Raiderettes place 4th at State Qualifying Meet
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The Mount Ayr Raiderette cross-country team placed one spot in the final team standings from qualifying for the state meet.
Mount Ayr placed fourth with 118 points with the top-3 teams advancing to this week’s state meet in Fort Dodge. Earlham won the meet with a team score of 41 followed by meet runner-up AHSTW with 50 points. Grand View Christian was third with 56 points.
Earlham teammates Olivia Spurling and Mackenzie Harger were 1-2 in the individual race in times of 19:42 and 20:33. Hannah Wilson from Fremont Mills was third in 20:53.
Mount Ayr was led by Anne Newton with a 12th place finish in 22:29. Ava England placed 29th to give the Raiderettes two, top-30 finishers. England finished in 24:25. Other Mount Ayr finishers were Addison Doolittle 31st in 24:32, Aubree Clark 35th in 25:12, Ashlyn Byer 39th in 26:12, and MaKel Jones 49th in 28:33.
Mount Ayr Class 1A State Qualifying Meet
Girl’s Team Scores: 1. Earlham 41, 2. AHSTW 50, 3. Grand View Christian 56, 4. Mount Ayr 118, 5. Heartland Christian 129, 6. Exira-Elk Horn-Kimbleton 145, 7. Southwest Valley 183, 8. Stanton 210. No Team Scores: Fremont-Mills, Lamoni, Lenox, Griswold, Council Bluffs St. Albert, Sidney.
Top-10 State Individual Qualifiers:
1. Olivia Spurling (Earlham) 19:42, 2. Mackenzie Harger (Earlham) 20:33, 3. Hannah Wilson (Fremont-Mills) 20:53, 4. Lydia Ives (Grand View Christian) 20:54, 5. Michelle Wilson (Exira-EHK) 20:56, 6. Ava Paulsen (AHSTW) 21:09, 7. Bella Lame (AHSTW) 21:11, 8. Lydia Parlee (Grand View Christian) 21:14, 9. Cece Stanley (Earlham) 21:28, 10. Keira Diehm (Heartland Christian) 21:41.
Individual Team Results:
MOUNT AYR (118): 12. Anne Newton 22:29, 29. Ava England 24:25, 31. Addison Doolittle 24:32, 34. Kacie Larsen 25:11, 35. Aubree Clark 25:12, 39. Ashlyn Byer 26:12, 49. MaKel Jones 28:33.
