(Glenwood, IA) — Here are results from the 3A State Qualifying meet in Glenwood.
In the girls race, state qualifiers included Grace Berglund of Glenwood finished in 2nd place (17:55.4); Ashlyn Rau of Harlan was in 4th (19:32.2), Reese Strunk of Creston was 8th, Harper Wilson of Creston was 11th, and Kinzley Downing of the Panthers were 12th. Natalie Anderson of MOC Floyd Valley was 1st at 17:13.6.
The top finisher for Atlantic was Gabrielle Engler in 17th place at 21:00.2 and was just over 15 seconds away from the 15th spot — the top 15 individual runners qualify for state. Katilyn Hickman of the Trojans was 18th at 21:11.4.
The top three teams were Sioux Center with 68 points, ADM with 77 points, and MOC Floyd Valley with 78. Harlan finished 4th with 113 points, Creston was 5th with 117. Atlantic finished in 7th place with 164.
Elsewhere for Atlantic, Lucy Northwick was 28th (21:55.7); Cambry Van Ert 44th (22:33.9); Alika Anderson 57th (23:39.3); Saige Coffman 61st (24:17.2) and Ximena Mendez-Cordero 67th (25:01.2).
One surprise was the H-10 champion Julia Heslink finished in 22nd place and missed the state meet. Also for the Cyclones, Aspen Bieker 19th (21:13.8); Sadie Alberti 32nd (22:04.9); Ava Freund 36th (22:11.8); Josie Sonderman 52nd (22:51.1) and Allie Anderson 65th (24:42.6).
There were 75 total girls runners.
Complete Girls Results: Click HERE
On the boys side, Ray Landegent of Sioux Center was the winner at 16:02.24. Jeffrey Gross finished in 2nd place at 16:20.56 and was about 6 seconds ahead of Mason Betts for the Trojans in 3rd place at 16:27.04.
Other local state qualifiers included Ryder Baird of Creston in 6th (16:40.70); Deagan Stanley of Glenwood in 7th (16:41.71); and Kevin Sanchez of Denison Schleswig 11th (16:49.07).
Creston qualified as a team in third place with 96 points — Sioux Center was the district champ with 50 followed by ADM with 71.
Atlantic finished in 7th place with 171 points, only one point out of 6th. Also for the Trojans Deklyn Kinney was 39th (18:15.67); Thomas Engler 40th (18:20.57): Kouper Kinney 45th (18:41.96); Gage Schroeder 46th (18:42.22); Caleb Andersen 51st (19:00.19) and Anthony Akers 57th (19:13.31).
Harlan finished in 9th place in the team standings — Erik Heslink was 30th (17:59.18); Brogan Schechinger 37th (18:13.45); Nathan Sandquist 62nd (19:32.36); Reghan Christensen 65th (19:40.12); Ramsey Hussing 68th (20:37.41) and Daniel Kay 69th (20:54.14).
There were 78 total boys runners.
Complete Boys Results, Click HERE
