Glenwood girls win third straight H-10 cross country title
Josh Leu (left) was 19th at the conference meet.
The Glenwood girls had four runners place among the top 15 runners to edge Harlan by a single point to secure the Rams’ their third straight Hawkeye 10 Conference Cross Country title at the Carroll Municipal Golf Course Thursday in Carroll.
The Rams’ tallied 57 points to the Cyclones’ runner-up score of 58.
Council Bluffs St. Albert’s Lili Denton won the girls crown with a time of 18:06.51. Harlan’s Lindsey Sonderman was the runner up with an 18:17.91 followed by Glenwood’s Grace Berglund and her third-place time of 18:42.05.
The Rams’ Breckyn Petersen placed seventh, Madelyn Berglund was ninth, Megan Hughes was 14th and Katelyn Harms finished 24th to round out the champion Rams’ scoring.
“We are so proud of all of our girls - middle school, junior varsity and varsity were all conference champs,” said Glenwood girls coach Marissa Klindt. “This made three Hawkeye-10 Conference Championships in a row for both our junior varsity and varsity teams.
“We ran well tonight on a brand-new course against the always tough Hawkeye-10 competition. We had so many girls run their season best times and several who ran their all-time bests. It was an incredible night with a lot to celebrate.”
Behind Kevin Coots’ top individual time of 16:04, the Council Bluffs Lewis Central boys won the team with a score of 28. The Tigers’ were second with 95 points.
The Glenwood boys finished eighth with 179 points.
Josh Leu led the Rams with a 19th place finish time of 18:21. Bryce Keller was 25th, Cody Henderson was 34th, Grant Sorensen was 46th and Jack Smithers finished 55th to complete Glenwood’s scoring.
Both the Glenwood girls and boys head to Harlan Wednesday for the State Qualifying meet at the Harlan Golf and Country Club.
Our girls love the Harlan course, so they’re excited and ready to go,” Klindt said. “It’s the point in the season where a lot of our girls are tired and have some aches and pains here and there, but we’re in a good place as a team.”
Hawkeye 10
Conference Meet
Girls Team Results
1. Glenwood, 57. 2. Harlan, 58. 3. Council Bluffs Lewis Central, 67. 4. Creston, 121. 5. Denison, 146. 6. Atlantic, 161. 7. Clarinda, 180. 8. Shenandoah, 208. 9. Kuemper Catholic, 216. 10. Council Bluffs St. Albert, 217.
Glenwood Girls
Place Winners
3. Grace Berglund, 18:42. 7. Breckyn Petersen, 20:05. 9. Madelyn Berglund, 20:26. 14. Megan Hughes, 20:45. 24. Katelyn Harms, 21:48. 27. Haylee Hughes, 22:06. 31. Maggie McChesney, 22:44.
Boys Team Results
1. Council Bluffs Lewis Central, 28. 2. Red Oak, 95. 3. Kuemper Catholic, 100. 4. Council Bluffs St. Albert, 113. 5. Shenandoah, 147. 6. Atlantic, 164. 7. Denison, 171. 8. Glenwood, 179. 9. Harlan, 189. 10. Clarinda, 248. 11. Creston, 272.
Glenwood Boys
Place Winners
19. Josh Leu, 18:21. 25. Bryce Keller, 18:43. 34. Cody Henderson, 19:04. 46. Grant Sorensen, 19:53. 55. Jack Smithers, 20:23. 62. Owen Peverill, 21:32. 66. Mak Horton, 22:15.