WEBSTER CITY LYNX CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

KUEMPER INVITATIONAL-SWAN LAKE

SEPTEMBER 17, 2005

 

VARSITY GIRLS                    W.T.-14:34                  TEAM SCORES

Kelsey Tompkins                        16th-16:48                  Urbandale                    28

Paige Bonjour                              21st-17:03                 Harlan                          53

Emily Long                                  22nd-17:04                Marshalltown                104

Shannon Kane                             36th-17:42                 Denison                        128

Becky Perin                                 40th-18:02                 Spencer                        128

Libby McMurray                         46th-18:20                 Webster City                135

Elizabeth Johnson                        61st-19:26                 Abe Lincoln                  156

                                                                                    Thomas Jefferson          212

Atlantic             228

Kuemper                      257

 

J.V. Girls                                  W.T.-17:17                  J.V. AWARD WINNER

Ashley Hanson                 9th-18:37                  Ashley Hanson

Jessi Severson                            13th-18:58

Emily Sewick                              26th-19:27

Kaeleen Jenkins                          41st-20:11

Ann Putrah                                 68th-21:30

Melissa Davis                             79th-22:19

 

COACH BUSSAN’S COMMENTS:  This was far and away the toughest field we have faced and probably will face prior to district and hopefully state.  We ran an okay race but I would have liked to have seen us step up a bit more aggressively to this level of competition.  We had broader gaps in our scoring runners than I would like to see.  We will now have a week to work on it prior to our meet at Algona.  The meet featured class 4A #4 and #11 ranked Urbandale and Marshalltown along with 3A #4, #8 and #10 ranked Harlan, Spencer and Denison.  As such, a close 6th place finish behind Spencer and Denison is respectable although I believe we are capable of beating those two teams.  Harlan clearly is a dominant force in 3A.  For our team, Kelsey Tompkins capped off a good week by finishing 16th against a field which featured 6 of the state’s top ranked 4A and 3A individuals.  Paige Bonjour and Emily Long also had solid performances in our 2nd and 3rd positions.  Our next 3 runners came in fairly close together but if we hope to achieve our goals, they will have to move toward our front group.  Ashley Hanson and Jessi Severson had excellent races for our J.V.

 

            WEBSTER CITY LYNX CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

KUEMPER INVITATIONAL-SWAN LAKE

SEPTEMBER 17, 2005

 

BOYS VARSITY                    W.T.-15:54                  TEAM SCORES

Chris Wardell                               3rd-16:44                  Marshalltown                18

Jesse Ogg                                   26th-18:30                  Thomas Jefferson          86

Alex Flege                                  27th-18:34                  Shenandoah                  118

Aaron Bieker                              37th-19:15                  Atlantic             127

Ben Lambert                              40th-19:20                  Webster City                133

Drew Hunt                                 68th-20:42                  Urbandale                    134

Josh Elliot                                   76th-22:39                 Spencer                        149

                                                                                    Abe Lincoln                  164

MEDALIST                                                                 Denison                        228

Chris Wardell                                                               Harlan                          275

                                                                                    Kuemper                      311

J.V. BOYS                              W.T.-18:04

Peter Odegaard                          56th-21:30

Chris Gordon                             66th-21:49

Brandon Hicok                91st-22:49

Mac McCollough                     115th-24:26

Adam Klein                              122nd-25:06

Zach Turner                              123rd-25:23

Grant Ryherd                            134th-27:26

 

COACH BUSSAN’S COMMENTS:  Our boys team continues to make progress.  This was a good quality field as Marshalltown is rightfully the #1 ranked 4A school.  Shenandoah and Atlantic are two of the best 3A schools in southwest Iowa.  Spencer is currently ranked 10th in class 3A.  Thomas Jefferson is the best 4A school in southwest Iowa and Urbandale finished 3rd in a large 4A meet in Des Moines earlier in the week.  So for us to be ahead of Urbandale and Spencer and in the hunt for Atlantic and Shenandoah is a clear indicator of the progress we are making.  Chris Wardell had an exceptional race as he was beaten by #1 ranked Stephen Dak and #7 ranked Corbin Miller of Marshalltown.  Chris was well ahead of the remaining Marshalltown pack which finished sequentially behind him.  Jesse Ogg and Alex Flege had fine races but the biggest improvement of the meet was for Aaron Bieker who in his first varsity race moved to our #4 position.  Ben Lambert rounded out a fairly close scoring pack.  With senior Nick Barnes scheduled to rejoin our varsity squad at Algona, we now have the type of depth it takes to challenge top teams.  On the J.V. side, Peter Odegaard and Chris Gordon had highly successful opening races to their cross country careers.