WEBSTER CITY LYNX CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

MARSHALLTOWN EARLYBIRD MEET-AUGUST 26, 2010

MARSHALLTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

BOYS VARSITY W.T.-15:50 TEAM SCORES

Alex Lamp 2^nd-16:31 Marshalltown 46

Mason Hedeen 13^th-18:34 Waterloo West 56

Andrew Laird 14^th-18:35 Webster City 71

Nick Thilges 20^th-18:48 Ottumwa 81

Ben Mossman 22^nd-19:01 Dike-New Hartford 130

Ethan Glenn 23^rd-19:06 South Tama 147

Austin Elm 24^th-19:08 Grundy Center 192

Jacob Clabaugh 26^th-19:16

Lucas Poland 33^rd-20:06

Brad Tate 35^th-20:16

Cory Woodhouse 40^th-20:40

Cameron White 46^th-21:20

Colin Ryan 48^th-21:50

BOYS J.V. W.T.-18:23 TEAM SCORES

Derek Turner 14^th-20:23 Waterloo West 24

Jacob Hedeen 19^th-20:58 Marshalltown 35

Riley Rainey 31^st-21:56 Ottumwa 90

Ryan Heinrichs 36^th-22:31 Webster City 116

Ben Westcott 40^th-22:45 Dike-New Hartford 116

Tristan Graham 46^th-23:27

Andrew Straw 50^th-24:04

Shane Gilman 58^th-24:39

Jake Hayes 60^th-24:44

Adam McMurray 61^st-24:45

COACH BUSSAN’S COMMENTS: We had an excellent beginning on a challenging course against a quality field that included some of Class 4A’s better programs. Our summer training paid off as we competed extremely well and moved forward throughout the race. Senior Alex Lamp ran an outstanding race finishing runner-up to Kevin Lewis of Ottumwa, last year’s 5^th place Class 4A state finisher and defeating Marshalltown’s #1 runner with a strong final 250 meters. Alex set a new PR of 16:31 breaking his old PR set at the state meet by 29 seconds. Senior Mason Hedeen used a strong push forward in the final mile to finish as our #2 and Andrew Laird had the strongest race of his career and ran aggressively to finish as our #3. Our two, brand new cross country runners sophomores Nick Thilges and freshman Ben Mossman, were extremely aggressive early in the race and hung on to finish as our #4 and #5 runners. A tight battle ensued for our 6^th and 7^th positions with Ethan Glenn and Austin Elm slightly edging out a fine run by Jacob Clabaugh. Our depth was demonstrated by the tight pack of runners that came quickly behind our top 8 as this meet doubled as a time trial. On the J.V. side, Derek Turner did a fine job considering that he is overcoming a bout with mono. It will be exciting to see what we can do at home against a large field of schools that feature some of the best 3A and 2A programs in the state.

WEBSTER CITY CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

MARSHALLTOWN EARLYBIRD MEET-AUGUST 26, 2010

MARSHALLTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

GIRLS VARSITY W.T.-16:19 TEAM SCORES

Brenna Paukert 12^th-17:44 Marshalltown 35

Morgan Moline 13^th-17:44 Ottumwa 52

Alicia Long 29^th-19:03 Waterloo West 100

Brittney Dodge 32^nd-19:25 Webster City 114

Megan Hughes 33^rd-19:26 Dike- New Hartford 116

Rachel Kaufman 34^th-19:35 Grundy Center 140

Erika Just 41^st-20:15 South Tama 162

Gina Moline 42^nd-20:21

Nichole Heinrichs 43^rd-20:23

Ashley Meyers 45^th-20:44

Morgan Shannon 46^th-20:50

Rachel Hoffman 50^th-21:05

Carly Huber 56^th-22:05

GIRLS J.V. W.T.-17:52

Cassie Crick 22^nd-22:23

Shelby Smith 30^th-24:53

Nichole Goodrich 34^th-25:37

Kolby Stanley 35^th-25:37

COACH BUSSAN’S COMMENTS: I thought our girls did an excellent job of following our race plan given the relative inexperience of the squad. We had practiced it going out more slowly and then moving forward throughout the race. 800 meters out I don’t believe we had anybody in the top 40 runners but by mile and a half mark Brenna and Morgan were 23^rd and 25^th and the rest of girls had moved up well and by the end of the race Brenna and Morgan were battling and nearly broke the top 10 against a fine field. That’s a great job by two sophomores who had to be asked to step forward to do leadership roles this year. Alicia Long and Brittney Dodge did a nice job of leading the next wave of runners and the rest of the girls competed well with each other for our top 7 positions. We have more depth than I originally though which should allow us to become a very effective squad. On the J.V. side, Cassie Crick ran aggressively in her first race and performed well as did the other girls.

We look forward to seeing how we stack up against the competition with schools more our size at the home meet on Tuesday at the Links Golf Course beginning at 5 p.m. There is an admission charge of $5.00 per car.