Kennedy Girls Cross Country

Kennedy girls 5th 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.

Kennedy girls run 3rd at IC West meet

IOWA CITY - Katie Wampole, Alyssa Averhoff and Jessica Rodman all finished in the top-10 Tuesday to help Cedar Rapids Kennedy place third at the Iowa City West cross country meet.

Wampole finished sixth in 15 minutes, 12.72 seconds over the 4-kilometer course. Averhoff placed eighth and Rodman was ninth.

Davenport Assumption prevailed in the 12-team event with 56 points, followed closely by Iowa City West (65) and Kennedy (67).

Anna Peer of Bettendorf claimed top honors in 14:37.12.

Team Standings

1. Davenport Assumption 56, 2. Iowa City West 65, 3. Kennedy 67, 4. Bettendorf 83, 5. Iowa City Regina 177, 6. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 178, 7. Pekin 180, 8. Ottumwa 214, 9. Muscatine 244, 10. Marshalltown 260, 11. Mount Pleasant 270, 12. Lone Tree 321.

Top 10 Individuals
4K

1. Anna Peer (BETT) 14:37.12; 2. Celsey Conger (PEK) 14:46.62; 3. Molly Leveille (ICW) 14:57.77; 4. Ashlynn Yokom (ICW) 15:05.62; 5. Riley Behan (DAV) 15:06.35; 6. Katie Wampole (CRK) 15:12.72; 7. Elizabeth Mallon (DAV) 15:14.05; 8. Alyssa Averhoff (CRK) 15:15.42; 9. Jessica Rodman (CRK) 15:16.94; 10. Danielle Moore (DAV) 15:20.24.

KENNEDY - 6. Katie Wampole 15:12.72; 8. Alyssa Averhoff 15:15.42; 9. Jessica Rodman 15:16.94; 15. Lauren Meyer 15:35.20; 29. Tara Mittelberg 16:09.19; 44. Megan Terukina 16:40.49; 49. Alexis Bernstein 16:44.81.

Kennedy girls capture Eastern Iowa Classic

The Cedar Rapids Kennedy girls cross country dominated the Eastern Iowa Classic at the Tuma Soccer Complex Thursday afternoon.

The 10th-ranked Cougars placed five runners in the top-10 to capture top honors out of eight teams.

Jessica Rodman, Katie Wampole and Alyssa Averhoff finished 3-4-5 for Kennedy, followed by Tara Mittelberg in eighth place and Lauren Meyer in ninth.

Kate Kaster of Clinton High School won the 4-kilomer race in 15 minutes, 5.70 seconds. Shannon Gorman of Cedar Rapids Washington was second in 15:29.54.

Washington finished third in the girls team race, Xavier was seventh and the Linn-Mar junior varsity placed eighth.

Trevor Oates of Kennedy finished second in the boys 5-kilometer race in 16:30.88. Calvin Daack of Dubuque Hempstead won the race in 16:12.73.

Ryan Walker of Kennedy ran fifth, Tyler Chlystun of Linn-Mar was sixth and Jay Halverson of Linn-Mar was ninth.

Hempstead won the boys race. The Linn-Mar junior varsity was third, Kennedy fourth, Xavier sixth and the Washington junior varsity eighth.

EASTERN IOWA CROSS COUNTRY CLASSIC
At Tuma Soccer Complex
Girls Standings

1. Kennedy 24, 2. Wahlert 55, 3. Washington 108, 4. Iowa City High 121, 5.
Iowa City Regina 128, 6. Hempstead 154, 7. Xavier 159, 8. Linn-Mar JV 166.

Boys Standings

1. Hempstead 56, 2. Wahlert 64, 3. Linn-Mar JV 79, 4. Kennedy 99, 5. Iowa
City High 104, 6. Xavier 142, 7. Iowa City Regina 173, 8. Washington JV
233, 9. Clinton 245.

Girls Top 10 Individuals
4K

1. Kate Kaster (Clinton) 15:05.70; 2. Shannon Gorman (CRW) 15:29.54; 3.
Jessica Rodman (CRK) 15:38.82; 4. Katie Wampole (CRK) 15:39.75; 5. Alyssa
Averhoff (CRK) 15:45.47; 6. Lauren Rusch (Wahlert) 15:57.41; 7. Allison
Siglin (ICH) 16:02.95; 8. Tara Mittelberg (CRK) 16:04.92; 9. Lauren Meyer
(CRK) 16:09.12; 10. Maddie Heiar (Wahlert) 16:15.72.

Boys Top 10 Individuals
5K

1. Calvin Daack (Hempstead) 16:12.73; 2. Trevor Oates (CRK) 16:30.88; 3.
Brien Nugent (Wahlert) 16:37.99; 4. Buddy Franson (Wahlert) 16:47.06; 5.
Ryan Walker (CRK) 16:49.62; 6. Tyler Chlystun (LM) 16:59.20; 7. Bryan Case
(Hempstead) 17:02.35; 8. David Crompton (ICR) 17:03.83; 9. Jay Halverson
(LM) 17:09.29; 10. Nick Klein (Hempstead) 17:10.91.

Kennedy Girls
3. Jessica Rodman 15:38.82, 4. Katie Wampole 15:39.75; 5. Alyssa Averhoff
15:45.47; 8. Tara Mittelberg 16:04.92; 9. Lauren Meyer 16:09.12; 14.
Alexis Bernstein 16:30.77; 23. Megan Terukina 16:41.54; 51. Emma Moss
17:16.80; 59. Carolyn Stone 17:29.64; 61. Sarah Manders 17:40.96.

Washington Girls
2. Shannon Gorman 15:29.54; 19. Katie Karamitros 16:35.19; 22. Anna Kline
16:37.73; 31. Madison Stuckenschneider 16:50.01; 40. Kylie Coutentos
17:04.68; 44. Jackie Hughes 17:09.61; 52. Joslyn Ross 17:17.30; 64. Sam
Stuer 17:47.13; 69. Megan Muller 18:04.78; 72. Mikayla Frye 18:15.51.

Xavier Girls
16. Allison Pitz 16:32.03; 17. Sarah Chicchelly 16:33.41; 42. Kim
Leskovec 17:05.22; 43. Marinna Schroud 17:08.59; 49. Ann Glavan 17:15.62;
57. Haylee Burns 17:27.97; 58. Lauren Smith 17:28.88; 60. Lauren French
17:37.04; 62. Katy Ropp 17:42.18; 65. Taylor Oakley 17:55.73.

Linn-Mar Girls

21. Olivia Miller 16:35.92; 30. Haley Berry 16:48.25; 33. Taylor Robertson
16:54.73; 39. Kennedy Japenga 17:04.33; 50. Brooke Almasi 17:16.05; 53.
Kelsey Brandt 17:18.39; 56. Bella Feller 17:26.95.

Linn-Mar Boys

6. Tyler Chlystun 16:59.20; 9. Jay Halverson 17:09.29; 15. Brandon Decker
17:20.35; 18. Ryan Anderson 17:30.37; 31. Brady Bisgard 17:51.34; 38.
Noah Decker 17:57.60; 48. Josh Wick 18:08.33.

Kennedy Boys

2. Trevor Oates 16:30.88; 5. Ryan Walker 16:49.62; 19. Austin Trotter
17:32.58; 34. Matthew Stevens 17:53.99; 41. Seth Kirkegaard 18:01.18; 42.
Zach Grobstich 18:02.34; 58. Evan Couch 18:24.57; 63. Taylor Moss
18:34.09; 64. Bryton Heisler 18:34.92; 67. Chandler Heisler 18:48.52.

Xavier Boys

11. Ben Schueler 17:14.96; 25. Luke Koechner 17:40.37; 29. Grant Hunt
17:48.14; 36. Daniel Pape 17:56.25; 44. Connor Marks 18:04.44; 45. Evan
Gradoville 18:05.43; 52. Jacob Schmitt 18:09.90; 71. Hunter Wille
18:55.61; 74. Evan Bednar 19:09.56.

Washington Boys

39. Matt Wittman 17:58.18; 50. Devin Dills 18:09.09; 53. Robbie Gearhart
18:10.36; 54. Weston Burdt 18:12.31; 60. Sam Kline 18:28.78; 69. Wyatt
Forster 18:50.97; 73. Nick Hansen 19:06.79; 75. Sam Werner 19:18.09; 80.
Mason Buonadonna 19:42.48; 82. Nicolas Corbett 19:44.89.

Kennedy girls win Cedar Falls Invitational

CEDAR FALLS - Kennedy had three runners finish in the top 10 Thursday, propelling the Cougars to the championship of the Rich Engel Classic girls cross country meet.

Katie Wampole finished fourth, Alyssa Averhoff eighth and Lauren Meyer 10th for the Cougars.

Washington finished sixth, the Linn-Mar junior varsity ninth and Jefferson was 15th in the 16-team field.

Washington's Shannon Gorman finished sixth.

Waverly-Shell Rock's Anna Holdiman won the 4k race in 14 minutes, 45 seconds.

RICH ENGEL CLASSIC
At Birdsall Park

Team Standings
1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 51; 2. Cedar Falls 70; 3. Decorah 87; 4. Dubuque Senior 108; 5. Dubuque Wahlert 124; 6. Cedar Rapids Washington 161; 7. Waverly Shell-Rock 194; 8. Denver 233; 9. Linn-Mar JV 262; 10. Muscatine 272; 11. South Winneshiek 305; 12. Dike-New Hartford 358; 13. Mason City 371; 14. Charles City 385; 15. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 414; 16. New Hampton 502.

Top 10 individuals
1. Anna Holdiman (WSR) 14:45; 2. Brianna King (CF) 15:06; 3. Kelsey Kirchoff (Den) 15:17; 4. Katie Wampole (CRK) 15:19; 5. Shannon Gorman (CRW) 15:20; 6. Shana Kelly (Decorah) 15:26; 7. Hannah Savage (CF) 15:30; 8. Alyssa Averhoff (CRK) 15:31, 9. Brinn Anderson (Decorah) 15:32; 10. Lauren Meyer (CRK) 15:38.

KENNEDY (51): 4. Wampole 15:19, 8. Averhoff 15:31, 10. Meyer 15:38, 11. Jessica Rodman 15:42, 18. Tara Mittelberg 15:54, 47. Carolyn Stone 16:35, 52. Alexis Bernstein 16:41

WASHINGTON (161): 5. Gorman 15:20, 30. Colby Bjornsen 16:17, 37. Katie Karamitros 16:23, 41. Morgan Stuckenschneider 16:28, 48. Anna Kline 16:35, 54. Kylie Coutentos 16:46

LINN-MAR JV (262): 40. Olivia Miller 16:27, 42. Sydney Johnston 16:29, 57. Taylor Robertson 16:52, 59. Kennedy Japenga 16:53, 64. Brooke Almasi 17:05, 77. Kelsey Brandt 17:25, 83. Katie Rakers 17:44

JEFFERSON (414): 56. Rachel Sedlacek 16:52, 73. Michelle Zikes 17:19, 91. Bethany Polansky 17:57, 94. Carson Burgart 18:09, 100. Rachel Broghammer 18:49, 104. Jennifer McDowell 19:16