Linn-Mar Girls Cross Country

Lions roar to girls Mississippi Division title

DUBUQUE - All five Linn-Mar girls finished in the top seven, led by Carolyn Newhouse, Morgan Uridil and Rachel Perry, and the Lions breezed the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Division cross country meet title Thursday at the Dubuque Soccer Complex.

Newhouse, Uridil and Perry finished 1-2-3. Brooklynn Kascel was fifth and Maddie Saville seventh for the Lions. Newhouse ran the 4k course in 14 minutes, 52 seconds and was chased across the line by her teammates. Uridil and Perry both were timed in 15:01, Kascel finished in 15:07 and Saville recorded a 15:16.

Linn-Mar had 18 points. Iowa City High finished second with 54 and Kennedy was third with 76. Dubuque Senior (114), Dubuque Wahlert (116), Washington (139) and Waterloo West (210) rounded out the scoring.

Linn-Mar came into the meet ranked second in the state in Class 4A. The Lions won the MVC Super Meet a week earlier.

Jessica Rodman, Alyssa Averhoff and Katie Wampole finished 6-8-10 for Kennedy.

Washington's top finisher was Shannon Gorman in ninth.

MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION MEET
At Dubuque Soccer Complex

Teams
1. Linn-Mar 18, 2. Iowa City High 54, 3. Kennedy 76, 4. Dubuque Senior 114, 5. Dubuque Wahlert 116, 6. CR Washington 139, 7. Waterloo West 210

Individuals
1. Carolyn Newhouse (LM)          14:52
2. Morgan Uridil (LM)                  15:01
3. Rachel Perry (LM)                    15:01
4. Courtney Bruns (ICH)              15:04
5. Brooklynn Kascel (LM)             15:07
6. Jessica Rodman (CRK)              15:14
7. Maddie Saville (LM)                  15:16
8. Alyssa Averhoff (CRK)              15:16
9. Shannon Gorman (CRW)          15:20
10. Katie Wampole (CRK)             15:25

LINN-MAR
1. Carolyn Newhouse            14:52
2. Morgan Uridil                    15:01
3. Rachel Perry                     15:01
5. Brooklynn Kascel              15:07
7. Maddie Saville                   15:16
18. Caitlin Novak                   15:50
28. Olivia Miller                     16:20

KENNEDY
6. Jessica Rodman                 15:14
8. Alyssa Averhoff                 15:16
10. Katie Wampole                15:25
25. Tara Mittelberg               16:09
27. Lauren Meyer                  16:16
35. Megan Terukina              16:43
42. Alexis Bernstein               17:25

WASHINGTON
9. Shannon Gorman               15:20
29. Katie Karamitros             16:20
31. Madison Stuckenschneide 16:24
32. Colby Bjornsen                  16:30
38. Morgan Stuckenschneide 16:59
39. Anna Kline                          17:03
45. Joslyn Ross                         17:45

Linn-Mar girls capture 1st MVC crown

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.

Newhouse wins, Lions dominate Linn-Mar Invitational

Linn-Mar sophomore Josh Evans is not merely the top cross country runner in the Mississippi Valley Conference anymore.

He's now one of the best runners in the state and has been ranked No. 1 by the Iowa Track Coaches Association the past two weeks.

Evans showed why Tuesday when he won the Linn-Mar Invitational at the Tuma Soccer Complex by 29 seconds.

Evans vaulted to the No. 1 spot in the state rankings after a strong second-place showing Sept. 17 at the Heartland Classic in Ames, where he beat runners who had been ranked 1-2 in Iowa.

Evans climbed from No. 3 to No. 1 in last week's rankings based on that strong performance in Ames and stayed No. 1 in this week's poll. He's just a sophomore and still only 15 years old, yet he's already considered the top distance runner in Iowa.

"It's pretty cool to see that," he said Tuesday after winning the Linn-Mar Invitational in 15 minutes, 34 seconds over the flat 5-kilometer course. "It will be fun the next couple of years."

Cole Decker of Dowling Catholic had been ranked No. 1 in the state, but Evans beat him by 16 seconds at the Heartland Classic.

"I was pretty amazed," Evans said. "I'm figuring he probably had some kind of an off-day. I did not see that coming. I figured he'd be right with me.

"I was really nervous," he said. "I was thinking he was going to run away with it. I kept waiting for him to make a move. He's going to be right with me at state, I know that much."

The state meet is scheduled for Oct. 29 in Fort Dodge.

Ben Anderson of West Des Moines Valley was ranked No. 2 in the state prior to the Heartland Classic, but Evans beat him by eight seconds. Anderson stayed No. 2 in the rankings and Decker fell to No. 3.

Evans finished second in the Heartland Classic, finishing behind a runner from Minnesota. It became a battle for second place among Evans, Decker, Anderson and a few others.

"It was a lot of fun," Evans said. "It was a great course. We had a good battle going between me and Cole and Ben Anderson for 2 1/2 miles.

"I just pulled away around one turn and the guy from Minnesota caught me, but it was really a lot of fun. It was a great course to run on."

Evans has won all of his races this fall against Iowans, mostly by wide margins.

"At the start of the season I didn't see this coming," he said. "But now I'm just thinking I need to be with the front group and I just go from there."

He's looking forward to competing for a state title next month and possibly winning the race.

"I hope so," he said. "I'm definitely looking to contend for that, for sure."

There were only five schools in the Linn-Mar Invitational Tuesday, and all the guests ended up chasing Linn-Mar.

The Lions won the boys title with 37 points, trimming Prairie (45) and Washington (52). Jacob Aune of Prairie finished second and Robert Hogg of Washington was third.

Carolyn Newhouse led the Linn-Mar girls to their title by winning her 4-kilometer race in 14 minutes, 56 seconds. She beat teammate Rachel Perry by 22 seconds. The Lions finished 1-2-3-4-6 to run away with the team title.

LINN-MAR INVITATIONAL
Tuma Soccer Complex

Boys Team Standings

1. Linn-Mar 37, 2. Prairie 45, 3. Washington 52, 4. Marion 92, 5. Xavier 141.

Girls Team Standings

1. Linn-Mar 16, Prairie 58, 3. Washington 66, 4. Xavier 95, 5. Marion 142.

Boys Top 10
5K

1. Josh Evans (LM) 15:34, 2. Jacob Aune (CRP) 16:03, 3. Robert Hogg (CRW) 16:08, 4. Mitch Pritts (CRP) 16:08, 5. Chase Grabau (LM) 16:23, 6. Lukas Mees (MAR) 16:28, 7. Laurent Hakizimana (CRW) 16:34, 8. Daniel Murphy (LM) 16:37, 9. Zach Waite (CRP) 16:39, 10. Bryce Poellet (LM) 16:42.

Girls Top 10
4K

1. Carolyn Newhouse (LM) 14:56, 2. Rachel Perry (LM) 15:18, 3. Morgan Uridil (LM) 15:18, 4. Brooklynn Kascel (LM) 15:20, 5. Shannon Gorman (CRW) 15:24, 6. Maddie Saville (LM) 15:33, 7. Bree Gaster (CRP) 15:50, 8. Caitlin Novak (LM) 16:13, 9. Beth Heims (CRP) 16:21, 10. Anastasia Jordan (CRP) 16:26.

Boys Teams

Linn-Mar: 1. Josh Evans 15:34, 5. Chase Grabau 16:23, 8. Daniel Murphy 16:37, 10. Bryce Poellet 16:42, 13. Kyle Read 17:05, 14. Tanner Rathje 17:06.

Prairie: 2. Jacob Aune 16:03, 4. Mitch Pritts 16:08, 9. Zach Waite 16:39, 12. Isaiah Vlasek 17:03, 18. Christian Counts-Chopli 17:20, 23. Walker Thompson 17:42, 25. Derek Wheatley 18:03.

Washington: 3. Robert Hogg 16:08, 7. Laurent Hakizimana 16:34, 11. Joe Berry 16:44, 15. Matt Wittman 17:07, 16. Jon Rockwell 17:12, 17. Trevor Luebe 17:13, 24. Blair Burdt 17:48.

Marion: 6. Lukas Mees 16:28, 19. Cole Kuethe 17:25, 20. Greg Sam 17:32, 21. Peter Rethwisch 17:37, 26. Isaac Smith 18:22, 28. Jordan Garthwaite 18:45, 30. Colton Forster 19:05.

Xavier: 22. Luke Koechner 17:42, 27. Hunter Wille 18:36, 29. Evan Bednar 18:59, 31. Brandon Gradoville 19:27, 32. Bryce Volk 19:33, 33. Jacob Herndon 19:43.

Girls Teams

Linn-Mar: 1. Carolyn Newhouse 14:56, 2. Rachel Perry 15:18, 3. Morgan Uridil 15:18, 4. Brooklynn Kascel 15:20, 6. Maddie Saville 15:33, 8. Caitlin Novak 16:13, 13. Sydney Johnston 16:37.

Prairie: 7. Bree Gaster 15:50, 9. Beth Heims 16:21, 10. Anastasia Jordan 16:26, 15. Amanda Wever 16:46, 17. Maddie Rainey 16:55, 22. Brittney England 17:27, 27. Anna Rubsam 17:43.

Washington: 5. Shannon Gorman 15:24, 11. Katie Karamitros 16:28, 14. Morgan Stuckenschneider 16:45, 16. Madison Stuckenschneider 16:52, 20. Anna Kline 17:06, 24. Kylie Coutentos 17:31, 28. Taylor Temple 17:46.

Xavier: 12. Sarah Chicchelly 16:30, 18. Ann Glavan 17:00, 19. Marinna Schroud 17:00, 21. Lauren Smith 17:27, 25. Haylee Burns 17:32, 29. Kim Leskovec 17:47.

Marion: 23. Ellen Cannon 17:30, 26. Tara Zumwalt 17:36, 30. Alexis Timp 18:02, 31. Grace Ehlinger 18:11, 32. Michaela Jacobs 18:12, 33. Sam Livingston 18:27, 34. Abby Kolarick 18:28.

Linn-Mar girls 2nd at Heartland Classic

AMES - Linn-Mar sophomore Josh Evans beat the top-ranked runners in Iowa Saturday and finished second at the prestigious Heartland Classic cross country meet in Ames.

Josh Thorson of Wayzata, Minn., won the race in 15 minutes, 31 seconds. Evans placed second in 15:44, making him the top finisher among all Iowans in the meet.

Dowling Catholic senior Cole Decker, the top-ranked runner in Iowa, placed fifth Saturday. West Des Moines Valley junior Ben Anderson, who is ranked second in the state, finished third.

Evans was ranked third in the state this past week but could vault to No.1 with his impressive showing Saturday.

Linn-Mar finished fifth in the boys standings out of 25 teams. Dowling Catholic won the title, followed by Wayzata (Minn.), Edina (Minn.), Shawnee Mission South (Kan.) and the Lions. Teams from five states competed in the meet.

Jacob Aune of Prairie placed ninth out of 171 runners in 16:18. Mitch Pritts of Prairie finished 12th in 16:25, helping the Hawks place ninth in the team standings.

The Linn-Mar girls finished in second place out of 27 teams in their race Saturday. Dowling Catholic won the title with 45 points, followed by the Lions (87) and Bettendorf (112). Prairie was 17th.

Linn-Mar senior Carolyn Newhouse finished fifth out of 185 runners in 14:34. The Lions placed five runners in the top-25 with Brooklyn Kascel 18th, Morgan Uridil 19th, Maddie Saville 22nd and Rachel Perry 23rd.

6TH ROOSEVELT HEARTLAND CLASSIC
Iowa State Course

Boys Team Standings

1. Dowling Catholic 122, 2. Wayzata (Minn.) 155, 3. Edina (Minn.) 155, 4. Shawnee Mission South (Kan.) 159, 5. Linn-Mar 175, 6. Liberty (Mo.) 200, 7. Ames 214, 8. Iowa City West 220, 9. Prairie 257, 10. Fremont (Neb.) 264, 11. Waukee 299, 12. West Des Moines Valley 304, 13. Pella 309, 14. Indianola 326, 15. Shawnee Mission Northwest (Kan.) 362, 16. Millard North (Neb.) 405, 17. Bettendorf 427, 18. Shawnee Mission North (Kan.) 441, 19. Johnston 464, 20. DM Roosevelt 478, 21. Ankeny 509, 22. Blue Valley North
(Kan.) 575, 23. Lincoln North Star (Neb.) 625, 24. DM Lincoln 804, 25. DM Hoover 823.

Girls Team Standings

1. Dowling Catholic 45, 2. Linn-Mar 87, 3. Bettendorf 112, 4. Wayzata (Minn.) 147, 5. West Des Moines Valley 185, 6. Waukee 188, 7. Shawnee Mission Northwest (Kan.) 200, 8. DM Roosevelt 213, 9. IC West 221, 10. Cedar Falls 274, 11. Ankeny 278, 12. Johnston 300, 13. Liberty (Mo.) 383, 14. Dallas Center-Grimes 411, 15. Ames 421, 16. Pella 458, 17. Prairie 461, 18. Millard North (Neb.) 507, 19. Eastview (Minn.) 519, 20. Indianola 535, 21. Blue Valley North (Kan.) 570, 22. Fremont (Neb.) 616, 23. Shawnee Mission North (Kan.) 652, 24. Lincoln North Star (Neb.) 684, 25. Shawnee Mission South (Kan.) 722, 26. Omaha Marian (Neb.) 730, 27. DM Hoover (876).

Top 15 Boys

1. Josh Thorson, Wayzata (Minn.)           15:31
2. Josh Evans, Linn-Mar                         15:44
3. Ben Anderson, WDM Valley                15:52
4. Danny Aldaba, Fremont (Neb.)            15:55
5. Cole Decker, Dowling                    16:00
6. Connor Olson, Wayzata (Minn.)           16:02
7. Mohamed Hamden, Lincoln (Neb.)          16:12
8. Zach Buchheit, Pella                    16:17
9. Jacob Aune, Prairie                     16:18
10. Shannon Hall, Liberty (Mo.)            16:19
11. Kirk Bado, Shawnee Mission (Kan.)      16:22
12. Mitch Pritts, Prairie                  16:25
13. Scott Leonard, Shawnee Mission (Kan.)  16:25
14. Arturo Garcia, Fremont (Neb.)          16:25
15. Ryan Cox, Millard (Neb.)               16:26

Top 15 Girls

1. Madison Waymire, Dallas Center-Grimes   14:06
2. Karissa Schweizer, Dowling              14:25
3. Mahnee Watts, Bettendorf                14:32
4. Emma Huston, DM Roosevelt               14:33
5. Carolyn Newhouse, Linn-Mar              14:34
6. Anna Peer, Bettendorf                   14:36
7. Pombie Silverman, IC West               14:40
8. Vanessa Miller, Dowling                 14:41
9. Jeralyn Poe, Lincoln (Neb.)             14:43
10. Grace Gibbons, Dowling                 14:48
11. Anna French, Wayzata (Minn.)           14:48
12. Alexandra Vaughan, Dowling             14:50
13. Hannah Thomas, Dowling                 14:51
14. Megan Nickles, Bettendorf              14:55
15. Grace Vander Welde, WDM Valley         14:55

Linn-Mar Boys Results

2. Josh Evans 15:44, 22. Chase Grabau 16:36, 43. Kyle Read 16:51, 53. Bryce Poellet 16:59, 55. Daniel Murphy 17:00, 72. Matt Simon 17:16, 125. Keegan Cook 18:01.

Prairie Boys Results

9. Jacob Aune 16:18, 12. Mitch Pritts 16:25, 46. Zach Waite 16:53, 92. Christi Counts-Choplick 17:31, 98. Walker Thompson 17:39, 143. Juan Loera 18:31, 153. Sean Koopman 18:58.

Linn-Mar Girls Results

5. Carolyn Newhouse 14:34, 18. Brooklyn Kascel 14:59, 19. Morgan Uridil 15:00, 22. Maddie Saville 15:07, 23. Rachel Perry 15:08, 63. Caitlin Novak 15:48, 130. Haley Berry 16:43.

Prairie Girls Results

53. Bree Gaster 15:38, 79. Amanda Weyer 16:01, 98. Beth Heims 16:12, 112. Maddie Rainey 16:21, 119. Katie Costigan 16:26, 132. Anastasia Jordan 16:44, 174. Anna Rubsam 17:53.