Crestwood XC girls team first at home meet

CRESCO - On a cool and crisp early fall morning at the Crestwood Cross Country Invite on Saturday, Oct. 3, the Crestwood varsity girls' cross country meet saw six individual runners finish in the top 15 to help the Cadets grab first place with 26 points. In the varsity boys' meet, South Winn placed first with 35 points, New Hampton was second with 36, Crestwood took third with 72 and Turkey Valley was fourth with 75.

    In the varsity girls' race, Crestwood junior Lexus Dohlman was first in 20:05.4. Teammates Jaclyn Cummings (third, 21:18.7) and Livia McCable (fourth, 21:26.6) also finished in the top 10. 

    Turkey Valley senior Isabella Stika grabbed 10th place in 21:45.8. TV teammates Hazel Nieman (12th, 22:28) and Annebelle Scheidel (13th, 22:35) both finished in the top 15.

    In the varsity boys' meet, Crestwood senior Keaton Vobr placed seventh in 19:25.4. Turkey Valley's Kaden Jirak placed 13th in 20:37.8 and teammate Jayden Rausch finished 14th in 20:38.7.

    In the JV girls' race, Ella Dennler of Crestwod was first in 25:36.8 and teammate Amberlena Lopez was second in 26:39.5. In the JV boys' race, Braxton Ruggeberg of Crestwood took sixth in 24:18.2.

   In the Junior High girls' meet, Crestwood took first place with 22 points. Cadet Ella Ellingson finished fourth in 14:25. In the Junior High boys' meet, Crestwood's Jack Sovereign placed 22nd in 14:10.6.

    Crestwood Head Coach Karen Steffen was proud of the effort all the Cadets gave at the home meet on Saturday.

   "We had two boys earn medals (Keaton Vobr, 7th and Alix Musus, 15th)," Steffen said. "Karson Latwesen ran a personal record time of 24:27.5. We had five girls earn medals (Lexus Dohlman, first; Jaclyn Cummings, third; Livia McCabe, fourth; Claire Kach, 11th; and Ava Daley, 15th). 

   "Our girls' varsity squad won the team championship ahead of a very competitive South Winn team. We are focusing on working hard as we go into the last part of the season," Steffen said.