First Cross Country Meet of 2011

SWG Eagles Start Season Off Strong

            Both the Eagle girls and boys team had their strongest finish in years at the Manson-Northwest Webster Invitational August 25.  Sophomore Emma Luhman led the Eagles with a runner-up (2^nd place) finish.  She one this race with a PR (personal record) time of 16:10. Winning the race was Prairie Valley’s Jaclyn Rittgers, who is currently ranked 12th in 1A.

As a team the Eagles finished in 2^nd place with 61 points behind St. Edmond’s with 40 points.  Prairie Valley finished 3^rd with 69 points.   Ridgeview finished 4^th (114), South Central Calhoun finished 5^th (122) and the home team Manson finished 6^th with 156. 

            For individuals, the Eagles had four medalists. In addition to Luhmann,   Senior Solveig Orngard placed sixth (17:01) , Senior Natalie Williams placed tenth (18:05), and Sophomore Morgan Strauss placed twelfth (18:38).  Also running well for the Eagles were Senior Caitlyn pace (31^st—20:25) and Emma Clausen (49^th).   Freshman Nicole Williams is hurt and can’t run yet.

            The boys’ team also had a strong start, with a third place finish behind St. Edmond’s (25 points) and South Central Calhoun (98) points.  The Eagles had 107 points and were led by Sophomore Randy Schwering, who finished in twelfth place.  Also medaling for SWG were Senior Miles Propst (18^th--19:26); Sophomore Colten Bills (21^st—19:42), and Senior Cody Breitsprecher (22^nd—19:52).   Senior Tyler Hinman placed 29^th (20:24); Sophomore Zach Hansen placed 68^th (23:16), Freshman Malachi Swanson placed 69^th (24:31), and Freshman Joe Sedlacek placed 70^th (24.48).

            The next meet is Tuesday, August 30 at Webster City.