Solon Continues To Build on String of Success In Ninth Consecutive Appearance at 3A State Meet
Ryan Murken
Your Prep Sports
FORT DODGE – Over the past decade Solon has established itself as one of the most consistently successful programs in the state.
The Spartans added to that growing list of state meet success on Saturday.
In its ninth consecutive appearance at the state meet Solon finished 13th on Saturday at the Class 3A state meet at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge.
The lineup for Solon on Saturday was filled with runners that helped build on the Spartans’ tradition of success.
Solon had six multi-year state qualifiers compete on Saturday as the Spartans finished with 257 points.
Seniors Ava Rolwes and Falyn Svalstad were both four-time state qualifiers while juniors Liv Nelson and Addison Seamans are already three-time state qualifiers.
Junior Kinley Mai and sophomore Mailee Schmidt were making their second state meet appearances.
“Last night we talked about the history of the Solon cross country program and how they’ve been here the last nine years and two of our seniors have been on four of those teams,” Solon coach Emy Williams said. “We have two juniors that have been here three times and it just says a lot about how hard they work and the expectation they set for themselves year in and year out to come back to the state meet.”
Seamans led Solon on Saturday finishing 51st overall in a time of 20:10, her second consecutive 51st place finish at state.
Schmidt finished 66th overall in a time of 20:24.7 while Svalstad placed 69th in 20:30.1.
Svalstad finished in the top 95 at state each of her four trips to Fort Dodge including a pair of top-50 finishes.
Nelson was 81st in 20:37.2, senior Laeni Hikle was 88th in 20:49.9, Mai was 106th in 21:19.2 and Rolwes was 127th in 22:02.5 in her final state meet appearance.
Pella claimed its fifth consecutive 3A state title, putting four runners in the top 12 and finishing with 34 points.
Des Moines Christian was runner-up with 127 points followed by Williamsburg with 151.
Mount Vernon-Lisbon senior Evelyn Moeller won the individual title in 17:07.5.
“Class 3A it’s not an easy place to continue that and keep coming back it’s a really talented class right now,” Williams said. “It’s gotten faster so it’s a testament to them and how hard they’ve worked to get back here year after year.”
In the Class 3A boys race Solon junior Anders Holmes finished 64th overall in a time of 17:09.3.
A state qualifier as a freshman, Holmes missed a state meet berth last season but returned to the state meet on Saturday.
“He was fighting some injuries last year and to overcome and that and come back and be stronger this year was a fun thing to see,” Williams said. “Hopefully that will spur on our boys team because I think they can be back here next year.”
Class 3A State Meet
At Lakeside Golf Course
Girls Results
Team scores – 1. Pella 34; 2. Des Moines Christian 127; 3. Williamsburg 151; 4. Dubuque Wahlert 182; 5. North Polk 193; 6. Decorah 209; 7. Clear Lake 209; 8. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 209; 9. Sioux Center 220; 10. MOC-Floyd Valley 226; 11. Clear Creek Amana 241; 12. ADM 247; 13. Solon 257; 14. Ballard 279; 15. Newton 288
Individual medalists – 1. Evelyn Moeller (Mount Vernon-Lisbon) 17:07.5; 2. Elsie Brenneman (Pella) 17:38.6; 3. Natalie Anderson (MOC-Floyd Valley) 17:54.8; 4. Maechen Cowman (Pella) 18:00.3; 5. Aaliyah Causey (Center Point-Urbana) 18:04; 6. Grace Berglund (Glenwood) 18:11.3; 7. Audrina Jones (Sioux Center) 18:11.7; 8. Harper Winegarden (Williamsburg) 18:13.8; 9. Elyse Erzen (Des Moines Christian) 18:24.8; 10. Ruth Dunham (Pella) 18:26.8; 11. Ava Hope (Winterset) 18:37.1; 12. Lizzy Vande Voort (Pella) 18:42.5; 13. Abigail Miller (Maquoketa) 15:51.7; 14. Ashlyn Appleby (Central DeWitt) 18:54.8; 15. Ali Seidl (Clear Creek Amana) 19:05.5
Solon (257) – 34. Addison Seamans 20:10; 48. Mailee Schmidt 20:24.7; 51. Falyn Svalstad 20:30.1; 60. Liv Nelson 20:37.2; 64. Laeni Hinkle 20:49.9; 76. Kinley Mai 21:19.2; 97. Ava Rolwes 22:02.5
Clear Creek Amana (241) – 10. Ali Seidl 19:05.5; 19. Keira Cooney 19:25; 52. Keira Rosenberg 20:30.8; 78. Holley Schulte 21:21.7; 82. Myka Slaymaker 21:25.3; 85. Maya McElliott 21:28.7; 93. Kadence Whitmer 21:52.74
Boys Results
Team scores – 1. Gilbert 98; 2. Sioux Center 114; 3. Cedar Rapids Xavier 120; 4. Decorah 126; 5. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 129; 6. Des Moines Christian 162; 7. ADM 230; 8. Davenport Assumption 235; 9. Bondurant-Farrar 236; 10. Pella 240; 11. Dubuque Wahlert 246; 12. Clear Creek Amana 256; 13. Mason City 258; 14. Central DeWitt 261; 15. Creston 315
Individual medalists – 1. Logan Bleich (Gilbert) 15:12.2; 2. Jacob Tallman (Gilbert) 15:21.9; 3. Henry Hansen (Mason City) 15:57.4; 4. Andrew Allen (Cedar Rapids Xavier) 15:59.4; 5. Zach Stevermer (Gilbert) 16:01.1; 6. Matthew Dahm (Sioux Center) 16:02.4; 7. Luke McCormick (Des Moines Christian) 16:04.6; 8. Clarence Nimrod (Decorah) 16:07.1; 9. Lane Smith (Oskaloosa) 16:08.8; 10. Collin Cook (Marion) 16:08.9; 11. Tate Tysdahl (Clear Lake) 16:09; 12. Ryler Hanson (Bondurant-Farrar) 16:09.5; 13. Jeffrey Gross (Harlan) 16:15.9; 14. Alex Amaro (Sioux City Heelan) 16:18.2; 15. Derek Hrdlicka (Decorah) 16:19
Clear Creek Amana (256) – 18. Mason Miller 16:32.9; 34. Quade Jensen 16:54.4; 67. Robert King 17:38.1; 68. Kyle Vogel 17:40.1; 69. Drew Barker 17:45.1; 81. Ashur Whitmer 17:56.5; 103. Carson Meskimen 19:34.1
Solon – 64. Anders Holmes 17:09.3
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