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Osage cross country keeps up winning pace
The Osage cross country teams were in action twice the week of September 29. The teams were at the Garner-Hayfield Invitational on September 29. The boys squad finished second to Garner-Hayfield and the girls team finished third.
On October 2, the teams were in action at the Hampton-Dumont Invite. The Osage boys again placed second to Garner-Hayfield, while the girls again placed third.
The Garner-Hayfield course is well-known for being a flat and fast course," said Boys coach Bill Gruman. "It was unusual though to have nearly everyone on the boys team set personal bests. Most remarkable probably were Brett Castek for leading the race start to finish in a time of 16:42 and Marcus Christiansen for finishing in 8th place in 17:36, nearly a minute better than his previous best."
Gruman continued, "The team, overall, has showed impressive growth in the last couple of weeks. We didn't back off much in pre-meet workouts in the first few weeks and it is paying off with big improvements here in the second half of the season."
Regarding the Hampton Invite on October 2, Gruman stated, "This was probably our strongest team performances of the season so far. The guys finished in second place, only 7 points behind Garner, the closest we've come in 4 meetings with them. It gives the guys a lot of confidence leading up to the conference meet in a couple of weeks."
Below are the meet results:
September 29 at Garner-Hayfield/West Hancock Cardinal Invite
Varsity Boys Team Scores: G.H. / W.H. 25, Osage 53, North Iowa 109, Central Springs 119, West Fork 126, Belmond - Klemme 149, Lake Mills 156, Ventura nts.
Osage Boy's Placings: Brett Castek - 16:42 - 1st, 16:55 17:25, Marcus Christiansen - 17:36 - 8th, David Wherry - 17:54 - 11th, Jacob Wagner - 18:14 - 16th, Jake Felper -18:20 - 17th, Caden Walsh - 18:37 - 21st, Brandon Barker - 19:02 - 25th.
Varsity Girls Team Scores: GH/WH 33, North Iowa 64, Osage 69, Central Springs 99,
Belmond-Klemme 160, West Fork 169, CAL ntp, Lake Mills ntp, Ventura ntp.
Osage Girls Placings: Morgan Haaland - 16:33 - 7th, Abby Johnson - 16:40 - 9th,
Jessica Wolfe - 16:58 - 13th, Marrissa Hendrickson - 17:28 - 16th, Brooke Johnson -17:59 - 24th, Brooke Lewis - 18:47 - 30th, Ali Eisenman - 18:52 - 33rd.
Thursday, October 2 At Hampton-Dumont Invite
Boy's Team Scores: GH /WH (#10-3A) 43,Osage (#15-2A) 50, Hampton-Dumont 115, Central Springs 132, West Fork 149, Belmond-Klemme 179, Sumner-Fredericksburg 179, North Butler 205, Clarion-Goldfield 240, Newman 276, CAL., ntp.
Osage Boy's Placings: Brett Castek - 17:18 - 3rd, David Wherry - 18:00 - 7th, Marcus Christiansen - 18:08 - 9th, Jacob Wagner - 18:17 - 12th, John Hanke -18:58 - 19th, Caden Walsh - 19:14 - 23rd, Jake Felper - 19:26 - 24th.
Girls Team Scores: Newman 38, Garner-Hayfield/West Hancock 71, Osage 86, Sumner-Fredericksburg 150, St. Ansgar 159, Central Springs 175, AGWSR 217, Belmond-Klemme 229, West Fork 241, Clarion-Goldfield 244, Hampton-Dumont NTS, Aplington-Parkersburg NTS, CAL NTS.
Osage Girls Team Placings - Morgan Haaland - 16:53 - 8th, Brooke Johnson - 17:08 -
11th, Jessica Wolf -17:21 - 12th, Marrisa Hendrickson -18:18 - 27th, Tallia Goodale - 18:19 - 28th, Abby Johnson - 19:00 -42nd, Jacy Kuehne - 20:07 - 52nd.
Meets coming up:
New Hampton, Oct. 9 at Raleigh Hills C.C.
Forest City, Oct. 13
North Iowa Conference, Oct 16, hosted by Mason City Newman
Districts on Oct. 23 - (the location will be posted either on Friday or Monday)
Story created Oct 06, 2008 - 17:11:59 CDT.
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