WEBSTER CITY LYNX CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

HUMBOLDT GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB-OCTOBER 11, 2005

 

GIRLS VARSITY                    W.T.-16:01                  TEAM SCORES

Kelsey Tompkins                          6th-16:13                  Iowa Falls                    43

Emily Long                                   7th-16:22                  Webster City                52

Paige Bonjour                               8th-16:29                  Bishop Garrigan            72

Shannon Kane                              9th-16:30                  Algona                         125

Becky Perin                                22nd-17:21                 St. Edmond                  130

Ashley Hanson               24th-17:34                  Hampton Dumont         157

Libby McMurray                        47th-18:57                  Eagle Grove                 176

                                                                                    Clarion Goldfield          210

ALL CONFERENCE                                                  Humboldt                     219

Kelsey Tompkins                                                          Clear Lake                   236

Emily Long

Paige Bonjour

Shannon Kane (4 times)

 

GIRLS J.V.                              W.T.-18:24                  AWARD WINNERS

Jessi Severson                              1st-18:24                  Jessi Severson

Elizabeth Johnson                         3rd-18:57                  Elizabeth Johnson

Ann Putrah                                   4th-18:59                  Ann Putrah

Jennie Bunkofske                          5th-19:10                  Jennie Bunkofske

Emily Sewick                                7th-19:21                  Emily Sewick

Kaeleen Jenkins                          11th-19:51

Melissa Davis                             23rd-20:47

 

COACH BUSSAN’S COMMENTS:  It was a great team battle between ourselves and Iowa Falls-Alden.  This was our best team effort of the season.  We narrowed the gap from 1st-6th to its smallest margin of the year.  In particular, our top 4 runners ran very well as a pack.  Becky Perin and Ashley Hanson had their best races of the year as well.  To Iowa Falls’ credit, they were able to beat us when we ran our best.  It took an exceptional effort to defeat us considering we had four all conference runners.  Kelsey Tompkins once again did a great job of leading us.  Emily Long and freshman Paige Bonjour continue to be impressively consistent.  Shannon Kane accomplished a major individual goal by earning her 4th all conference honor.  Very few individuals over the history of the conference can make claim to that accomplishment.  Libby McMurray battled tough in spite of a continuing leg problem.  While it is very disappointing for our senior girls to not earn their 4th consecutive conference title, they know that they ran well and were simply beaten by a team that was better that day.  On the J.V. side, Jessie Severson continues a late season surge and earned a varsity position at district with her 2nd consecutive J.V. conference victory.  Our entire J.V. crew ran very well as we had 5 in the top 10 plus the 11th place finisher.  All the girls had one of their best races of the year.  Libby McMurray and Elizabeth Johnson will serve as alternates to our varsity as we prepare for district.

WEBSTER CITY LYNX CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

HUMBOLDT GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB-OCTOBER 11, 2005

 

BOYS VARSITY                    W.T.-16:33                  TEAM SCORES

Chris Wardell                               1st-16:33                  Webster City                52

Nick Barnes                                 8th-17:35                  Eagle Grove                 58

Alex Flege                                  10th-17:54                  St. Edmond                  94

Ben Lambert                              15th-18:02                  Humboldt                     118

Aaron Bieker                              18th-18:15                  Bishop Garrigan            122

Jesse Ogg                                   22nd-18:30                 Clarion Goldfield          166

Drew Hunt                                 58th-20:13                  Algona                         184

                                                                                    Hampton Dumont         207

ALL CONFERENCE                                                  Iowa Falls                    223

Chris Wardell

Nick Barnes

Alex Flege

 

J.V. BOYS                              W.T.-19:15                  AWARD WINNERS

Cole Hippen                                 6th-20:03                  Cole Hippen

Brandon Hicok               16th-20:38

Peter Odegaard                          19th-20:52

Chris Gordon                             27th-21:16

Mac McCollough                       39th-22:02

Josh Elliot                                   43rd-22:13

Zach Turner                                48th-22:54

Grant Ryherd                              50th-23:52

Brad Smith                                 56th-26:17

Adam Klein                                57th-26:37

 

COACH BUSSAN’S COMMENTS:  Our boys ran a very solid race against a strong effort by Eagle Grove.  We had to overcome some adversity in the race as usual top 4 performer Jesse Ogg stitched up and fell back during the competition.  To his credit, he hung on to finish in front of Eagle Grove’s #5 runner and added points to their total. Aaron Bieker did a nice job of covering by staying tight with Ben Lambert.  Drew Hunt challenged Eagle Grove’s #5 runner early as I had asked him to do, before falling back.  At the front of the race, Chris Wardell dominated from start to finish as expected and stayed very much within himself as he steadily increased his lead.  It was a nice reward for Chris after finishing runner-up to Tony Fischels a year ago.  Senior Nick Barnes ran a very gutsy race as he battled Eagle Grove’s top 3.  After finishing 12th a year ago, earning all conference status was a major goal for Nick and his ability to break up Eagle’s lead 3 was very important to our success.  Alex Flege also had a very good race to earn his first all conference award.  Ben Lambert had quite a duel to the line with Eagle Grove’s #4 runner before being nipped.  Cole Hippen did a great job in leading our J.V.  Brandon Hicok had his best race of his career.  As a result, they will be our alternates for district.  The remainder of our J.V. ran very well.                                               

 

WEBSTER CITY LYNX MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

HUMBOLDT GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB-OCTOBER 11, 2005

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS                   W.T.-11:22       M.S. ALL CONFERENCE                  

Matt Severe                                             5th-12:37        Matt Severe

Austin Elm                                            22nd-14:52        Mikaela Pruismann

Andrew Turpin                                      24th-14:56         Ashley Mallinger

Brendon Mead                                      35th-15:34         Sarah Perin

Dylan Ryder                                         38th-16:17         Bailey Bergman

Brady Harfst                                         39th-16:33         Caity Finucan

Tyler Kunz                                            51st-18:47

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS                  W.T.-13:44

Mikaela Pruismann                                    1st-13:44

Ashley Mallinger                                       3rd-14:14

Sarah Perin                                               7th-14:33

Bailey Bergman                                                    8th-14:44

Caity Finucan                                            9th-14:44

Kelsey Brown                                         12th-14:47

Hailey Johnson                                        14th-15:02

Bailey Anderson                                      15th-15:04

Erin Hunt                                                16th-15:07

Breanne Wagner                                     20th-15:22

Jori Smith                                                21st-15:29

Mandy Finucan                                       22nd-15:32

Kylee Harrill                                           27th-15:40

Mikayla Rhoades                                     33rd-16:02

Ashley Stevens                                       34th-16:02

Claire Corrow                                         37th-16:06

Alicia Long                                             41st-16:25

Megan Just                                             42nd-16:30

Amanda Hicok                                        47th-17:14

Heather Roosa                                        51st-17:27

Abby Larsen                                           58th-18:00

Katelyn Geerdes                                     60th-18:30

Alicia Carlson                                         64th-19:15

 

COACH LAMBERT’S AND COACH BUSSAN’S COMMENTS:  Our middle schoolers capped off their school sponsored season with far and away their best performance of the year.  The vast majority of our runners had their personal best, in some cases by several minutes.  We are extremely proud of how far these athletes have come and how well they represented Webster City.  Individually, Matt Severe, Austin Elm and Andrew Turpin all had great races against a high quality field.  The remainder of our boys line-up had incredible personal records.  On the girls side, Mikaela Pruismann dominated the race but we also had four other runners in the top 10.  To have five all conference middle school girls is tremendous.  Our girls didn’t stop there.  Our team made up half of the top 25.  Had this meet been scored, our girls would have easily won.  A few of our squad members plan to compete at the Iowa Association of Track Coaches Statewide Middle School Championship on Saturday at Saydel.