Brincks Exteriors Sports Report: Audubon Girls Cross Country Compete Well at Mount Ayr; Kuemper Competes at Hawkeye 10 Conference Meet Thursday

Girls Cross Country Results for Thursday, October 14th

Kuemper at Hawkeye 10 Conference Meet

Kuemper had some strong individual performances at the Hawkeye 10 Conference meet at Glenwood Thursday, including two top 25 finishes. 

Leading the Knights were Marie Dea and Julia Kanne. Dea was able to capture a 20th place finish at the Glenwood course with a final time of 20:59.56. Kanne was keeping close pace with Dea, finishing the course in 22nd place with a time of 21:05.54. Three other Knights grouped together and finished close with each other. Samantha Tidgren, Callie Ferneding, and Kaziah Janssen finished in 55th, 56th, and 57th respectively, completing the course within 10 seconds of each other. As a team, the Knights took home an eighth place finish with 210 points. Harlan won the meet with 55 team points. 

The joint boys and girls state qualifying cross country meets will take place on Wednesday October 20th and Kuemper will race at Winterset. 

Team Standings

1. Harlan                             55
2. Glenwood                        59
3. Clarinda                           84
4. Atlantic                           103
5. St Albert                         140
6. Creston                           172
7. Denison-Schleswig      208
8. Kuemper                        210
9. Lewis Central                221
10.  Shenandoah                 239
11.  Red Oak                        268

Kuemper Results

20th Marie Dea 20:59.56

22nd Julia Kanne 21:05.54

55th Samantha Tidgren 24:46.27

56th Callie Ferneding 24:51.03

57th Keziah Janssen 25:03.76

67th Alex Klein 26:26.78

Audubon at Mount Ayr

Audubon had an overall successful day at Mount Ayr Thursday finishing the day with three top 10 finishes. 

Freshman Stefi Beisswenger had another impressive outing as she completed the course with a third place finish in 22:14.95. Hannah Thygesen was right behind Beisswenger as she captured a fourth place finish with a final time of 22:25.73. Finishing just inside the top ten was Grace Slater who ran well enough for a ninth place finish with a final time of 22:53.87. Autumn Zaiger was the final Wheeler to run at this meet and she finished the course with a final time of 27:19.95. Due to the Wheelers not having the required five runners competing, they did not have a team score. 

Audubon will have their state qualifying meets over at Panorama on Thursday, October 21st. 

Team Standings

1. Grandview Christian         62
2. Martensdale St. Mary’s    63
3. Mount Ayr                           79
4. Nodaway Valley                 94
5. Wayne                                 100
6. Clarke                                  131
7. Southwest Valley              149
8. CAM                                    165
9. Audubon No Team Score

Audubon Results

3rd Stefi Beisswenger 22:14.95

4th Hannah Thygesen 22:25.73

9th Grace Slater 22:53.87

50th Autumn Zaiger 27:19.95