Monti runs with ranked teams at Anamosa Invite

     Monticello High School’s cross country teams found themselves tangling with several ranked teams in the highly competitive Anamosa Invitational Saturday, Sept. 22 at Anamosa Middle School.

     “That is a quality meet,” Monticello coach Dan Sauser said. “It’s nice to see some teams we haven’t seen. You have to step it up and run your best against teams like those.”

     The Panthers finished fifth out of 16 teams in the boys’ race, and sixth out of 15 in the girls’ event. Finishing above them were several ranked teams.

     The boys’ race was won by Tipton, ranked second in Class 2A. Other ranked teams finishing above the Panthers were Camanche (15^th in 2A) and Calamus-Wheatland (fourth in 1A).

     Four ranked teams finished ahead of Monticello in the girls’ race, including the winner, Solon (fifth in 3A). Also up there were Cascade (13^th in 2A), Springville/Central City (seventh in 2A) and Iowa City High (10^th in 4A).

     Both Panther teams are ranked as well; the boys came into the meet sixth in 2A, and the girls were 11^th in 2A.

     Depth was key to the Panthers’ finish in the boys’ race. Unfortunately for Monticello, that depth wasn’t enough to move them a few notches higher. The Panthers were fifth, but just 12 points out of second place.

     “We were just on the other end,” Sauser said. “But we had a solid race out of our top three, and our fourth through seventh runners ran really well.”

     The Panthers posted two personal records, from Zach Chapman and Carter Cruise. Carter Kurt beat his previous season best by 25 seconds.

     Cole Cruise led the team with a 14^th place finish, Jasper Nietert was 17^th, David Titman ran 26^th, Chapman was 30^th and Daltyn Kramer was 39^th.

     Monticello’s girls were again strong in the top four positions, and are still looking for a fifth runner to move closer to those four. The Panthers did run Saturday without varsity runners Makenna Patterson (injury) and Triniti Etzel (illness).

     Karle Kramer was 13^th overall, Gabrielle Steiner was 28^th, Lydia Recker ran 30^th, and Emily Schlarmann was 40^th. Karle Kramer and Schlarmann ran season best times. Dru Kramer was 77^th, in personal record time.

     “She’s got a great frame of mind,” Sauser said of Dru Kramer. “She knows how to push herself.”

     Two Panthers who have run varsity races in past years returned from injury at Anamosa, Sydney Ballou and Lauren Lambert. Ballou would have been fifth on the team and Lambert seventh had they run in the varsity race.

     Six of the seven JV girls ran season best times, and Kehde Campbell ran a PR time.

     “I’m really happy with Kehde,” Sauser said.

     In the JV boys’ race, Austin Timm was fifth, Levi Temple 11^th and Grant Hospdarsky 12^th. Temple ran a PR time, and Hospodarsky ran a season best time.

     “All three are capable of running at the varsity level,” Sauser said.

     Gavin Baugh also made the top 20, with a 17^th place finish.

Thursday meets ahead

     The Panthers have a consistent schedule ahead – their next four meets are on Thursdays. The first of those is Sept. 27 at Western Dubuque. Race times are 4:45 p.m. for varsity girls, 5:15 p.m. for varsity boys, 5:40 p.m. for JV girls, and 6:20 p.m. for JV boys.

     The other Thursday events are Oct. 4 at DeWitt Central, Oct. 11 in the River Valley Conference Meet in Iowa City, and hosting the state qualifying meet Oct. 18.

Sept. 22

Anamosa Inv.

VARSITY GIRLS TEAM SCORES

     1, Solon 82; 2, Davenport Assumption 129; 3, Cascade 130; 4, Springville/Central City 131; 5, Iowa City High 145; 6, Monticello 185; 7, Tipton 186; 8, South Winneshiek 205; 9, North Linn 219; 10, Anamosa 230; 11, Marian Catholic (Ill.) 247; 12, Fort Madison 278; 13, Dyersville Beckman 295; 14, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 334; 15, Camanche 341.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     13, Karle Kramer, 21:11.6; 28, Gabrielle Steiner, 22:02.5; 30, Lydia Recker, 22:07.1; 40, Emily Schlarmann, 22:30.4; 77, Dru Kramer, 24:31.8; 84, Gabby Guilford, 25:10.8.

VARSITY BOYS TEAM SCORES

     1, Tipton 51; 2, Camanche 114; 3, Calamus-Wheatland 117; 4, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 124; 5, Monticello 126; 6, South Winneshiek 197; 7, Solon 233; 8, Marian Catholic (Ill.) 235; 9, Davenport Assumption 242; 10, North Linn 244; 11, Cascade 261; 12, Fort Madison 261; 13, Springville/Central City 277; 14, Clinton Prince of Peace 308; 15, Anamosa 389; 16, Dyersville Beckman 449.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     14, Cole Cruise, 18:03.0; 17, Jasper Nietert, 18:14.7; 26, David Titman, 18:32.8; 30, Zach Chapman, 18:43.9; 39, Daltyn Kramer, 18:57.8; 47, Carter Kurt, 19:07.3; 57, Carter Cruise, 19:19.3.

JV GIRLS TEAM SCORES

     1, Iowa City High 33; 2, Dubuque Senior 34; 3, Solon 82; 4, Davenport Assumption 141; 5, South Winneshiek 151; 6, Monticello 163; 7, North Linn 171; 8, Cascade 203.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     31, Sydney Ballou, 24:24.4; 37, Lauren Lambert, 24:43.8; 51, Jaelyn Graver, 25:25.4; 71, Lizzie Petersen, 26:35.7; 72, Faith Hansen, 26:37.4; 96, Maddie Stadtmueller, 28:01.9; 119, Kehde Campbell, 31:20.4.

JV BOYS TEAM SCORES

     1, Tipton 28; 2, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 49; 3, Monticello 67; 4, Solon 86; 5, Cascade 169; 6, South Winneshiek 173; 7, Davenport Assumption 185; 8, Camanche 208.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     5, Austin Timm, 19:34.7; 11, Levi Temple, 19:57.2; 12, Grant Hospodarsky, 19:57.7; 17, Gavin Baugh, 20:21.9; 23, Dalton Hampson 20:48.6; 27, Ethan Martensen, 21:02.8; 30, Jayden Orcutt, 21:21.7; 44, Nathan Oswald, 22:10.9; 53, Keagan Glawatz, 23:08.2; 61, Dominik Chally, 23:28.9; 78, Erlin Bell, 25:26.1; Noah Webber, 25:53.2; 83, Marcus Sunlin, 26:10.6; 84, Matthew Beal, 26:12.7.