Regina junior Nate GreenBy Ryan Murken
Your Prep Sports

FORT DODGE – New year, new challenges, new class and new field for Nate Green.

Same results for the Regina junior.

After placing ninth in Class 1A last year, Green notched a second consecutive top-10 finish at the state cross country meet on Saturday in his first year in Class 2A.

Green placed eighth in Class 2A on Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge finishing the 5K course in 16:47.4.

“I didn’t change anything from last year,” Green said. “I felt like coming into today, having been on the course before that I could do that again.”

Behind Green and fellow junior Nathan Meyer Regina finished third as a team in Class 1A a year ago.

The Regals missed out on a team berth after making the jump to 2A this season but Green and Meyer each turned in strong performances for the second straight season.

“We did the exact same thing as last year,” Green said. “It was a shame that we couldn’t make it as a team but I still represented Regina.”

Green entered the state meet unranked but left with a top-10 finish after shaving 21 seconds off his state meet time from last year.

“He did the same thing last year, the day of state he stepped up and the light went on,” Regina coach Chad Swope said. “I even asked him today I said ‘where did that come from?’ When he steps up on a day like today that is so cool to see and I’m proud of him.”

Meyer had his own strong showing placing 26th in a time of 17.21.4.

A year ago Meyer was 34th in the 1A race in a time of 17:43.3.
Regina junior Nathan Meyer
“I’m so proud of Nathan Meyer, he just works his tail off,” Swope said. “Last year he was in the 30s in 1A and ran a 17:43 so to run 17:20 something and finish right around the top 25, I’m proud of him.”

Regina freshman Kennedy Scott made her state meet debut on Saturday placing 37th in 20:40.2.

Scott has taken more than six minutes of her time since the start of the season when she failed to break 26 minutes at a meet.

“The day before the season started she wasn’t sure she was going to go out and here she is at the state meet finishing in the top 40,” Swope said. “She has that fire inside and when she gets in a competitive situation you know she is going to rise up like that.”

State Cross Country Meet Lakeside Golf Course
Class 2A Boys
Team scores – 1. Mid-Prairie 98; 2. Unity Christian 115; 3. Western Christian 130; 4. George-Little Rock/Central Lyon 148; 5. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 163; 6. South Hamilton 164; 7. South Winneshiek 180; 8. Clear Lake 186; 9. East Marshall 191; 10. Aplington-Parkersburg 194; 11. Tipton 226; 12. Waukon 253; 13. Ogden 274; 14. Roland-Story 330; 15. Monticello 376.

Individual results – 1. Andrew Stumbo (Ogden) 15:53.6; 2. Reece Smith (Garner-Hayfield-Ventura) 16:02.2; 3. Gable Sieperda (George-Little Rock/Central Lyon) 16:27.8; 4. Spencer Moon (South Central Calhoun) 16:29.8; 5. Mason Tyler (Aplington-Parkersburg) 16:34.4; 6. Joe Anderson (George-Little Rock/Central Lyon) 16:38.7; 7. Logan Dalbeck (Garner-Hayfield-Ventura) 16:39.4; 8. Nate Green (Regina) 16:47.4; 9. Joseph Schoonhoven (Unity Christian) 16:51.5; 10. Nick Meling (East Marshall) 16:52.4; 11. Eric Hoffman (Woodbury Central-Kingsley Pierson) 16:55.8; 12. Noah Sams (Anamosa) 16:57; 13. Franklin Reinders (Unity Christian) 16:57.6; 14. Eric Faught (Clear Lake) 16:59.2; 15. Grant Dunsbergen (Pella Christian) 17:00.4.

Regina – 8. Nate Green 16:47.4; 26. Nathan Meyer 17:21.4.

Class 2A Girls
Team scores – 1. Monticello 93; 2. South Winneshiek 131; 3. Mid-Prairie 133; 4. Springville-Central City 145; 5. Collins-Maxwell-Baxter 170; 6. Pocahontas Area 175; 7. Cascade 182; 8. Shenandoah-Essex 199; 9. Osage 199; 10. Okoboji 210; 11. Aplington-Parkersburg 242; 12. Emmetsburg 251; 13. Underwood 265; 14. Unity Christian 317; 15. Roland-Story 426.

Individual results – 1. Anna Hostetler (Mid-Prairie) 17:57.7; 2. Marie Hostetler (Mid-Prairie) 18:15.3; 3. Karley Larson (Underwood) 18:25.2; 4. Paige Holub (Monticello) 18:26.6; 5. Jordan Winke (Albia) 18:48.6; 6. Sophia Jungling (Aplington-Parkersburg) 19:00.9; 7. Josie Kriener (South Winneshiek) 19:09; 8. Jordyn Patterson (Monticello) 19:14; 9. Alayna Kollasch (Dike-New Hartford) 19:28.4; 10. Becca McDermott (Cascade) 19:34.4; 11. Felicity Taylor (South Winneshiek) 19:39.4; 12. Emily Staal (Springville-Central City) 19:45.8; 13. Jill Vonnahme (Pocahontas Area) 19:49.3; 14. Suzanne Putze (Woodbury Central-Kingsley Pierson) 19:49.6; 15. Alexis Cook (Missouri Valley) 19:52.

Regina – 37. Kennedy Scott 20:40.2.