Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

FORT DODGE – On a day when Pella added another chapter to its dynasty in historic fashion Solon continued to prove it was among the best and most consistent cross country programs in the state.

In its seventh consecutive state meet appearance Solon posted its fourth top-five finish placing fourth at the Class 3A state meet on a sunny morning at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge.

Behind a record-breaking performance by junior Marissa Ferebee, Pella won its third consecutive 3A team title finishing with a state record 23 points.

Solon finished fourth with 190 points.

Sioux Center was runner-up with 142 points and Mount Vernon-Lisbon was third with 145 points.

“It was a great day,” Solon coach Emy Williams said. “They were a little disappointed they wanted to be in the top three but we went out and ran the best we could today and I am super proud of them.”
Top-ranked Pella had the top three finishers and had five runners in the top 14 while posting the lowest state meet score in history.

Ferebee won the title in an all-time Iowa best time of 16:30.9 while teammates Elsie Brenneman and Ruth Dunham finished second and third as the Pella won its third consecutive 3A crown.

Solon, the last team to win a 3A title other than Pella, finished three points in front of Winterset who was fifth.

“It’s just amazing what Pella did and I think we say if they can do that then why not us, I think that’s the kind of mentality that we have,” Williams said. “Pella is an amazing team and they have something very special going on.”

Solon was led by senior Sydney Dee who finished 20^th overall in 19:24.9.

A three-time state qualifier, it was the second consecutive top-20 finish for Dee who was 18^th at the state meet last season.

“I think we competed the best we could,” Dee said. “I ran how I wanted to. I found a pack to move up with and that helped me out during the race.”

Finishing behind Dee were the future of the Solon program.

Freshmen Kinley Mai, Addison Seamans and Liv Nelson placed 50^th, 54^th and 68^th overall.

“Once you get here and kids see this, and we now have six kids that are returning that have run here and now all those kids want to get back here,” Williams said. “After time it becomes second nature and I think that is super helpful.”

Senior Ella Sheeley finished 87^th overall in 20:58.8 and sophomores Falyn Svalstad and Ava Rolwes placed 95^th and 114^th overall.

“We are super blessed with a great senior class this year,” Williams said. “We have Sydney and Ella who ran today but then we also have some people that you don’t see out here running but they have been great supporters and leaders.”

Clear Creek Amana senior individual qualifiers Kira Barker and Sara Kinzenbaw finished 85th and 91st overall respectively.

Led by senior Brock Hilsman Clear Creek Amana finished 14^th with 273 points in the Class 3A boys race.

Gilbert won the Class 3A boys title with 33 points, easily outdistancing runner-up Des Moines Christian by 45 points.

Pella was third with 92 points.

Western Dubuque junior Quentin Nauman won the individual title with the second fastest time in state meet history at 14:59.6.

Hilsman led Clear Creek Amana placing 32^nd overall in a time of 16:47.6 in his third appearance at the state meet.

Freshman Carson Meskimen was 37^th in a time of 16:55.6 for the Clippers while Isaac Sorensen finished 84^th overall in a time of 17:33.3

Solon freshman Anders Holmes placed 49^th in a time of 17:07 in his state meet debut.

Girls Results

Class 3A State Meet

At Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge

Team scores – 1. Pella 23; 2. Sioux Center 142; 3. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 145; 4. Solon 190; 5. Winterset 193; 6. Harlan 205; 7. Glenwood 211; 8. Marion 216; 9. MOC-Floyd Valley 228; 10. Gilbert 228; 11. North Polk 246; 12. Washington 265; 13. Clear Lake 272; 14. Decorah 277; 15. Des Moines Christian 282

Individual leaders – 1. Marissa Ferebee (Pella) 16:30.9; 2. Elsie Brenneman (Pella) 17:58; 3. Ruth Dunham (Pella) 18:23.4; 5. Izzy Hardin (Maquoketa) 18:35.4; 6. Grace Berglund (Glenwood) 18:42.4; 7. Addison Bertrand (Sioux City Heelan) 18:47.8; 8. Kylie Zylstra (Grinnell) 18:53.4; 9. Natalie Anderson (MOC-Floyd Valley) 18:58.6; 10. Evelyn Moeller (Mount Vernon-Lisbon) 18:59.1; 11. Mara Schiebout (Pella) 19:01.3; 12. Carleigh Altwine (Pella) 19:02.3; 13. Alexi Hergenreter (North Polk) 19:02.3; 14. Lizzy Vandevoort (Pella) 19:05.8; 15. Ava Hope (Winterset) 19:09.4

Solon (190) – 15. Sydney Dee 19:24.9; 34. Kinley Mai 20:03; 38. Addison Seamans 20:07.1; 45. Liv Nelson 20:33.3; 58. Ella Sheeley 20:58.8; 64. Falyn Svalstad 21:07; 80. Ava Rolwes 21:45.4

Clear Creek Amana – 85. Kira Barker 20:54.7; 91. Sara Kinzenbaw 21:01.2

Boys Results

Class 3A State Meet

At Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge

Team scores – 1. Gilbert 33; 2. Des Moines Christian 78; 3. Pella 92; 4. Decorah 142; 5. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 196; 6. Grinnell 206; 7. Washington 219; 8. Central DeWitt 257; 9. ADM 263; 10. Davenport Assumption 265; 11. MOC-Floyd Valley 265; 12. Bondurant-Farrar 166; 13. Sioux Center 268; 14. Clear Creek Amana 273; 15. Carlisle 286

Individual leaders – 1. Quentin Nauman (Western Dubuque) 14:59.6; 2. Canaan Dunham (Pella) 15:16.9; 3. Caleb Ten Pas (Des Moines Christian) 15:27; 4. Jacob Tallman (Gilbert) 15:30.4; 5. Logan Bleich (Gilbert) 15:34.3; 6. Carson Squiers (Gilbert) 15:38.2; 7. Grady Olberding (Mount Vernon-Lisbon) 15:54.7; 8. Austin Soldwisch (Waverly-Shell Rock) 15:58.3; 9. Josh Hagenberg (Des Moines Christian) 16:14.7; 10. Kael Streeter (Carlisle) 16:17.8; 11. Isaac Rankin (Knoxville) 16:17.9; 12. Emmett Barber (Gilbert) 16:20.3; 13. Andrew Rees (Washington) 16:20.8; 14. Luke Hagenberg (Des Moines Christian) 16:25.7; 15. Jayden Brookins (Dubuque Wahlert) 16:25.9

Clear Creek Amana (273) – 24. Brock Hilsman 16:47.6; 28. Carson Meskimen 16:55.6; 63. Isaac Sorensen 17:33.3; 68. Kyle Vogel 17:45.9; 90. Micah Johnson 18:15.6; 91. Jackson Van Horn 18:17.2; 99. Nic Schieltz 18:35.3

Solon – 49. Anders Holmes 17:07

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