Panthers 'reunite' to compete in Anamosa Invitational

     Mostly, it was just good to have the full team back.

     A season in which 16 runners had either been quarantined or missed meets for other reason returned to a sense of normalcy Saturday, Sept. 26, as the Panther cross country teams ran in the Anamosa Invitational at Anamosa Middle School.

     “It was good to get everybody back,” Monticello coach Dan Sauser said. That included the coach himself, who had his own COVID issues and had not attended a meet since Sept. 3 in Iowa City.

     “We’re used to having the time to develop as a team.”

     Monticello’s teams both took fifth place at Anamosa, in a meet dominated by Solon, which won both varsity and both junior varsity divisions.

     The Panther girls scored 124 points, led by Emma Althoff, who was ninth overall. Karle Kramer, Triniti Etzel and Lydia Recker were also in the top 30.

     Thirteen of the 15 Panther girls who ran had season-best times, and Jackie Stadtmueller, who ran in the JV race, had a personal record time. Savannah Freese had the Panthers’ best JV time, which would have been good enough for sixth on the team in the varsity race.

     “I was real pleased with the overall effort,” Sauser said. “Triniti Etzel had a really good individual performance, and Savannah Freese has shown huge growth from last year to this year.”

     Monticello’s boys scored 126, and had 19 season-best times. Four of those were personal bests, by Jacob Miller, Ian Temple, Nathan Oswald and Erlin Bell.

     Jasper Nietert finished eighth individually, and Zach Chapman was 20^th. Harrison Ahlrichs and Jacob Miller were in the top 40.

     “We could have maybe crept up a little bit (in the team placing), but I knew they ran well. I was pleased with the overall performance,” Sauser said.

     Dylan Ponder led the team in the boys’ JV race, placing fifth overall.

     Monticello was second as a team in both JV races.

Western Dubuque Thursday

     The Panthers will travel to Epworth Oct. 1 for the Western Dubuque Invitational. Times have been changed from what was originally announced at the start of the season. The correct times are: varsity boys at 4:15 p.m., varsity girls at 4:45 p.m., JV boys at 5:15 p.m., and JV girls at 5:45 p.m.

Sept. 26

Anamosa Inv.

(at Anamosa Middle School)

VARSITY BOYS TEAM SCORES

     1, Solon 51; 2, South Winneshiek 84; 3, Tipton 98; 4, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 103; 5, Monticello 126; 6, Davenport Assumption 130; 7, Cascade 193; 8, Camanche 199; 9, Anamosa 206; 10, North Linn 272; 11, Isaac Newton Christian 283; 12, Springville/Central City 349; 13, Midland 364.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     8, Jasper Nietert, 17:17.7; 20, Zach Chapman, 17:57.1; 33, Carter Kurt, 18:31.0; 35, Harrison Ahlrichs, 18:31.3; 43, Jacob Miller, 19:00.3; 44, Ian Temple, 19:01.5; 48, Keegan Freese, 19:10.

VARSITY GIRLS TEAM SCORES

     1, Solon 41; 2, Davenport Assumption 69; 3, South Winneshiek 94; 4, Tipton 96; 5, Monticello 124; 6, Clinton Prince of Peace 146; 7, North Linn 178; 8, Anamosa 180; 9, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 208; 10, Cascade 220.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     9, Emma Althoff, 20:43.0; 20, Karle Kramer, 21:36.6; 25, Triniti Etzel, 22:20.4; 28, Lydia Recker, 22:39.7; 42, Rylee Kraus, 23:47.9; 45, Katie Roher, 24:04.0; 53, Mya Postel, 24:46.5.

JV BOYS TEAM SCORES

     1, Solon 26; 2, Monticello 65; 3, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 78; 4, Center Point-Urbana 85; 5, Davenport Assumption 108.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     5, Dylan Ponder, 19:26.3; 6, Chesney Capron, 19:35.3; 14, Grant Hospodarsky, 19:56.4; 19, Walker Spence, 20:14.1; 21, Ian Lorenzen, 20:18.8; 22, Jayden Orcutt, 20:20.8; 27, Erlin Bell, 20:40.2; 28, Levi Temple, 20:42.6; 29, Cord Nietert, 20:44.5; 37, Jayden Tomkins, 21:05.3; 38, Caden Ungs, 21:13.3; 42, Nathan Oswald, 21:22.4; 52, Alex Oswald, 54, Nathan Sauser, 22:20.5; 55, Noah Webber, 22:22.0; 56, Keagan Glawatz, 22:22.8; 61, Connor Hynick, 22:37.6; 62, Dominik Chally, 22:39.8; 72, Trey Kuper, 23:57.0; 82, Mark Sunlin, 26:09.4.

JV GIRLS TEAM SCORES

     1, Solon 15; 2, Monticello 55; 3, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 99; 4, Center Point-Urbana 101; 5, Davenport Assumption 106.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     10, Savannah Freese, 23:53.5; 12, Emily Hendricks, 24:40.2; 15, Ella Glawatz, 25:13.8; 19, Faith Hansen, 25:51.4; 21, Jackie Stadtmueller, 25:58.6; 31, Maddie Stadtmueller, 27:07.5; 34, Dru Kramer, 27:20.9; 45, Kehde Campbell, 31:48.0.