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WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The Auburndale girls wanted to improve on last year’s appearance at state, and it did, moving up four spots in the Division 3 team standings at the 2016 WIAA State Cross Country Championships on Saturday at the Ridges Golf Course.
Auburndale finished ninth out of the 16 teams in the Division 3 field after taking 13th last year. The Apaches finished with 236 points, 22 behind eighth-place Glenwood City. Darlington took the team title and Noelle Maire of Belleville won the race in 19:12.79.
Isabella Jewell, like she has done all season, led the Apaches. She finished 53rd in 21:15.74, which was six seconds slower than her time last year at state. As a whole though, Auburndale improved with three others finishing in the top 100. Kali Karl was 79th (21:53), Vanessa Mitchell took 81st (21:54) and Anna Kollross was 92nd (22:10) for the Apaches.
The Stratford boys also had an eye on the improving from an 11th-place finish at state last year, but came up short, taking 16th.
Cade Lehman led the Tigers, finishing 72nd in 18:03.21. Isaac Guyer was the next Tiger to cross the finish line, taking 123rd in 19:01.05.
“As coaches, we knew if our top two runners weren’t in the top 30 overall places, we would probably finish 16th as a team,” Stratford coach Mark Guderski said. “When (No. 2 runner) Lucas Heidmann dropped out of the race to a back injury, we were going to finish last as a team. But, our goal from the beginning of the year was to make it to state and that’s what the boys did.
“All of our runners didn’t run well and, so we as coaches will re-evaluate last week’s practices to see what we can change to do better at state. Even though we finished last at state, we still finished 16th out of 152 schools in Division 3 and that’s what we will tell our boys at our award banquet. I told them they should be proud how they didn’t give up on their goal and try not to remember what happened at state, but how they got to state and the good times they had together as a team.”
Darlington won the D-3 boys team title for the sixth year in a row, with David Vannucchi of Onalaska Luther winning the race in 15:59.33.
Sun Prairie (Division 1) and East Troy (Division 2) won the other girls team titles, with Madison West (Division 1) and Lakeland (Division 2) taking the other boys team championships.
2016 WIAA State Cross Country Meet
Oct. 29, at Ridges Golf Course, Wisconsin Rapids
Boys
Division 3
Team standings: 1. Darlington 68; 2. La Crosse Aquinas 85; 3. Durand 118; 4. Living Word Lutheran 136; 5. Chequamegon 155; 6. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 189; 7. Rosholt 195; 8. Onalaska Luther 202; 9. Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld 213; 10. Kenosha St. Joseph 256; 11. Manitowoc Lutheran 264; 12. Unity 266; 13. Augusta 275; 14. Amherst 275; 15. Sheboygan Area Lutheran 346; 16.Stratford 425.
Top 10 individuals: 1. David Vannucchi (Luther) 15:59.33; 2. Wesley Schiek (Valley Christian) 16:05.98; 3. Payton Heinberg (Darlington) 16:33.65; 4. Adam Rzentkowski (Rosholt) 16:38.64; 5. Jacob Wahlers (Algoma) 16:39.62; 6. Andrew Ruiz (Webster) 16:39.64; 7. Dan Lau (Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran) 16:45.24; 8. Connor Dolan (Assumption) 16:46.26; 9. Garrett Franczek (Hilbert/Stockbridge) 16:47.01; 10. Alex Binfet (Unity) 16:48.03.
Stratford finishers: 72. Cade Lehman 18:03.21; 123. Isaac Guyer 19:01.05; 137. Christopher Zuelke 19:24.44; 139. Isaac Thompson 19:27.22; 147. Sam Schoenfuss 20:23.23; 149. Jacob Danen 20:25.29.
Division 2
Team standings: 1. Lakeland 105; 2. Valders 112; 3. Wisconsin Lutheran 114; 4. Monroe 117; 5. Dodgeville/Mineral Point 118; 6. Omro 162; 7. Shorewood 212; 8. Lakeside Lutheran 212; 9. Oconto Falls 227; 10. Cedar Grove-Belgium 232; 11. Green Bay Notre Dame 239; 12. East Troy 265; 13. Viroqua 280; 14. Sparta 322; 15. Northwestern 329; 16. Osceola 375.
Top 10 individuals: 1. Luke Bailey (Appleton Xavier) 15:44.80; 2. Clark Otte (Sheboygan Falls) 15:56.46; 3. Dustin Hatfield (River Valley) 16:05.90; 4. Trevor Wenzel (Valders) 16:10.46; 5. Miguel Mathias (Nekoosa/Port Edwards) 16:14.91; 6. Nathan Broullire (Appleton Xavier) 16:16.76; 7. Jack Colleran (Notre Dame) 16:19.19; 8. Travis Reiter (Freedom) 16:20.06; 9. Dan Iselin (Platteville) 16:26.78; 10. Trey Ulrich (Medford) 16:28.44.
Division 1
Team standings: 1. Madison West 130; 2. Hartland Arrowhead 137; 3. Middleton 164; 4. Hudson 208; 5. Mequon Homestead 222; 6. South Milwaukee 223; 7. Neenah 240; 8. West Bend West 246; 9. Sun Prairie 246; 10. Green Bay Preble 252; 11. Stevens Point 255; 12. Germantown 270; 13. Monona Grove 310; 14. Kimberly 311; 15. La Crosse Central 339; 16. Appleton North 347; 17. Waukesha North 349; 18. Brookfield East 354; 19. Muskego 384; 20. Kenosha Tremper 397.
Top 10 individuals: 1. Finn Gessner (Madison La Follette) 15:22.13; 2. Drew Bosley (Homestead) 15:38.76; 3. Brian Jacques (Oconomowoc) 15:41.60; 4. Sam Pinkowski (La Crosse Central) 15:42.36; 5. Gus Newcombe (Middleton) 15:44.02; 6. Tannor Wagner (Ashwaubenon) 15:45.83; 7. Luke Guttomson (West Bend West) 16:02.68; 8. Jordan Janusiak (South Milwaukee) 16:04.46; 9. Rowen Ellenberg (Kimberly) 16:05.13; 10. Cole Sandvold (Arrowhead) 16:05.35.
Girls
Division 3
Team standings: 1. Darlington 89; 2. Oshkosh Lourdes 93; 3. Rosholt 152; 4. Dodgeland 157; 5. Albany 184; 6. Fond du Lac St. Mary’s Springs 193; 7. Chequamegon 207; 8. Glenwood City 214; 9. Auburndale 236; 10. Lake Country Lutheran 247; 11. Stevens Point Pacelli 251; 12. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 252; 13. La Crosse Aquinas 271; 14. Melrose-Mindoro 298; 15. Phillips 301; 16. Elk Mound 321.
Top 10 individuals: 1. Noelle Maire (Belleville) 19:12.79; 2. Lydia Murphy (Lancaster) 19:26.98; 3. Marissa Ellenbecker (Edgar) 19:30.85; 4. Meygan Benzing (Dodgeland) 19:31.44; 5. Emily Foley (Oshkosh Lourdes) 19:36.45; 6. Ciara Kaderly (Albany) 19:41.71; 7. Erika Kisting (Iola-Scandinavia) 19:42.49; 8. Hannah Constable (Johnson Creek) 19:44.94; 9. Erica Kallstrom (Colfax) 19:45.53; 10. Delaney Green (Marion) 19:46.51.
Auburndale finishers: 53. Isabella Jewell 21:15.74; 79. Kali Karl 21:53.98; 81. Vanessa Mitchell 21:54.85; 92. Anna Kollross 22:10.60; 109. Julianna Kollross 22:50.86; 126. Taylor Stanton 23:30.34; 143. Emmalee Richardson 24:48.30.
Division 2
Team standings: 1. East Troy 88; 2. Luxemburg-Casco 108; 3. Freedom 113; 4. Wisconsin Lutheran 119; 5. Wisconsin Dells 137; 6. Cedar Grove-Belgium 167; 7. McFarland 190; 8. Westby 202; 9. Dodgeville/Mineral Point 209; 10. Plymouth 257; 11. Grafton 265; 12. Lakeland 275; 13. Clintonville 286; 14. St. Croix Central 316; 15. Deerfield/Cambridge 316; 16. Northwestern 372.
Top 10 individuals: 1. Dana Feyen (Gale-Ettrick-Tremplealeau) 18:21.48; 2. Laura Beghin (Wisconsin Dells) 18:34.14; 3. Audrey Janik (Wisconsin Lutheran) 18:53.65; 4. Annie Higgins (Appleton Xavier) 18:54.80; 5. Kara Pyatskowitz (Clintonville) 19:00.23; 6. Ella Rondeau (East Troy) 19:11.73; 7. Jacie Legois (Luxemburg-Casco) 19:14.58; 8. Erin Sorg (Delavan-Darien) 19:16.13; 9. Lauren Vosters (Freedom) 19:21.86; 10. Jaci Hinz (Freedom) 19:28.32.
Division 1
Team standings: 1. Sun Prairie 82; 2. Hartland Arrowhead 162; 3. Kettle Moraine 175; 4. Waukesha West 197; 5. Eau Claire Memorial 213; 6. Stevens Point 216; 7. Milwaukee Divine Savior Holy Angels 223; 8. Muskego 234; 9. Brookfield Central 240; 10. Waunakee 254; 11. Whitefish Bay 257; 12. Hortonville 266; 13. Menomonee Falls 308; 14. Madison Memorial 308; 15. Menomonie 310; 16. Kimberly 327; 17. Neenah 339; 18. De Pere 424; 19. Franklin 439; 20. Oshkosh North 485.
Top 10 individuals: 1. Meghan Scott (Divine Savior Holy Angels) 18:10.46; 2. Camille Davre (Whitefish Bay) 18;24.71; 3. Kate Jochims (Muskego) 18:30.14; 4. Peyton Sippy (Janesville Craig) 18:44.39; 5. Leah Nuestedter (Brookfield Central) 18:46.57; 6. Annika Linzmeier (Pulaski) 18:47.19; 7. Reagan Hoopes (Waunakee) 18:56.13; 8. Grace Dargiewicz (Waukesha South) 18:57.28; 9. Autumn Dushack (Sun Prairie) 19:01.44; 10. Libby Whelan (Divine Savior Holy Angels) 19:02.85.