COUGAR PRIDE

MNW girls, Ollinger reach state field

PANORA – The Manson Northwest Webster girls and Levi Ollinger earned state cross country bids here Thursday in a Class 1A qualifying meet.

The Cougars were second behind Madrid and ahead of Newell-Fonda.

Reigning Twin Lakes Conference champion Maddie Wittrock finished fifth overall in 20:38. Her sophomore teammate, Kathleen Hildreth, took sixth in 20:41, followed by Payton Petersen in 15th, Hayden Oswald in 24th, and Kaylee Pugh in 33rd.

"It was a difficult course, but they found a way to fight through the terrain and bring the third-ever state appearance for the girls," MNW head coach Matt Balsley said. "I can't say enough about the community support to get such a high amount of girls to run a lot of miles heading into the season."

Ollinger placed ninth in the boys race for the MNW boys, who were fourth overall. The freshman posted a time of 17:54. Kyle Widlund just missed out, finishing 12th overall.

Thomas Lundberg was 37th, Logan Meyer 41st and Rowan Poutre 47th.

"Levi has had an amazing season as a freshman and he deserves everything he's gotten this year," Balsley said. "He has an incredible work ethic and put in a tremendous amount of miles during the summer."

Danika Meyer of Newell-Fonda earned an individual bid by finishing eighth in 21:48. Quinn Sievers was 17th, Ellie Sievers 21st, Elliot Hamilton 23rd and Paige Erickson 42nd.

For the Mustang boys, Jack Olsen crossed in 24th, Austin Barber 27th, Sawyer Olsen 35th, Brock White 38th and Jack Helmkamp 52nd. They were seventh overall.

EAGLE GROVE’S PARROTT MAKES STATE

EAGLE GROVE – London Parrott's freshman season of cross country will conclude at the Class 2A state championships in Fort Dodge.

The Eagle Grove runner earned an individual bid by placing 11th here on Thursday at a qualifying meet. She clocked a time of 21:10.

Myka Anderson was 47th and Ingrid Pull 61st for the Eagles.

The Southeast Valley girls were 10th overall, as Emily Wilson finished 49th. Aleeyah Hoefer was 51st, Ruby Stimpson 60th, Charlie Dorsey 62nd and Adelle Fors 70th. Sofia Dahlgren of Clarion-Goldfield/Dows placed 76th.

Carson Gump from Clarion-Goldfield/Dows punched his own state ticket, finishing 10th overall in 17:42. The Cowboys were ninth. C-G/D’s Max Engstler finished 52nd, Logan Torsell was 55th, Edurardo Rivera 57th and Roy Hoang 78th.

Kasen Loeffler, Griffin Vote and Owen Nuss all placed in the Top-30 for the Jaguar boys, as they took fifth overall. Loeffler was 26th in 18:33, Vote one spot behind in 18:34 and Nuss 28th in 18:35.

August Akins finished 33rd and Landon Vote was 43rd.

Eagle Grove finished eighth, led by Asrael Castro's 24th in 18:30. Hunter Waldo-Martinez was 34th, Stetson Kvale 45th, Anthony Vasquez 63rd and Kezaran Friedl 65th.

ARAGON ADVANCES FOR RAIDERS

HOLSTEIN – Lucas Aragon of East Sac County placed 10th here Thursday, earning his spot in the Class 1A state cross country field.

Aragon clocked a time of 17:46 to secure an individual bid to Fort Dodge next week.

The Raiders were 11th overall. Emmett Hemer crossed in 59th for ESC, Damian Riedell was 68th, Kenton Ackerman was 81st and Mason Snyder 87th.

For the East Sac County girls, Aubrey Renze placed 30th, Petra Millan was 32nd, Gracie Harty 70th and Nevaeh Stone 72nd.

SPENCER, COX SCORE STATE BIDS

ORANGE CITY – Declan Spencer of South Central Calhoun and Ben Cox of Emmetsburg earned individual trips to the Class 2A state cross country meet here Thursday.

Spencer finished 13th overall and Cox was 15th to advance to Fort Dodge next week.

As a team, the E-Hawks were eighth overall, with Elijah Cox finishing 39th, Miles Rouse 51st, Asher Woodford 72nd and Danny Nelson 77th.

Cox, a sophomore, posted a time of 17:34 to earn his spot while Spencer, also a sophomore, went 17:24.

Gabe Wiley from South Central Calhoun was 76th.