Girls Cross Country Roundup: City High Secures State Meet Spot With Runner-up Finish at 4A Qualifier
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City High is headed back to the state cross country meet.
Ani and Iris Wedemeyer each posted top-10 finishes as City High secured a spot at the Class 4A state cross country meet with a runner-up finish at the state qualifier at Crow Creek Park in Bettendorf on Wednesday.
Ani Wedemeyer placed sixth in 19:31 and Iris Wedemeyer was seventh in 20:00 as Class 4A No. 11 City High finished runner-up with 72 points.
Second-ranked Pleasant Valley won the team title with 37 points while No. 15 Linn-Mar finished third with 76 points to secure the final spot at the state meet.
Host Pleasant Valley had four runners in the top 10 led by sophomore Grace Boleyn who won in the individual title in 18:45 while teammate Lydia Sommer was runner-up in 19:04.
City High had four runners in the top 20 as Nina Kuhlman placed 18th in a time of 20:36 and Nina Peterson was 19th in 20:43.
Nicole Peterson placed 22nd for City High in a time of 20:43.
Class 4A State Qualifier
At Crow Creek Park
Team scores – 1. Pleasant Valley 37; 2. City High 72; 3. Linn-Mar 76; 4. Cedar Rapids Prairie 91; 5. Davenport Central 125; 6. Bettendorf 134; 7. Davenport North 236; 8. Davenport West 245; 9. Muscatine 252; 10. Burlington 261
Individual Leaders – 1. Grace Boleyn (PV) 18:45; 2. Lydia Sommer (PV) 19:04; 3. Dylan Moeller (DC) 19:11; 4. Keirra Hess (CRP) 19:21; 5. Rachel Adamson (L-M) 19:23; 6. Ani Wedemeyer (ICH) 19:31; 7. Iris Wedemeyer (ICH) 20:00; 8. Lexi Minard (PV) 20:01; 9. Ally Buck (L-M) 20:05; 10. Jaylee Duncan (PV) 20:06; 11. Merin Crowder (DC) 20:09; 12. Olivia Divoky (CRP) 20:09; 13. Kylie Daily (DW) 20:13; 14. Annabelle Everding (BET) 20:22; 15. Emily See (BET) 20:23
City High (72) – 6. Ani Wedemeyer 19:31; 7. Iris Wedemeyer 20:00; 18. Nina Kuhlman 20:36; 19. Nina Peterson 20:43; 22. Nicole Peterson 20:43; 23. Erin Anderson 20:47; 36. Abigail Burns 21:14
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