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MV-L Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams Advance to State!

The 2011 MV-L boys cross country team wins the regional meet in Anamosa Oct. 20. Photo by Kris Abodeely

The MV-L girls cross country team placed 3rd at regionals Oct. 20, 2011. Photo by Kris Abodeely

The Mount Vernon-Lisbon boys cross country team placed first at regionals in Anamosa on Thursday, beating second placed Fort Madison by 20 points. Marion came in third. The top three finishers for MV-L were senior Conner Smock, first place, (16:39), junior James Wenzel, 7th place (17:33), and senior Garrett Ruth, 8th place,(17:49).

The MV-L girls also will advance to state with a 3rd place finish in Anamosa. Solon and Davenport Assumption came in first and second at the meet. The top two finishers for MV-L were freshman Kendra Schmidt, 5th place, (16:25.8), and junior Lauren Wilch, 8th place, (16:37.6)

BOYS REGIONALS TEAM RESULTS OCT 20, 2011
PLACE TEAM POINTS PLACES OF FINISHERS AVG. TIME SPREAD

1 Mount Vernon-Lisbon 42 1 7 8 12 14 33 52 17:37 1:29
2 Fort Madison 62 2 9 11 18 22 36 37 17:54 1:30
3 Marion 66 3 10 13 15 25 41 53 17:55 1:29
4 Xavier, Cedar Rapids 123 5 20 24 35 39 44 54 18:28 1:30
5 Solon 124 19 21 26 27 31 32 34 18:33 0:20
6 Central Clinton, DeWi 154 6 17 30 45 56 67 70 18:41 2:07
7 Assumption, Davenport 177 16 28 40 43 50 55 66 18:56 1:13
8 Maquoketa 235 23 42 46 61 63 71 77 19:29 1:45
9 Clear Creek-Amana 258 29 49 51 64 65 80 83 19:39 1:43
10 Anamosa 272 4 38 72 74 84 87 20:22 6:29
11 Mount Pleasant 293 47 58 59 60 69 78 82 19:58 1:14
12 Washington 343 48 62 73 79 81 20:31 1:56
13 Keokuk 361 57 68 75 76 85 86 21:11 4:04

BOYS Individuals
PLACE FINISHER TIME PACE
1. Mount Vernon-Lisbon
1 Conner Smock, 12 16:39 5:21
7 James Wenzel, 11 17:33 5:39
8 Garrett Ruth, 12 17:49 5:44
12 Will Teubel, 12 17:58 5:47
14 Austin Springsteen, 11 18:07 5:50
33 Caleb Schmidt, 11 18:49 6:03
52 Caleb Morningstar, 11 19:30 6:16
Total Time = 88:05 Total Places = 42

GIRLS REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS OCT. 20, 2011

PLACE TEAM POINTS PLACES OF FINISHERS AVG. TIME SPREAD

1 Solon 37 1 2 9 12 13 17 23 16:23.0 1:41.6
2 Assumption, Davenport 58 5 8 10 14 21 33 35 16:53.7 0:46.7
3 Mount Vernon-Lisbon 60 4 7 11 16 22 36 41 16:54.0 0:56.6
4 Mount Pleasant 143 6 25 26 29 57 62 65 17:47.4 2:39.9
5 Fort Madison 157 15 19 20 49 54 68 17:53.2 1:46.4
6 Anamosa 167 18 32 34 40 43 44 51 17:58.6 1:10.0
7 Clear Creek-Amana 171 3 30 31 52 55 66 67 17:59.5 2:42.9
8 Marion 184 28 37 38 39 42 50 60 18:04.9 0:43.0
9 Central Clinton, DeWi 210 24 45 46 47 48 53 61 18:24.1 1:05.7
10 Washington 263 27 56 58 59 63 64 19:07.6 2:23.7

Incomplete Teams: Keokuk, Maquoketa
Individuals

PLACE FINISHER TIME PACE TEAM
1 Lauren Benzing, 11 15:13.5 6:08 Solon
2 Laura Neurenberger, 11 16:07.5 6:29 Maquoketa
3 Alex Smith, 9 16:11.6 6:31 Solon
4 Maddie Hinsley, 9 16:24.2 6:36 Clear Creek-Amana
5 Kendra Schmidt, 9 16:25.8 6:37 Mount Vernon-Lisbon
6 Erica Grubbs, 12 16:34.2 6:40 Assumption, Davenport
7 Hannah Weber, 10 16:36.1 6:41 Mount Pleasant
8 Lauren Wilch, 11 16:37.6 6:41 Mount Vernon-Lisbon
9 Rebecca Mallon, 12 16:39.9 6:42 Assumption, Davenport
10 Tayvia Hansen, 10 16:42.4 6:43 Solon

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