CLASS 1A STATE XC: Earlham girls win team title and Woodbine’s Landon Bendgen is the individual boys champ

(Fort Dodge) ACGC’s bid for a repeat state title in cross country came up shy at the hands of Iowa City Regina. The Charger boys placed 2^nd in the Class 1A field at Fort Dodge on Friday morning. They scored 126  points. The winning total for the Regals was 102. Woodbine also found their way onto the deck with a 3^rd place team finish. The Tigers were led by individual champion Landon Bendgen. Other boys teams from an area conference in the 1A field included IKM-Manning 5^th, Ogden 6^th, St. Albert and Madrid 12^th.

Earlham (Pictured) earned a girls state championship, led by Mackenzie Harger’s 5^th place run. The Cardinals were followed by South Winneshiek and Sibley-Ocheyeden in the top three. Logan-Magnolia placed 4^th as a team, missing out on a team trophy based on a 6^th runner tie break. Madrid scored 246 points to place 10^th. IKM-Manning, in their 1^st ever state meet appearance, scored 254 to end up 11^th. Woodbine was 12^th with 260 points.

The boys individual top 15 was littered with Southwest Iowa runners. Landon Bendgen (Woodbine) and Caden Keller (IKM-Manning) went 1-2 with Patrick Heffernan (Boyer Valley) 4th and Colin Lillie (St. Albert) 8th. Placing 12th was ACGC’s Justin Reinhart.

ACGC’s Ava Campbell was the lone immediate coverage area runner in the girls race to finish in the top 15 with her 12^th place performance. Also of note were Earlham’s Mackenzie Harger in 5th, Madrid’s Katelyn Brandhorst 11th, and Woodbine’s Addison Murdock 14th.

Bedford’s Eli Johnson was the individual boys wheel chair champion.

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Full team scoring and area individual finishes are listed below the interviews.

Boys Team Scoring

1. Iowa City Regina 102
2. ACGC 126
3. Woodbine 132
4. Bellevue 164
5. IKM-Manning 181
6. Ogden 190
7. St. Albert 198
8. Edmond 205
9. Cascade 206
10. East Marshall 218
11. Lake Mills 263
12. Madrid 263
13. Clayton Ridge 283
14. North Mahaska 290
15. Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids 311
16. North Linn 315

Girls Team Scoring

1. Earlham 101
2. South Winneshiek 116
3. Sibley-Ocheyedan 151
4. Logan-Magnolia 151
5. Hudson 176
6. Alta-Aurelia 178
7. St. Edmond 196
8. North Linn 215
9. Pekin 245
10. Madrid 246
11. IKM-Manning 254
12. Woodbine 260
13. Iowa City Regina 268
14. Cascade 269
15. North Iowa Buffalo Center 285
16. North Tama 337

Area Boys Individuals

1. Landon Bendgen, Woodbine, 15:58
2. Caden Keller, IKM-Manning, 16:13
4. Patrick Heffernan, Boyer Valley, 16:21
8. Colin Lillie St. Albert, 16:35
12. Justin Reinhart, ACGC, 16:43.5
13. Carson Van Sickle, Ogden, 16:43.9
21. Andrew Mahaffey, ACGC, 17:00
23. Clay Warson, Madrid, 17:06
24. Doug Berg, Nodaway Valley, 17:10
34. Payton Van Sickle, Ogden, 17:26
35. Ronan Jimenez, SE Warren, 17:28
36. Gunner Wagner, Woodbine, 17:29
37. Owen Wise, St. Albert, 17:31
39. Reed Hinners, IKM-Manning, 17:33
44. Lane Vennink, Woodbine, 17:36
58. Mason McCready, Riverside, 17:49
59. Noah Kading, ACGC, 17:49
61. Carson Maly, Earlham, 17:55.2
62. Lane Sams, IKM-Manning, 17:55.5
63. Thomas Tremel, Woodbine, 17:55.5
65. Parker Heisterkamp, St. Albert, 17:57
67. Tyconder Ellis, ACGC, 17:59
69. Gavin Sloss, ACGC, 18:02
72. Bo Arrasmith, ACGC, 18:02
74. Lance Bunde, ACGC, 18:03
81. Jordan King, Ogden, 18:08
84. Jacob Driskill, East Union, 18:14
86. Eli Russo, Ogden, 18:18
90. Sean McGee, Tri-Center, 18:22
91. Nathan Johnson, IKM-Manning, 18:23
92. Adam Barry, Woodbine, 18:23
93. Blake Tiemeyer, Earlham, 18:25
101. Adam Denny, St. Albert, 18:34
108. Jude Benbow, Ogden, 1850
114. Kasche Huehn, IKM-Manning, 18:58
117. Abe Polzien, IKM-Manning, 19:01
118. Gabriel Barajas, St. Albert, 19:04
121. Camden Morris, IKM-Manning, 19:10
122. Blake Renze, Madrid, 19:11
126. Xander Johnson, Woodbine 19:17
127. Parker Trusler, Ogden, 19:19
130. Ben Hughes, St. Albert, 19:28
133. Brady Van Sickle, Ogden, 19:48
134. Brody Buck, Madrid, 19:49
135. Jacob White, Madrid, 19:50
137. Trey Burgermeyer, Woodbine, 19:54
138. Brady Smith, St. Albert, 19:58
142. Cole Kniffen, Madrid, 20:19
145. Cavin Pehl, Madrid, 20:24

Area Girls Individuals

5. Mackenzie Harger, Earlham, 19:17
11. Katelyn Brandhorst, Madrid, 19:28
12. Ava Campbell, ACGC, 19:44
14. Addison Murdock, Woodbine, 19:46
16. Madison Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia, 19:50
22. Olivia Spurling, Earlham, 20:09
23. Stefi Beisswenger, Audubon, 20:11
26. Kayden Spencer, Ogden, 20:20
27. Karson Oberender, Martensdale-St. Marys, 20:22
32. Amanda Smith, Earlham, 20:33
33. Hannah Frank, Earlham, 20:34
37. Carly Henderson, Riverside, 20:41
38. Allysen Johnsen, Logan-Magnolia, 20:41
40. Emily White, Madrid, 20:43
45. Eva Fleshner, Woodward-Granger, 20:52
47. Haedyn Hall, Logan-Magnolia, 20:53
50. Adyson Lapel, Woodbine, 21:00
54. Mary Fett, Panorama, 21:08
60. Bailey Richardson, Riverside, 21:17
67. Mya Moss, Logan-Magnolia, 21:27
68. Reese Duncan, St. Albert, 21:27
69. Taylor Beckendorf, IKM-Manning, 21:29
70. Nicole Sherer, Woodbine, 21:29
73. Reagan Garrison, IKM-Manning, 21:31
78. Hannah Wilson, Fremont-Mills, 21:35
83. Emily Albertsen, IKM-Manning, 21:43
87. Lily Dixon, Earlham, 21:52
93. Mila Grothus, Madrid, 21:59
95. Kaleigh Harvey, SE Warren, 22:04
99. Juliana Stribe, IKM-Manning, 22:07
100. Greylan Hornbeck, Logan-Magnolia, 22:09
102. Lauren Irlbeck, IKM-Manning, 22:18
105. Taylor Jensen, Earlham, 22:21
113. Piper Steberg, Madrid, 22:46
114. Jada Cohn, Logan-Magnolia, 22:48
131. Reagan Cogdill, Woodbine, 24:08
135. Skyler Havlik, Madrid, 24:17
137. Kaitlynn Spoelstra, IKM-Manning, 24:20
138. Kylie Neligh, Woodbine, 24:23
141. Cora Killpatrick, Logan-Magnolia, 24:43
144. Kate Steward, Earlham, 24:53
145. Bailey Stepphun, Woodbine, 25:03
146. Alex Grimm, Madrid, 25:03
147. Preslei Pflug, Madrid, 25:55
149. Maddie Snyder, IKM-Manning, 26:13