Girls Cross Country Roundup: Solon Punches Ticket to State With Runner-up Finish at 3A State Qualifier
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Solon used its patented team approach to return to the state cross country meet.
Class 3A No. 12 Solon put five runners in the top 22 on its way to a runner-up team finish at the Class 3A state qualifying meet at the Independence Mental Health Institute in Independence.
No. 10 Dubuque Wahlert won the team title with 60 points and Solon was 14 points behind while fifth-ranked Mount Vernon-Lisbon finished third with 93 points to claim the final qualifying spot at the state meet schedule for October 30th at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge.
Juniors Addison Seamans and Liv Nelson each posted top-10 finishes to lead Solon to its runner-up finish.
Seamans finished sixth in a time of 20:14.31 while Nelson was ninth in 20:27.59.
Senior Laeni Hinkle placed 17th in 20:58.87 while junior Kinley Mai was 20th in 21:07.55 and sophomore Mailee Schmidt finished 22nd in 21:13.1.
Ava Rolwes was 25th in 21:26.18 and Falyn Svalstad was 27th in 21:35 for the Spartans.
Mount Vernon-Lisbon senior Evelyn Moeller won the individual title in a time of 17:25.73.
Class 3A State Qualifying Meet
At Independence Mental Health Institute
Team scores – 1. Dubuque Wahlert 60; 2. Solon 74; 3. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 93; 4. Center Point-Urbana 108; 5. Maquoketa 109; 6. West Delaware 139; 7. Marion 144; 8. Central DeWitt 216; 9. Waverly-Shell Rock 278; 10. Vinton-Shellsburg 315; 11. South Tama 336; 12. Grinnell 347
Individual leaders – 1. Evelyn Moeller (MV-L) 17:25.73; 2. Aaliyah Causey (CP-U) 19:07.61; 3. Ashlyn Appleby (CD) 19:23.17; 4. Abigail Miller (MAQ) 19:25.68; 5. Sloan Miller (DW) 19:27.23; 6. Addison Seamans (SOL) 20:14.31; 7. Ella Rohner (DW) 20:19.37; 8. Lucy Lueken (DW) 20:27.33; 9. Liv Nelson (SOL) 20:27.59; 10. Emerson Dabroski (MAR) 20:30.06; 11. Natalie Hackman (MAQ) 20:32.48; 12. Brynn Kartman (WD) 20:36.68; 13. Aurora Milroy (WD) 20:37.8; 13. Olivia Fisher (MAR) 20:38.52; 15. Rose Pisarik (MV-L) 20:43.75
Solon – 6. Addison Seamans 20:14.31; 9. Liv Nelson 20:27.59; 17. Laeni Hinkle 20:58.87; 20. Kinley Mai 21:07.55; 22. Mailee Schmidt 21:13.1; 25. Ava Rolwes 21:26.18; 27. Falyn Svalstad 21:35
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