(Fort Dodge, IA) – The Madrid girls are your state champions after they win the State Cross-Country meet at Fort Dodge with a total of 97 points. Madrid had two girls in the top ten including fifth-place finisher Madelyn Grothus as she finished at 19:06.4. The other finisher for Madrid was Katelyn Brandhorst in sixth place at 19:11.9. Finishing in first place for Calamus-Wheatland was Noelle Steines at 18:22.0. In second place for North Linn Troy Mills was Meghan Wheatley as she finished with an 18:35.6 finishing time. Maston Northwest Webster had the third-placed finisher Alyssa Richman at 18:53.2. Nora Peterson finished in fourth for Alta-Aurelia at 19:01.9. Cascade Western Dubuque had the seventh-placed finisher Hallie Kelchen at 19:18.2. The eighth-place finisher was from South Central Calhoun as Chole Judisch finished at 19:23.9. Kyle Rochholz finished at 19:24.7 for Panorama. Maria Kruse finishes out the top ten at tenth with a 19:33.3 finishing time.
The local runners include ACGC’s Ava Campbell in 11th at 19:33.8, Cadence Petersen in 60th at 20:58.3, Adalyn Benson at 21:02.6 in 69th, Hayden Coffman in 71st at 21:06.0, Emerson Van Meter in 133rd, Paige Van Meter in 138th, and Emmarae Eillis in 142nd. Earlham’s Olivia Spurling at 19:49.2 in 16th, Hannah Frank finished in 48th for Earlham at 20:46.8, Cece Stanley finished in 78th at 21:18.2, Taylor Rodgers in 107th, Lily Conry in 135th, and Darby Moore in 141st. Carly Henderson finished in 21st for Riverside at 20:09.2. Michelle Wilson finished in 68th for Exira-EHK at 21:01.9. Treynor featured the 81st place finisher Anne Miller at 21:20.7 as well as Madeline Knispel in 84th at 21:29.0 followed by Lilly Yochum in 90th at 21:41.4 and Alyssa Kulesa in 104th at 22:12.7. Bella Lamp of AHSTW finished in 86th at 21:30.0, Ava Paulsen in 100th at 21:56.3, and Rylie Knop in 111th at 22:24.1, Makenna Paulsen in 136th, Yana Lander in 137th, Ella Langer in 143rd, and Makena Petersen in 154th for the Vikings. You can check out all of the rankings here.
Final Team Results
1 – Madrid: 97 points
2 – South Winneshiek 123 points
3 – Beckman Catholic Dyersville: 125 points
4 – Earlham: 136 points
5 – ACGC: 185 points
6 – Perkin: 199 points
7 – St. Edmond Fort Dodge: 205 points
8 – Regina Iowa City: 211 points
9 – Martensdale-St. Mary’s: 217 points
10 – North Linn Troy Mills: 230 points
11 – Woodbine: 233 points
12 – Treynor: 240 points
13 – Hinton: 250 points
14 – Grundy Center: 282 points
15 – Collins-Maxwell: 294 points
16 – AHSTW: 341 points