Tigers Place 8th At Monticello Invitational

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor

  MONTICELLO — The Tipton girl’s cross-country team placed 8th at the Monticello Invitational last Saturday. There, the Tigers placed 8th as a team with 182 points. The Tigers were 11 points out of 7th place.

  Three ranked class 2A teams took the top-3 spots in the team race at the meet. Top-ranked Mid-Prairie won the meet by scoring 64 points. 10th ranked Jesup was second with 102 points and 12th ranked Springville-Central City was third with 105 team points. The meet featured six River Valley Conference teams.

  Tipton was led by Kallie Wallick with a 13th place finish in 21:14. Rachel Bierman placed 22nd in 21:52 and Alyssa Mente placed 35th in 22:29 to give Tipton three, top-40 finishers. Other Tiger finishers were 52nd Becca Stroup in 23:29, 60th Halle McCollough in 23:50, 67th Ashlyn Curry in 24:33, and 80th Ali Nash in 25:27.

  Wilton placed 13th in the team race with 360 points. Linsey Ford was the top Beaver runner to finish, placing 41st in 22:45. Emmy Drake was next with a 63rd place finish in 24:10. Other Wilton finishers were Franchesca Owens 83rd, Lindsey Randolph 84th, Ansley Boorn 89th and Meggan Hook 91st.

Tigers Run At Home In 11-Team Invitational
  TIPTON — The Tipton girl’s cross-country team placed 5th out of 11 scoring teams at their annual home invitational cross-country meet last Tuesday. There, the Tigers had two runners place in the top-10 to lead the way. Tipton scored 126 points, three points out of fourth and 12 points out of third place in the team standings.

  Solon won the meet with 45 points followed by Iowa City Regina second with 65 and Cascade third with 114 points.

  Kallie Wallick and Rachel Bierman placed 6th and 9th to lead Tipton. Wallick finished the race in 21:54 and Bierman in 22:29. Two Tipton runners placed in the 30’s with Alyssa Mente finishing 32st and Becca Stroup 35th. Other Tipton finishers were Ashlyn Curry 44th, Halle McCollough 46th and Ali Nash 54th.

  Wilton placed 9th as a team at the meet. Emmy Drake led Wilton finishers with a 29th place finish in 24:04. Linsey Ford placed 38th in 25:25 to give Wilton two, top-40 finishers. Other Wilton finishers were Abby Brown 53rd, Franchesca Owens 62nd, Lindsey Randolph 65th, Ansley Boorn 66th and Meggan Hook 67th.

  Durant placed 11th at the meet with 269 points. Ellie Berry led Durant with a 36th place finish in 24:26. Tori Novinski and Krynan-Liske-Rochholz placed 55th and 57th in 27:28 and 28:09.

  North Cedar did not have enough runners to place as a team. The Knights top finisher was Carly Montz who placed 11th in 22:37. Kiley Chapman placed 19th in 23:17 to give the Knights two, top-20 finishers.

Tipton Invitational
Tuesday, September 4
At Tipton City Park
Tipton, IA
Varsity Girls Team Scores: 1. Solon 45, 2. Iowa City Regina 65, 3. Cascade 114, 4. Anamosa
123, 5. Tipton 126, 6. DeWitt 131, 7. North Linn 176, 8. Clear Creek-Amana 208, 9. Wilton 247,
10. Camanche 264, 11. Durant 269. No Team Scores: Clinton, North Cedar, Northeast,
Wapello, West Liberty.

Top-10 Finishers: 1. Madeline Romberg (CAS) 21:18, 2. Maeve Dunne (ICR) 21:32, 3. Kiersten
Conway (S) 21:37, 4. Hannah Bridgewater (NL) 21:49, 5. Josie Voss (ICR) 21:53, 6. Kallie
Wallick (T) 21:54, 7. Emma Bock (S) 22:12, 8. Kyle Irwin (DW) 22:20, 9. Jimena Fierro (WL)
22:25, 10. Rachel Bierman (T) 22:29.

Individual Team Results:

SOLON (45): 3. Kirersten Conway 21:37, 7. Emma Bock 22:12, 10. Nicole Shafer 22:39, 12.
Ella Duster 22:47, 13. Erin Kerkhoff 22:59, 14. Kaia Holtkamp 23:01, 17. Saige Hauer 23:18.

IOWA CITY REGINA (65): 2. Maeve Dunne 21:32, 5. Josie Voss 21:53, 15. Annalee Bartles
23:16, 20. Mary Catherine Graff 23:23, 23. Josie Pursley 23:36, 27. Molly Vittetoe 23:56, 39.
Kennedy Scott 25:27.

CASCADE (114): 1. Madeline Romberg 21:18, 16. Madison Kelchen 23:17, 24. Emma Oswinkle
23:43, 30. Marie Knepper 24:07, 43. Shannon Morris 25:49, 58. Skylar Dolphin 28:39.

TIPTON (126): 6. Kallie Wallick 21:54, 9. Rachel Bierman 22:29, 32. Alyssa Mente 24:21, 35.
Becca Stroup 24:30, 44. Ashlyn Curry 26:06, 46. Halle McCollough 26:19, 54. Ali Nash 27:09.

WILTON (247): 29. Emmy Drake 24:04, 38. Linsey Ford 25:25, 53. Abby Brown 27:01, 62.
Franchesca Owens 30:37, 65. Lindsey Randolph 31:31, 66. Ansley Boorn 32:15, 67. Meggan Hook 32:44.

DURANT (269): 36. Ellie Berry 24:46, 55. Tori Novinski 27:28, 57. Krynan-Liske-Rochholz
28:09, 60. Heidi Wolf 29:25, 61. Ella Mundt 29:37, 68. Ellie Fuller-Long 33:58, 69. Kerrigan
Johnson 34:40.

NORTH CEDAR (NTS): 11. Carly Montz 22:37, 19. Kiley Chapman 23:17, 78. Karly Cerda
32:17.

Monticello Invitational
Saturday, September 8
Monticello, IA
Boys Team Scores: 1. Tipton 40, 2. Western Dubuque 74, 3. Monticello 93, 4. Center Point-Urbana 107, 5. Maquoketa Valley 150, 6. Jesup 202, 7. Mid-Prairie 211, 8. Davenport Assumption 214, 9. Cascade 222, 10. Springville-CC 225, 11. Wilton 282, 12. Anamosa 293, 13. North Linn 299, 14. Dyersville-Beckman 427.

Individual Team Finishes:
TIPTON (40): 1. Caleb Shumaker 16:53, 4. Trent Pelzer 17:18, 5. Ben Ellis 17:22, 14. Landon Hill 18:04, 16. Andrew Olseen 18:05, 24. Noah Jedlicka 18:46, 36. Gabe Peach 19:10.

WILTON (282): 7. Zach Hein 17:41, 54. Isaac Hunter 19:42, 67. Ethan Bailey 20:08, 70. Kael Brisker 20:18, 84. Mason Baker 22:11, 86. Gavin Reid 23:48.