241, 9. Prairie 248, 10. Washington 260, 11. Jefferson 260, 12. Marion 338, 13. North Scott 359, 14. Muscatine 394, 15. Davenport West 406.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar     14:26.71
2. Ashlynn Yokom, IC West        14:42.24
3. Shannon Gorman, Washington    14:54.88
4. Anna Peer, Bettendorf         14:55.96
5. Alyssa Averhoff, Kennedy      15:11.43
6. Maddie Saville, Linn-Mar      15:16.16
7. Allison Culver, Kennedy       15:19.66
8. Molly Leveille, IC West       15:19.85
9. Lindsey Bruns, IC High        15:22.33
10. Lauren Meyer, Kennedy        15:23.87

Kennedy
5. Alyssa Averhoff 15:11.43, 7. Allison Culver 15:19.66, 10. Lauren Meyer 15:23.87, 11. Katie Wampole 15:26.31, 21. Carolyn Stone 15:56.38.

Linn-Mar
1. Stephanie Jenks 14:26.71, 6. Maddie Saville 15:16.16, 12. Rachel Perry 15:27.23, 13. Amber Decker 15:30.50, 27. Caitlin Novak 16:07.50.

Xavier
34. Jenny Dickes 16:26.10, 38. Marinna Schroud 16:29.03, 45. Allison Pitz 16:46.17, 61. Maddie Bailey 17:20.34, 65. Sarah Chicchelly 17:34.03.

Prairie
33. Maddie Rainey 16:20.46, 37. Beth Heims 16:28.51, 56. Katie Costigan 17:08.73, 62. Anna Rubsam 17:22.39, 63. Amanda Weyer 17:27.80.

Washington
3. Shannon Gorman 14:54.88, 50. Madison Stuckenschneider 16:56.55, 66. Morgan Stuckenschneider 17:34.60, 73. MJ Kamin 17:42.01, 74. Kristin Mackenburg 17:42.37.

Jefferson
19. Michelle Zikes 15:47.53, 42. Meredith Koenigsfeld 16:39.09, 60. Sarah Hanna 17:18.80, 69. Cara Voll 17:37.78, 75. Megan Ely 17:42.64.

Marion
32. Madison Bach 16:20.22, 57. Sam Livingston 17:09.31, 77. Ellen Cannon 17:44.67, 89. Tara Zumwalt 18:12.96, 90. Abby Kolarik 18:32.73.

BOYS RESULTS
5K

Team Standings
1. Linn-Mar 50, 2. Iowa City West 71, 3. Iowa City High 97, 4. Washington 133, 5. Waterloo West 166, 6. Prairie 166, 7. Ames 181, 8. Davenport Central 221, 9. Wahlert 222, 10. Muscatine 224, 11. Kennedy 275, 12. Bettendorf 382, 13. Xavier 394, 14. Pleasant Valley 394, 15. Marion 406, 16. Davenport West 453, 17. Jefferson 480, 18. North Scott 501.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Josh Evans, Linn-Mar           15:32.89
2. Isaac Jensen, IC West          15:58.42
3. Brook Price, IC High           16:07.13
4. Etienne Nzoyisaba, Washington  16:08.32
5. Mitch Pritts, Prairie          16:09.06
6. Tanner Rathje, Linn-Mar        16:09.39
7. Daniel Gardarsson, IC West     16:11.45
8. Bailey Wetherell, IC West      16:14.32
9. Chase Grabau, Linn-Mar         16:18.67
10. Brien Nugent, Wahlert         16:25.64

Linn-Mar
1. Josh Evans 15:32.89, 6. Tanner Rathje 16:09.39, 9. Chase Grabau 16:18.67, 11. Daniel Murphy 17:27.74, 23. Kyle Read 16:58.66.

Washington
4. Etienne Nzoyisaba 16:08.32, 12. Joe Berry 16:36.21, 25. Matt Wittman 16:59.30, 29. Trevor Luebe 17:07.04, 63. Finbar Berry 17:48.95.

Prairie
5. Mitch Pritts 16:09.06, 24. Jacob Moore 16:59.01, 35. Zach Waite 17:21.80, 37. Connor Neuhaus 17:22.92, 65. Luke Galloway 17:51.43.

Kennedy
27. Ryan Walker 17:04.72, 46. Addison Furry 17:37.50, 60. Matthew Stevens 17:47.21, 66. Andrew Solsrud 17:52.11, 76. Austin Trotter 18:07.30.

Xavier
58. Grant Hunt 17:46.18, 72. Luke Koechner 18:02.88, 83. Evan Gradoville 18:14.55, 90. Steven Culpeppeer 18:30.86, 91. Zach Schowalter 18:32.40.

Marion
54. Peter Rethwisch 17:43.13, 74. Cole Kuethe 18:04.35, 88. Colton Forster 18:29.57, 93. Isaac Smith 18:40.71, 97. Hunter Reifschneider 18:45.90.

Jefferson
51. Devin Stone 17:40.19, 104. Ky Kramer 19:07.70, 105. Alec Archer 19:11.99, 106. Lucas Vanous 19:15.93, 114. Trey Hitchings 19:54.09.