WEBSTER CITY LYNX CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS
ALGONA INVITATIONAL-WHITTEMORE GOLF COURSE
SEPTEMBER 27, 2005
GIRLS VARSITYW.T.-15:29TEAM SCORES
Kelsey Tompkins 4th-16:14Webster City95
Emily Long 11th-16:39Spirit Lake95
Paige Bonjour 18th-16:55Forest City102
Shannon Kane 28th-17:15Spencer113
Ashley Hanson 34th-17:33Esterville151
Becky Perin 44th-17:51Bishop Garrigan156
Libby McMurray 57th-18:20Algona200
CharlesCity206
MEDALISTSFairmont216
Kelsey TompkinsSt.Edmond233
GIRLS J.V.W.T.-18:09AWARD WINNERS
Elizabeth Johnson 2nd-18:57Elizabeth Johnson
Emily Sewick 9th-19:39Emily Sewick
Kaeleen Jenkins 10th-19:55Kaeleen 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. SpiritLake was ranked 9th in the latest poll. Esterville was ranked 8th and Spencer had beaten us at the Kuemper meet. ForestCity 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 SpiritLake #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 IowaFalls. The meet begins at 9:30 a.m.
WEBSTER CITY LYNX CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS
ALGONA INVITATIONAL-WHITTEMORE GOLF COURSE
SEPTEMBER 27, 2005
VARSITY BOYSW.T.-16:24TEAM SCORES
Nick Barnes 11th-17:26Charles City82
Ben Lambert 20th-17:43Fairmont104
Jesse Ogg 23rd-17:48Eagle Grove119
Aaron Bieker 40th-18:14Webster City138
Alex Flege 44th-18:26Spencer158
Drew Hunt 87th-20:02Spirit Lake161
Peter Odegaard 96th-20:51Forest City181
St. Edmond186
J.V. BOYSW.T.-18:54Esterville211
Cole Hippen 24th-20:17Humboldt214
Chris Gordon 51st-21:28Bishop Garrigan248
Brandon Hicok 56th-21:45Clear Lake317
Mac McCollough 71st-22:54Algona331
Adam Klein 79th-23:43Clarion Goldfield374
Josh Elliott 80th-23:53Pocahontas397
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. CharlesCity is currently ranked 9th and SpiritLake is ranked 5th. For us to defeat SpiritLake 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.
WEBSTERCITYLYNXMIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS
ALGONA INVITATIONAL-WHITTEMORE GOLF COURSE
SEPTEMBER 27, 2005
GIRLSW.T.-12:56BOYSW.T.-11:37
Mikaela Pruisman 8th-13:54Matt Severe 5th-12:29
Ashley Mallinger 9th-14:19Austin Elm 15th-14:05
Sarah Perin 19th-14:50Dylan Ryder 33rd-16:37
Lacy Hadaway 21st-14:59Andrew Turpin 36th-16:18
Kelsey Brown 25th-15:11Brendan Mead 37th-16:33
Erin Hunt 26th-15:22Brady Harfst 39th-16:55
Hailey Johnson 28th-15:37Tyler Kunz 46th-21:05
Bailey Anderson 31st-15:44
Kylee Harrill 32nd-15:44AWARD WINNERS
Mandy Finucan 35th-16:04Matt Severe
Mikayla Rhoades 37th-16:17Mikaela Pruisman
Ashley Stevens 39th-16:20Ashley 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.