Friday, October 19, 2007

Algona Boys Cross Country Team District Champs; Girls 7th

A week after the Algona Cross Country team claimed their first conference Championship since 1979, the team ran to a District Championship Thursday night in Estherville. The team will make its first appearance in the state meet since 1993. With the top five runners scores, Algona was tied with Spirit Lake so it came down to the 6th runner giving the Bulldogs the edge. Ryan McMahon ran to a 2nd place finish with a time of 17:01 and Chad Rutledge was right behind at 17:03 in 3rd place. Other times for the Bulldogs:

Kyle Walker (18:30) - 23rd place
Alex Kenne (18:34) - 25th place
Pat Gerhardt (18:38) - 27th place
Derek Beaumier (18:47) - 29th place
Zach Lucas (19:05) – 40th place

The State race takes place Saturday the 27th in Fort Dodge.

The Algona Girls ran to a 7th place team finish at yesterday’s District Meet in Estherville. The Bulldogs finished 3 runners in the top 40: Annie Klepper (19:02) 34th Place, Katie Connick (19:05) 36th place, and Alanna Lauck (19:07) 37th place. Other finishers for the Algona Girls:

Brooke Benschoter (19:26) - 45th Place
Amanda Botjen (19:41) – 48th Place
Alba Lavrenz (21:03) – 63rd Place

Boys Team Totals:
) Algona 80
2) Spirit Lake Park 80
3) Spencer 82
4) Garner-Hayfield/West Hancock 100
5) Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 120
6) Storm Lake 133
7) Le Mars 178
8) Clear Lake 236
9) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 248
10) Forest City 259
11) Estherville-Lincoln Central 295
12) Iowa Falls-Alden 334

Individuals
1) Aaron Siegrist (Garner-Hayfield/West Hancock) 17:02.3
2) Ryan McMahon (Algona) 17:02.8
3) Chad Rutledge (Algona) 17:05.2
4) Taylor Chapman (Spencer) 17:11.9
5) Federico Mendoza (Storm Lake) 17:15.8
6) Paul Yak (Storm Lake) 17:19.0
7) Matt Juhl (Estherville-Lincoln Central/AR) 17:23.5
8) Nate McKewon (Bishop Heelan, Sioux City) 17:25.1
9) Ryan Edwardson (Spencer) 17:26.9
10) Alec Baldwin (Spirit Lake Park) 17:28.0

Girls Team Scoring
1) Estherville-Lincoln Central 47
2) Spirit Lake Park 61
3) Sioux City Heelan 73
4) Garner-Hayfield/West Hancock 109
5) Iowa Falls-Alden 125
6) Spencer 158
7) Algona 200
8) Forest City 209
9) Storm Lake 238
10) LeMars 255
11) Clear Lake 286
12) Sergeant Bluff-Luton (no team score)

Top 10 Individual Finishers
1) Brittany Ross, Estherville-LC 16:57
2) Ashley Loerts, Spencer 17:02
3) Brooke Egeland, Estherville-LC 17:12
4) Maddie Theisen, LeMars 17:14
5) Christina Hanson, Spirit Lake Park 17:18
6) Carrie Emgarten, Spirit Lake Park 17:25
7) Kate Price, Iowa Falls/Alden 17:37
8) Konnie Keifer, Garner-Hayfield/West Hancock 17:38
9) Becca Anderson, Sioux City Heelan 17:40
10) Lauren Eckert, Sioux City Heelan 17:41.45

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