Area Cross Country Runners Earn Academic All-State Honors
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A trio of area athletes were named to the Iowa Association of Track Coaches academic all-state team on Thursday.
West High’s Ethan Trepka and Colleen Bloeser and City High’s Quenton Max were all named to the academic all-state list that honors seniors with at least a 3.8 GP and a cumulative score of 28 or higher on the ACT.
All three runners qualified for the state cross country meet last Saturday.
Bloeser finished 51st to help West High to a fifth-place finish in Class 4A while Trepka placed 86th for the West High boys squad that finished 10 in Class 4A.
Max finished 83rd as an individual qualifier for City High.
Iowa Association of Track Coaches Academic All State Teams
Boys Team
Ean Followwill, Dallas Center-Grimes; Alex Thompson, Dallas Center-Grimes; Josh Pulse, Pleasantville; Ethan Trepka, West High; Noah Brown, Wilton; William Draus, Bellevue Marquette; Ahren Reitsma, Waukee; Steven VanMeeteren, Sheldon; Thomas Clower, Grinnell; Jarod Phillips, Decorah; Eamonn McCullough, Waverly-Shell Rock; Ryan Oswald, Monticello; Malachi Hornbuckle, Nevada; Tyler Olson, Muscatine; Joe Lincoln, Sergeant Bluff-Luton; Caden Zonnefeld, Unity Christian; Quenton Max, City High; Robert Laue, Cedar Rapids Prairie; Levi Geyer, Iowa Mennonite; Cole Tharp, Vinton-Shellsburg; Matt Carmody, West Des Moines Dowling; Mitchell Hayes, Starmont; Duncan Kyhl, West Des Moines Dowling; Will Greder, Gilbert; Camden Cox, Ankeny Centennial; Carter Fricke, Collins-Maxwell; Konnor Sommer, Pleasant Valley, Andrew Witters, Pleasant Valley; Reese Koppenhafer, Williamsburg; Brennan Drake, Des Moines Roosevelt; Josiah Brown, South Hamilton; Tom Altier, Johnston.
Girls Team
Colleen Bloeser, West High; Rachel Bohnenkamp, Linn-Mar; Trinity Borland, Bettendorf; Laura Brown, Pleasant Valley; Mairead Brownell, Grinnell; Phoenix Chang-Roper, Grinnell; Emma Duncan, Anamosa; Claire Duncan, Anamosa; Elise Emmick, Southeast Warren; Tessa Fields, North Cedar; Emma Gordon, Ankeny Centennial; Haley Hall, Greene County; Kati Heller, Urbandale; Heather Hostager, Dubuque Hempstead; Audrey Kolacia, St. Edmond; Ashley Koos, Bellevue Marquette; Sydney Lear, Pleasant Valley; Casey Nichols, Dubuque Hempstead; Maggie Pollard, Gilbert; Alex Robran, Ankeny; Kaitlyn Rooney, Decorah; Baylee Smith, PCM; Brooke Stout, Washington; Abby VanRheenen, Linn-Mar; Lauren VanDyke, Sioux City East; Claire Wubben, Ankeny Centennial.