Doolittle qualifies for state meet
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By RYAN
STONEBRAKER
LEON, Iowa – The Mount Ayr girls cross-country team will send one runner to this year’s state Class 1A state meet this Saturday in Fort Dodge. The Raiderettes Addison Doolittle broke through and qualified for the state meet by placing in the top-10 finishers at the qualifying meet in Leon last Thursday.
Out of the 50 runners hoping to qualify for state, Doolittle placed 9th in the meet with a time of 20:46 to punch her ticket to state. Also joining her at state out of the Pride of Iowa Conference will be Lenox’s Addison Junker and Wayne’s Kinsey Prunty. Prunty placed fifth in 20:35 and Junker placed 7th in 20:55 to make the state meet. Central Decatur was also at the meet and was led by Taylor Leahy who placed 20th in a time of 22:41.
Earlham was the meet champion with a team score of 43 points after having the top-2 finishers. Amanda Smith won the race in 19:36 while teammate Mackenzie Harger was second in 20:14. Earlham was the top ranked team at the meet with a ranking of No. 6. Van Buren was the runner-up team with 48 points, five behind Earlham. Van Buren was the other ranked team at the meet at No. 8 in Class 1A. Pleasantville was the third-place team with 76 points. Three POI teams placed in the team standings. Wayne placed fourth with 81 points, Mount Ayr placed fifth with 118 points and Central Decatur placed sixth with 123 points.
After Doolittle, Mount Ayr had a pair of top-30 finishers in Ryley Greenwell 25th in 23:16 and Ava England 29th in 23:39. Other Raiderette finishes were Kacie Larson 37th in 24:52 and Irais Trujillo 44th in 26:33.
The top-2 teams qualified for state with Earlham and Van Buren on the team side. The top-10 runners also qualified for the state meet. The state cross-country meet is this Saturday in Fort Dodge.
Central Decatur Class 1A State Qualifying Meet Results
Thursday, October 23
At Leon
Girl’s Team Scores: 1. Earlham 43, 2. Van Buren 48, 3. Pleasantville 76, 4. Wayne 81, 5. Mount Ayr 118, 6. Central Decatur 123. No Team Scores: Lenox, Essex, Fremont-Mills, Stanton, Lamoni, Griswold.
Top-10 Individual Finishers (State Qualifiers):
1. Amanda Smith (E) 19:36, 2. Mackenzie Harger (E) 20:14, 3. Summer Isley (P’Ville) 20:23, 4. Amelia Latch (P’Ville) 20:24, 5. Kinsey Prunty (W) 20:35, 6. Kayley Snowgren (VB) 20:41, 7. Addison Junker (Lenox) 20:55, 9. Addison Doolittle (MA) 20:56, 10. Rylee Phillips (VB) 21:01.
Individual Team Results:
MOUNT AYR (118): 9. Addison Doolittle 20:56, 25. Ryley Greenwell 23:16, 29. Ava England 23:39, 37. Kacie Larsen 24:52, 44. Irais Trujillo 26:33.
