OTTUMWA —
The Ottumwa cross country teams had the opportunity to run against some of the top runners in the state Thursday at the Indianola Invitational.
“We were running against the best in the state here tonight,” coach Jeff Smith said. “You just can’t go anywhere else and see competition like we saw tonight.”
When all was said and done, the Bulldog girls took 12th out of 14 teams and the boys finished 14th out of 16 teams.
Cody McConnell finished first among Bulldog runners and 15th overall with a time of 17:35 and Daylin Latham placed highest on the Ottumwa girls’ squad with a time of 16:25.
Smith said he thought McConnell was not fully recovered from an illness that had sidelined him for two weeks.
For the boys, Charlie Altfillisch claimed 51st place with 17:41 and Collin McConnell placed 90th with 18:59.
“Charlie has been pretty consistent all year long,” Smith said. “I think Collin McConnell ran very well.”
Coming in second among the Bulldog girls and 59th overall was Caroline Owens, who finished the race in 17:24. Ashlyn Thompson completed the race in 17:53 and claimed 75th and Charlette Flanders took 78th with 17:55.
Ottumwa girls coach Angela Berry mentioned that the official times seemed to be off by quite a bit. For example, she said Latham said she finished the race in 16:25 instead of 17:01.
“I was really proud of the girls,” Berry said. “I thought they did a really good job tonight.
“Once the race started you just knew the pace was faster than it what they’re used to and you just have to pick it up. It was a really good experience for them,” Berry added.
The Ottumwa cross country teams run at the Iowa City Invitational Thursday.
Indianola Invitational
Date 9-20-12
BOYS
Team scoring — Dowling Catholic 66, 2. West Des Moines Valley 100; 3. Johnston 109; 4. Ames 118; 5. Indianola 135; 6. Pella 144; 7. Waterloo West 191; 8. Boone 210; 9. Roosevelt 226; 10. Ankeny 231; 11. Southeast Polk 281; 12. Urbandale 312; 13. Dallas Center Grimes 345; 14. Ottumwa 384; 15. Des Moines Lincoln 410; 16. Des Moines Hoover 459.
Top Ten — 1. Chandler Austin 15:47 Boone 2. Ben Anderson Valley, 15:49; 3. Jordan Schulze Indianol 16:20; 4. Brian Walig Dowling 16:24; 5. Albert Meier Boone, 16:28; 6. Jeff DeRocher Dowling 16:30; 7. Evan Jones 16:33 8. Ben Forney Ames 16:34; 9. Tyson Wieland Johnston 16:35; 10. Lukas Steffensmeier Dowling 16:37.
Ottumwa Varsity Runners — 15. Cody McConnell 17:35, 54. Charlie Altfillisch 17:41; 90. Collin McConell 18:59; 95. Shane Riley 19:23; 98. Curtis Ford 19:45; 102. Sebastian Silva 20:26; 103. Seth White 20:47.
Ottumwa Junior Varsity Runners - Jianwa Bennett 20:08; Nick Sheehy 22:50; Nick Sedore 21:18; Isaac Goodman 21:21; Billy Barnes 21:10, Wyatt Blegan 21:18; Keegan Jackson 25:01; Alex Ayala 21:28, Kaleb Norris 23:25, Mitch McDowell 32:12, Grant Gullion 23:52, Paul Cartwright 34:18; David Helfenberger 31:39; Riley Wynn 21:59.
GIRLS
Team scoring — 1. Dowling Catholic 29; 2. Waukee 108; 3. Johnston 116; 4. Urbandale 116; 5. Valley 121; 6. Ames 146; 7. Ankeny 152; 8. Dallas Center Grimes 185; 9. Pella 225; 10. Indianola 232; 11. Southeast Polk 287; 12. Ottumwa 341; 13. Boone 423; 14. DM Hoover 437.
Top Ten — 1. Karissa Schweizer Dowling 14:36; 2. Grace Gibbons (Dowling Catholic) 14:50; 3. Madison Waymire (Dallas Center-Grimes) 14:56; 4. Hannah Thomas (Dowling Catholic) 14:59; 5. Claire Dupuis (Ames) 15:03 6. Kayla Sabotin (Waukee) 15:08; 7. Jordyn Klebe (Johnston) 15:09; 8. Caroline Marnin (Ames) 15:60; 9. Nichole Svendsen (Dowling Catholic) 15:18; 10. Lydia Saggau (Valley) 15:20.
Ottumwa Varsity runners — 47. Daylin Latham 17:01 (16:25); 59. Caroline Owens 17:24 75. Ashlyn Thompson 17:53; 78. Charlette Flanders 17:55; 81. Sarah Keith 18:50; 82. Sydney Cloyd; 87. Katy Fish 19:41.
Ottumwa Junior Varsity Runners — 28. Madison Zesiger 17:36; 62. Kelsey Howard 18:44; 85. Damaris Toom 19:20; 119. Georgia Garrett 20:22; 125. Estefany Guido 20:29; 135. Daisy Cuautle 20:56; 163. Kathy Lopez 21:40; 170. Sam Saunders 21:54; 196. Abby Walker 22:57; 209. Ashley McMullin 23:50; 211. Kim Garcia 23:55.
Sports
September 21, 2012
Ottumwa runners compete against high-profile teams
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