Van Buren County High School, IA- In a star-studded cross country meet last night, it was Danville who swept the night, winning the girls’ and boys’ sides by at least 10 points. Here’s a look at how the teams performed.
Boys’ 5k Run
This race featured four ranked runners: in Class 2A Mediapolis’ Will Schmidgall and in Class 1A #7 Lincoln Bainbridge of Van Buren County, #10 Kohlby Newsom of Winfield-Mt. Union, and Danville’s #13 Jackson Shacklett.
Expectantly, the four delivered as they all finished within the top four. However, it was Shacklett who grabbed 1st place by 10 seconds with a time of 15 minutes and 43 seconds as Bainbridge took 2nd place.
Schmidgall raced to a 3rd place time of 15 minutes and 55 seconds, while Newsom grabbed a time of 16 minutes and 3 seconds and just a spot off the podium.
The Bears also had three more runners finish in the top 15 in Isaac Shinn, who took 5th, Noah Horn grabbed 11th and Nick Powell finished in 15th place with a time of 17 minutes and 51 seconds.
Danville’s 49 team points outpaced Mediapolis’ 59 and Van Buren County’s 66 points. Simon Wendell for the Bulldogs finished in 6th place and Mason Lindeen and Logan Frank grabbed 13th and 14th, respectively.
Landry Loeffler finished with a 10th place time of 17 minutes and 21 seconds, while Elijah Westercamp took 18th place for the Warriors.
Winfield-Mt. Union collected 143 points as a team, which was good enough for 6th place. Bowen Thomson was the next Wolve to finish as he grabbed 38th place with a time of 20 minutes and 11 seconds.
Jay Ellison led Holy Trinity Catholic with a 32nd place time of 19 minutes and 48 seconds with Layne Rung taking 43rd place for the Crusaders. Holy Trinity Catholic tabbed 188 points for 8th place.
Girls’ 5k Run
The top 10 was populated with Bears as the #19 runner in Class 1A, Alaina Gourley finished with the second-best time of 19 minutes and 38 seconds and Addison Henklevig, Abby Arnett, and Delaney Newberry grabbed 7th through 9th place, respectively.
Danville collected 45 points as a team with Davis County taking 2nd place with 58 points.
Pekin was anchored by Chloe Glosser who won the race with a time of 18 minutes and 44 seconds, but the Panthers finished in 3rd place as a team with 66 points.
Van Buren County did not have enough runners to finish with a team score, but Rylee Phillips and Kayley Snowgren garnered 4th and 5th place, respectively, with times of sub-21 minutes and 20 seconds.
Mediapolis’ top runner was Avery Dietz as she grabbed 12th place with a time of 22 minutes and 38 seconds, while Maylen Zaugg took 14th place with a time of 22 minutes and 50 seconds. The Bulldogs finished in 4th place with a score of 72 points.
Next on the Schedule
Fairfield will host their Ron Hunerdosse Invitational tomorrow, September 12th, with Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Mediapolis, Winfield-Mt. Union, and Van Buren County attending.