Greenwell qualifies for state meet
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By RYAN STONEBRAKER
CORNING, Iowa — Mount Ayr junior Ryley Greenwell will get to end her cross country season at the Class 1A state meet in Fort Dodge. Greenwell placed eighth overall to earn a top-10 automatic qualification to the girl’s state meet. Greenwell placed eighth overall in a time of 22:19. She was the only Pride of Iowa Conference runner to place in the top-10 overall finishers.
Logan-Magnolia won the girl’s team title to qualify for state. AC/GC’s Vivian Crawford won the girl’s race in 20:49 while Heartland Christian’s Ava Steinmetz was the runner-up in 21:27. There were 62 runners in the girl’s race.
Mount Ayr and Central Decatur tied for the team race in 5th place with 105 points. Mount Ayr’s fifth place runner’s score was the tiebreaker, giving the Raiderettes fifth place.
Other Mount Ayr finishers were Alice Briner 19th in 23:44, Tatum Friedrich 35th in 26:07, Alba Friedrich 36th in 26:17, Kinsley Greenwell 43rd in 26:58, Irais Trujillo 44th in 27:05 and Ryleigh Rumple 54th in 30:16.
On the boy’s side, Mount Ayr had a 55th place finish from Mason Starmer in 24:19, Max Graves placed 63rd with 25:25 and Kellon Shaffer placed 71st in 27:42. The two state qualifying teams out of the meet were meet champion Logan-Magnolia with 40 points and St. Albert as the runner-up team with 52 points. Tri-Center’s Haven Weers was the winner of the boys race in 16:36 while Jacob Sporrer from Logan-Magnolia was the runner-up in 17:05.
The Class 1A state meet is Friday at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge. The Class 1A girls state race is at 10:30 a.m. with awards ceremony being at noon.
