Cross country teams ready to compete
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Dustin Larsen enters his third season as the cross country coach at Mount Ayr and will be assisted by Dan Showalter.
Girls on the team this year include:
Anne Newton — Senior
Lillian Fuller — Senior
Aubree Clark — Junior
Ashlyn Byer — Sophomore
Addison Doolittle — Sophomore
Ava England — Sophomore
Kacie Larsen — Sophomore
MaKel Jones — Freshman
For the boys squad, just three will compete:
Braylon Greenwell — Sophomore
Sam Hudson — Freshmen
Carter Levine — Freshmen
The girl’s team showed some success last year as meet champions at the I-35 Invitational and Ron Landphair Invitational.
The team finished third in the POI.
Major losses from graduation for the girls include Makenna Jones, Karlie Larsen and Natalie Schaefer who ran well throughout the year and scored at our state qualifying meet.
Returning letter winners (include class):
Anne Newton — Senior
Aubree Clark — Junior
Ashlyn Byer — Sophomore
Ava England — Sophomore
Kacie Larsen — Sophomore
MaKel Jones — Freshman
On the teams outlook for this year, coach Larsen said, “The strength of our girls team is that we are packed together tight. On any given night we may 5 girls finish within 10 places of each other. What will drive our success, is the ability to push each other and push the pace of our pack and run competitively outside of our comfort zone.
“We are still working to field a complete boy’s team. We are excited with what Braylon Greenwell has done since last season. He has continued to put in the miles, had a good season of growth last spring during track season and looks stronger this year entering the cross country season. We expect to see him run considerably stronger at each respective meet this year compared to last year. He is joined this year by Freshmen Sam Hudson and Carter Levine who both ran in Middle School.”
Larsen continued, “Overall, we have had a good summer and pre-season. Many individuals committed to running this summer and have been consistent in pre-season work. We have been pleased with some of the effort and work we have seen so far, and we are looking forward to seeing our kids. compete this season.”
