WEBSTER CITY LYNX CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

ALGONA INVITATIONAL-WHITTEMORE GOLF COURSE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2005

 

GIRLS VARSITY                    W.T.-15:29                  TEAM SCORES

Kelsey Tompkins                          4th-16:14                  Webster City                            95

Emily Long                                 11th-16:39                  Spirit Lake                               95

Paige Bonjour                             18th-16:55                  Forest City                               102

Shannon Kane                            28th-17:15                  Spencer                                    113

Ashley Hanson               34th-17:33                  Esterville                                   151

Becky Perin                                44th-17:51                  Bishop Garrigan                        156

Libby McMurray                        57th-18:20                  Algona                                     200

                                                                                    Charles City                             206

MEDALISTS                                                               Fairmont                                   216

Kelsey Tompkins                                                          St. Edmond                              233

 

GIRLS J.V.                              W.T.-18:09                  AWARD WINNERS

Elizabeth Johnson                        2nd-18:57                  Elizabeth Johnson

Emily Sewick                               9th-19:39                   Emily Sewick

Kaeleen Jenkins                          10th-19:55                  Kaeleen Jenkins

Jennie Bunkofske                        22nd-20:36

Melissa Davis                             27th-20:48

Ann Putrah                                 29th-20:58

Amanda Kelly                            57th-24:28

 

COACH BUSSAN’S COMMENTS:  Our girls did a great job against a high quality field.  Spirit Lake was ranked 9th in the latest poll.  Esterville was ranked 8th and Spencer had beaten us at the Kuemper meet.  Forest City defeated Ft. Dodge Public at the Humboldt meet and finished 4th in a 4A meet at Mason City.  We clearly showed improvement as a team.  Kelsey Tompkins continues an exceptionally strong senior season.  I was particularly pleased with the aggressive running of Emily Long and Paige Bonjour.  Shannon Kane battled tough despite having some sore arches.  Ashley Hanson had a break through race running in our 5th position.  Becky Perin did a great job as our #6 runner breaking the tie in our favor over the Spirit Lake #6 runner who finished two places behind her.  Libby McMurray also had a stronger effort.  On the J.V. side, Elizabeth Johnson had a fantastic performance to finish 2nd.  Emily Sewick continues to show improvement and Kaeleen Jenkins is returning to the front of our J.V. after battling illness.  We will now face a large and very strong field at Eldora on Saturday which will include conference rival Iowa Falls.  The meet begins at 9:30 a.m.

WEBSTER CITY LYNX CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

ALGONA INVITATIONAL-WHITTEMORE GOLF COURSE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2005

 

VARSITY BOYS                    W.T.-16:24                  TEAM SCORES

Nick Barnes                               11th-17:26                  Charles City                             82

Ben Lambert                              20th-17:43                  Fairmont                                   104

Jesse Ogg                                   23rd-17:48                  Eagle Grove                             119

Aaron Bieker                              40th-18:14                  Webster City                            138

Alex Flege                                  44th-18:26                  Spencer                                    158

Drew Hunt                                 87th-20:02                  Spirit Lake                               161

Peter Odegaard                          96th-20:51                  Forest City                               181

                                                                                    St. Edmond                              186

J.V. BOYS                              W.T.-18:54                  Esterville                                   211

Cole Hippen                               24th-20:17                  Humboldt                                 214

Chris Gordon                             51st-21:28                  Bishop Garrigan                        248

Brandon Hicok               56th-21:45                  Clear Lake                               317

Mac McCollough                       71st-22:54                  Algona                                     331

Adam Klein                                79th-23:43                  Clarion Goldfield                      374

Josh Elliott                                  80th-23:53                  Pocahontas                               397

Grant Ryherd                              91st-25:30

Brad Smith                                 94th-26:38                                                                                                                                                                 

COACH BUSSAN’S COMMENTS:  I was exceptionally proud of our team for the way they responded to a potentially negative situation.  We ran with great determination and we were clearly out to prove ourselves to be a good team.  We ran our tightest pack of the season and all seven of our varsity competitors, as well as the majority of our J.V., set new personal records.  Charles City is currently ranked 9th and Spirit Lake is ranked 5th.  For us to defeat Spirit Lake and battle conference foe and #4 ranked in 2A Eagle Grove as well as defeat Spencer who had beaten us at Kuemper, is a real credit to the determination of our boys.  Given that our former #1 runner has transferred to Humboldt and will begin competition for the wildcats next week, we have clearly gone beyond the improvement that I expected or could have hoped for.  We remain a force to be reckoned with in the conference and in the district.  Nick Barnes in his first race of the season led us with a strong 11th place finish against a field which featured a number of the areas top performers.  Our entire scoring pack stayed together through 2 miles.  Freshman Ben Lambert had a break through race setting a new personal record by 30 seconds.  Jesse Ogg stayed close and junior Aaron Bieker set a new personal record by over 1 minute.  Junior Alex Flege was near the front of our pack until encountering a side stitch.  He still hung in as our #5 and allowed us to score well as a team.  Drew Hunt and Peter Odegaard set huge new personal records.  Cole Hippen ran very well in the J.V. race and earned a varsity position in the upcoming race at  Eldora.  A number of our J.V. athletes had their best races of the year.

WEBSTER CITY LYNX MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

ALGONA INVITATIONAL-WHITTEMORE GOLF COURSE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2005

 

GIRLS                         W.T.-12:56                  BOYS                          W.T.-11:37

Mikaela Pruisman            8th-13:54                   Matt Severe                    5th-12:29

Ashley Mallinger              9th-14:19                   Austin Elm                      15th-14:05

Sarah Perin                   19th-14:50                   Dylan Ryder                   33rd-16:37

Lacy Hadaway 21st-14:59                   Andrew Turpin   36th-16:18

Kelsey Brown              25th-15:11                   Brendan Mead               37th-16:33

Erin Hunt                      26th-15:22                   Brady Harfst                   39th-16:55

Hailey Johnson 28th-15:37                   Tyler Kunz                     46th-21:05

Bailey Anderson           31st-15:44

Kylee Harrill                 32nd-15:44                  AWARD WINNERS

Mandy Finucan 35th-16:04                   Matt Severe

Mikayla Rhoades          37th-16:17                   Mikaela Pruisman

Ashley Stevens 39th-16:20                   Ashley Mallinger

Heather Roosa             46th-16:36

Amanda Hicok   49th-16:45

Jori Smith                       50th-16:47

Bailey Bergman              51st-16:47

Breanne Wagner             52nd-16:54

Claire Corrow                69th-18:31

Alicia Long                     74th-19:30

Abby Larson                  75th-19:38

Megan Just                     76th-19:45

Katelyn Geerdes             77th-21:17

Alisha Carlson                78th-21:17

 

COACH LAMBERT’S AND COACH BUSSAN’S COMMENTS:  Our middle school athletes continue their impressive improvements over their beginning efforts of the season.  Nearly every runner showed dramatic new personal records against a very high caliber of competition from Iowa and Minnesota.  On the boys side, Matt Severe continues and impressive string of top 10 performances and Austin Elm radically improved, especially over his last mile.  On the girls side, Mikaela Pruisman and Ashley Mallinger continue to lead our pack but we were particularly pleased with efforts of Sarah Perin and Lacy Hadaway as well as the majority of our girls line-up.  The level of improvement is amazing and is a real credit to the hard work and determination of all of our athletes.  We will next compete in our home middle school invite at Brewer Creek on Monday night at 5:00 p.m.