Girls Cross Country Roundup: City High Returns to State For Fourth Straight Season With Runner-up Finish at State Qualifier
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For the fourth year in a row City High is headed to the state cross country meet.
City High earned its spot at the Class 4A state meet with a runner-up finish at the 4A state qualifier held at Crow Creek Park in Bettendorf on Wednesday.
The Little Hawks had five runners finish in the top 15 on their way to a runner-up team finish.
Top-ranked Pleasant Valley won the team title with 17 points followed by sixth-ranked City High with 50 and No. 13 Waukee with 71 points.
Abigail Burns led City High with a sixth-place finish in a time of 19:11.
Sophomore Grace Hamann finished eighth in a time of 19:25 and freshman Eliza Doster was 11th in 19:28.
Seniors Nicole and Nina Peterson finished 12th and 13th for City High respectively.
Class 4A State Qualifying Meet
At Crow Creek Park in Bettendorf
Team scores – 1. Pleasant Valley 17; 2. City High 50; 3. Waukee 71; 4. Linn-Mar 114; 5. Muscatine 150; 6. Bettendorf 155; 7. North Scott 191; 8. Davenport North 255;
Individual leaders – 1. Ani Wedemeyer (PV) 18:33; 2. Grace Boleyn (PV) 18:48; 3. Maddie Millage (PV) 18:54; 4. Vivian McCombs (PV) 19:00; 5. Michelle McConkey (WAU) 19:10; 6. Abigail Burns (ICH) 19:11; 7. Brynn Edgin (PV) 19:15; 8. Grace Hamann (ICH) 19:25; 9. Jaylee Duncan (PV) 19:25; 10. Hailey Kozloski (L-M) 19:27; 11. Eliza Doster (ICH) 19:28; 12. Nicole Peterson (ICH) 19:38; 13. Nina Peterson (ICH) 19:53; 14. Hayden Beyer (WAU) 20:15; 15. Annabelle Everding (BET) 20:17
City High (50) – 6. Abigail Burns 19:11; 8. Grace Hamann 19:25; 11. Eliza Doster 19:28; 12. Nicole Peterson 19:38; 13. Nina Peterson 19:53; 22. Calissa Fruin 20:36; 26. Claire Locher 20:51
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