Jefferson Cross Country article

Number Fourteen Ranked SWG Boys Run Well at Jefferson

            Propst,Breitsprecher medal

Luhmann, Orngard medal for the girls

            Three meets into the season, the SWG Eagle cross country teams continue to improve.  The boys were surprised and pleased to be ranked 15^th by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches the first week of the season.  They were even more surprised and pleased to move up to 14^th the second week.    After beating #12 South Hamilton and tying with #11 Panorama, it is expected the Eagle boys will move up even more in the next rankings.
            “I was absolutely thrilled to see the rankings. Our boys run as a pack and that strategy is paying off,” said head coach Dean Breitsprecher.  “The girls are running great as well. I expect to see them ranked very soon.”

             Nine teams competed at Jefferson September 8.  SWG finished tied for third placed, with Guthrie Center and West Marshall placing first and second respectively.  West Marshall won the 2A title last year.  

            The number one runner for the Eagle boys was once again Senior Miles Propst, who finished tenth with a time of 19:31.  Senior Cody Breitsprecher also medaled and finished 19^th with a time of 20:01.  Also competing for the Eagles was Sophomore Randy Schwering (25^th, 20:22); Senior Tyler HInman (28^th—20:29); Sophomore Colten Bill (29^th, 20:30); Freshman Malachi Swanson (61^st—22:39), Sophomore Zach Hansen (84^th—24:29), and Freshman Joe Sedlacek (88^th—25:10).    There were 103 total runners in the varsity boys competition. 

            The girls also ran well, finishing in sixth place out of ten teams with 129 points.  Winning this meet was South Hamilton with 67 points.  Finishing second was Guthrie Center with 89 and #12 in class 1A Panorama with 94 points.  Sophomore Emma Luhmann, who is ranked 20^th on mile/split/com, and  Senior Solveig Orngard both medaled, finishing 5^th and 11^th respectively.  Senior Natalie Williams finished 27^th (19:12), Junior Morgan Strauss finished 40^th (19:55), Freshman Nicole Williams finished 59^th (21:25), and Sophomore Caitlin Pace finished 63^rd (21:42).

            This was also the first junior high meet.  Unfortunately, the football and volleyball teams also had games this night, so the only junior high runner was Bryce Scott, eighth grader. He did very well—finishing 39^th with a time of 16:33.  Junior high athletes run a two –mile course.             

            The next meet is a combined junior high/high school meet at Carroll on Saturday, September 17.