Individuals perform well in giant Western Dubuque meet

     It will likely be the largest meet the Monticello High School cross country teams will run in this season.

     The Western Dubuque Invitational had runners from 26 schools, representing all classes. Even the state meet is limited to 18 teams per race.

     “It was fun,” Monticello coach Dan Sauser said. “We like to go to meets where there is great competition.”

     This one certainly had that – 10 girls’ teams were ranked in the state, along with nine boys’ teams.

     The Panther teams shared a common trait in this meet, as the boys finished seventh and the girls were 15^th.

     “They didn’t particularly have their best race of the year,” Sauser said. “But there were some really good individual performances.”

     In the boys’ race, Cole Cruise led the way with a 27^th place finish.

     “Cole had another solid race,” the coach said.

     There were three personal records – Daltyn Kramer by 20 seconds, Zach Chapman by 12 seconds, and Carter Cruise by two seconds. Carter Kurt had a season-best time by 30 seconds.

     Emily Schlarmann led the Panther girls, finishing 48^th overall.

     “It was her strongest race of the year,” the coach said.

     She was among three varsity girls who ran season-best times. Triniti Etzel beat her previous 2018 best by a full minute, while Gabby Guilford and Schlarmann both had season-bests by about 30 seconds. The Panthers were missing Lydia Recker – one of the team’s top four runners most of the season – due to an illness.

     “Team-wise, it was not where we want to be, but I thought the effort was there,” Sauser said. “We need to keep growing.”

     The junior varsity boys finished seventh, and the JV girls were 13^th in their respective races. For the boys, Austin Timm led the way, taking 42^nd place. Gavin Baugh and Jayden Orcutt had personal best times, and six others had season bests.

     The girls were led by Sydney Ballou in 46^th place. Lizzie Petersen and Faith Hansen had season-best times.

New meet

     For years, in the last week of the regular season, the Panthers would go to the North Linn meet. This year, they are skipping the trip to Troy Mills in order to compete in the DeWitt Central Invitational Oct. 4 in DeWitt.

     Race times are 4:45 p.m. for varsity boys, 5:15 p.m. for varsity girls, 5:45 p.m. for JV boys, and 5:50 p.m. for JV girls. The middle school teams will run together, starting at 4:15 p.m.

Sept. 27

W. Dubuque Inv.

VARSITY GIRLS TEAM SCORES

     1, Dubuque Wahlert 82; 3, Dubuque Hempstead 83; 3, Cedar Rapids Prairie 108; 4, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 128; 5, Decorah 143; 6, Charles City 161; 7, Springville/Central City 214; 8, Cascade 228; 9, Benton Community 241; 10, Western Dubuque 273; 11, North Linn 294; 12, DeWitt Central 315; 13, Anamosa 317; 14, Bellevue Marquette 346; 15, Monticello 378; 16, Independence 414; 17, Dyersville Beckman 449; 18, West Delaware 484; 19, Clayton Ridge 578; 20, Maquoketa 592.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     48, Emily Schlarmann, 22:03.0; 60, Gabrielle Steiner, 22:18.8; 73, Karle Kramer, 22:42.0; 104, Triniti Etzel, 23:36.2; 111, Gabby Guilford, 24:00.1; 118, Dru Kramer, 24:49.2.

VARSITY BOYS TEAM SCORES

     1, Cedar Rapids Prairie 40; 2, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 80; 3, Decorah 133; 4, Dubuque Wahlert 133; 5, Western Dubuque 137; 6, Calamus-Wheatland 168; 7, Monticello 240; 8, Benton Community 241; 9, Charles City 248; 10, North Fayette Valley 254; 11, Maquoketa Valley 308; 12, North Linn 345; 13, DeWitt Central 358; 14, Cascade 359; 15, Springville/Central City 372; 16, West Delaware 480; 17, Alburnett 547; 18, Anamosa 549; 19, Bellevue Marquette 572; 20, Maquoketa 575; 21, Dyersville Beckman 593; 22, Independence 637; 23, Clayton Ridge 680.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     27, Cole Cruise, 17:51.3; 47, Daltyn Kramer, 18:27.8; 49, Zach Chapman, 18:31.5; 58, Carter Kurt, 18:39.0; 63, David Titman, 18:49.2; 65, Jasper Nietert, 18:51.1; 74, Carter Cruise, 19:17.4.

JV GIRLS TEAM SCORES

     1, Cedar Rapids Prairie 31; 2, Decorah 67; 3, Dubuque Hempstead 107; 4, Charles City 120; 5, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 124; 6, Dubuque Wahlert 138; 7, Western Dubuque 176; 8, DeWitt Central 286; 9, Benton Community 304; 10, Cascade 336; 11, North Linn 338; 12, North Fayette Valley 342; 13, Monticello 344; 14, West Delaware 370; 15, Independence 406; 16, Anamosa 455.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     46, Sydney Ballou, 24:12.0; 109, Lizzie Petersen, 26:01.8; 117, Jaelyn Graver, 26:10.5; 140, Faith Hansen, 26:35.9; 148, Maddie Stadtmueller, 26:50.0.

JV BOYS TEAM SCORES

     1, Cedar Rapids Prairie 25; 2, Decorah 60; 3, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 90; 4, Western Dubuque 93; 5, Dubuque Wahlert 131; 6, Charles City 180; 7, Monticello 229; 8, North Fayette Valley 272; 9, West Delaware 278; 10, Benton Community 302; 11, Maquoketa Valley 304; 12, DeWitt Central 331; 13, Edgewood-Colesburg 413; 14, Bellevue 429; 15, Cascade 454; 16, Independence 464; 17, Alburnett 496.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     42, Austin Timm, 19:46.9; 59, Gavin Baugh, 20:05.6; 64, Jayden Orcutt, 20:08.9; 70, Levi Temple, 20:19.8; 71, Grant Hospodarsky, 20:21.9; 72, Dalton Hampson, 20:22.7; 77, Ethan Martensen, 20:28.6; 225, Keagan Glawatz, 23:19.6; 230, Dominik Chally, 23:26.8; 259, Erlin Bell, 24:21.3; 263, Nathan Oswald, 24:25.2; 264; Noah Webber, 24:26.3; 289, Matthew Beal, 26:01.9.