Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Bierman, Montz Earn State Bids With top-15 Finishes



IOWA CITY — Two Cedar County runners finished in the top-15 overall finishers to earn trips to the state cross-country meet this Saturday in Fort Dodge.  Tipton freshman Rachel Bierman placed 14th overall in a time of 22:24 and North Cedar junior Carly Montz finished 11th overall in 22:10 to earn state trips.  The duo were two of 11 River Valley Conference runners to qualify for the state meet as individuals out of the top-15.  Monticello had five runners place in the top-15 places on their way to a meet win as a team.  The Panthers scored a team low 26 points, 53 ahead of the second placed team, Iowa City Regina.  Danville narrowly beat out North Cedar to claim the third qualifying team out of the meet.  Danville scored 107 points while the Knights scored 109.  Tipton placed 5th with 136 team points.
The Tigers nearly had another runner join Bierman at state this week.  Fellow freshman Kallie Wallick ran a fantastic race and found herself in a dogfight of an end to the race.  There, Monticello’s Emily Schlarmann edged her at the finish line by .43 seconds.  Wallick placed 16th in 22:27.44 while Schlarmann placed 15th in 22:27.01.  Three Tipton seniors placed in the 30’s with Tiffany Schott placing 31st in 23:52, Zoe Rezac placing 38th in 24:37 and Alyssa Elijah placing 39th in 24:50.  Sophomore Ashley Curry placed 44th in 25:07 and freshman Halle McCullough placed 50th in 25:57.
The Knights had three top-30 runners behind Montz.  Senior Tessa Fields  placed 17th in 22:29, Kiley Chapman placed 21st in 23:07 and Cassie Cox placed 25th in 23:26.  Other North Cedar finishers were Grace Proesch 36th, Haley Fall 65th and Karly Cerda 68th.
The state cross-country meet is this Saturday in Fort Dodge Iowa.

Iowa City State Qualifying Meet
Thursday, October 19
Iowa City, IA
Girl’s Team Results: 1. Monticello 26, 2. Iowa City Regina 79, 3. Danville 107, 4. North Cedar 109, 5. Tipton 136, 6. East Marshall 164, 7. Camanche 177, 8. Mediapolis 190, 9. Central Lee 251, 10. Dyersville-Beckman 270, 11. NE Goose Lake 281, 12. Wapello 299.

Top-15 Individuals - State Individual Qualifiers:
1. Paige Holub (MONTI) 20:47, 2. Taylor McDonald (MONTI) 21:22, 3. Lexi Brown (Danville) 21:25, 4. Gabrielle Steiner (MONTI) 21:26, 5. Jordyn Patterson (MONTI) 21:41, 6. Addy Parrott (Danville) 21:42, 7. Allison Renfro (MEPO) 21:48, 8. Jimena Fierro (WL) 21:51, 9. Carly Haskel (NEGL) 21:54, 10. Alyssa Pfadenhauer (Danville) 22:08, 11. Carly Montz (NC) 22:10, 12. Kennedy Scott (IC Regina) 22:18, 13. Molly Vittetoe (IC Regina) 22:22, 14. Rachel Bierman (Tipton) 22:24, 15. Emily Schlarmann (MONTI) 22:27.

Individual Team Results:
MONTICELLO (26): 1. Paige Holub 20:47, 2. Taylor McDonald 21:22, 4. Gabrielle Steiner 21:26, 5. Jordyn Patterson 21:41, 15. Emily Schlarmann 22:27, 27. Rachel Larabee 23:35, 35. Anna Loes 24:21.

IOWA CITY REGINA (79): 12. Kennedy Scott 22:18, 13. Molly Vittetoe  22:22, 16. Lauren Gaarde 22:28, 18. Norah Abusada 22:39, 22. Emma Welter 23:15, 23. Bree Balke 23:16, 33. Natalie Sueppel 24:17.

DANVILLE (107): 3. Lexi Brown 21:25, 6. Addy Parrott 21:42, 10. Alyssa Pfadenhauer 22:08, 43. Lilly Garnsey 25:06, 46. Breanna Teel 25:25, 54. Allyson Farley 26:43, 55. Elaina Johnson 26:45.

NORTH CEDAR (109):  11. Carly Montz 22:10,17. Tessa Fields 22:29, 21. Kiley Chapman 23:07, 25. Cassie Cox 23:26, 36. Grace Proesch 24:27, 65. Haley Fall 27:31, 68. Karly Cerda 28:05.

TIPTON (136): 14. Rachel Bierman 22:24, 16. Kallie Wallick 22:27, 31. Tiffany Schott 23:52, 38. Zoe Rezac 24:37, 39. Alyssa Elijah 24:50, 44. Ashlyn Curry 25:07, 50. Halle McCullough 25:57.

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