Beavers and Wildcats Run At Iowa City State Qualifying Meet

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor


  IOWA CITY — The Wilton and Durant girl’s cross-country teams ran at one of five Class 1A state qualifying meets last week in Iowa City. The meet was at Iowa City Kickers Sports Complex and had 14 teams. Two of them, were of local interest, the Wilton Beavers and the Durant Wildcats. At the meet, both however, would see their seasons end as neither qualified for state this week in Fort Dodge or had any individual state meet qualifiers.

  The Beavers placed sixth with a team score of 173 while Durant placed tenth with a team score of 256. Class 1A No. 2 Iowa City Regina won the meet with a team score of 36. No. 8 Starmont placed second with 76 points and No. 7 Pekin was third with 81 points. North Mahaska’s Cheyenne Shaw won the race in a time of 20:35.

  Wilton was led by Emmy Drake who placed 19th in 22:59 and Linsey Ford who placed 26th in 23:21. Two other Wilton runners placed in the top-40 finishers. Franchesca Owens placed 31st in 23:52 and Abbi Brown placed 35th in 24:05. Other Wilton finishers were 62nd, Meggan Hook in 27:05; 68th, Lindsey Randolph in 27:33; and 70th, Ansley Boorn in 28:01.

  Durant was led by Ellie Berry’s 30th place finish in 23:49 and Tori Novinski’s 39th place finish in 24:33. Other Durant finishers were 55th, Ella Mundt in 26:10; 59th, Heidi Wolf in 26:24; 73th, Kyrnan Liske-Rochholz in 28:31; and 77th, Kerrigan Johnson in 29:47.


Class 1A State Qualifier Meet
At Iowa City Regina
Thursday, October 18

Girl’s Team Scores: 1. Iowa City Regina 36, 2. Starmont 76, 3. Pekin 81, 4. Prince of Peace 129, 5. Highland 172, 6. Wilton 173, 7. IMS 212, 8. English Valleys 219, 9. Montezuma 254, 10. Durant 256, 11. Wapello 259, 12. Cardinal 278, 13. BGM 288, 14. Sigourney 311.

Top-15 Finishers:
1. Cheyenne Shaw (North Mahaska) 20:35, 2. Annalee Bartels (ICR) 21:10, 3. Elise Boulton (MONTE) 21:22, 4. Madison Thomann (H) 21:32, 5. Josie Voss (ICR) 21:32, 6. Kenna Meisgeier (S) 21:45, 7. Sophie Griffen (POP) 21:54, 8. Kaelyn Goodsman (POP) 21:54, 9. Maeve Dunne (ICR) 22:05, 10. Makenzie Plagman (S) 22:08, 11. Lauren Dersheid (P) 22:12, 12. Kennedy Scott (ICR) 22:13, 13. Molly Vittetoe (ICR) 22:13, 14. Leah Bontrager (IMS) 22:14, 15. Emily Laumeyer (P) 22:20.


Individual Team Scores:
WILTON (173): 19. Emmy Drake 22:59, 26. Linsey Ford 23:21, 31. Franchesca Owens 23:52, 35. Abbi Brown 24:05, 62. Meggan Hook 27:05, 68. Lindsey Randolph 27:33, 70. Ansley Boorn 28:01.

DURANT (256): 30. Ellie Berry 23:49, 39. Tori Novinski 24:33, 55.Ella Mundt 26:10, 59. Heidi Wolf 26:24, 73. Kyrnan Liske-Rochholz 28:31, 77. Kerrigan Johnson 29:47.