Clear Creek Amana Sophomore Seidl Snags First State Meet Medal In Return to State Cross Country Meet
Ryan Murken
Your Prep Sports
FORT DODGE – The state meet debut for Alie Seidl came last season by herself as an individual qualifier.
Seidl returned to the state meet with her teammates on Saturday and the company made all the difference in the world for the Clear Creek Amana sophomore.
In her second consecutive appearance at the state meet, Seidl snagged her first state medal with a 15th place finish helping Clear Creek Amana place 11th as a team at the 3A state meet at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge.
“My girls are everything to me, last year it was really scary being a freshman and being alone and I think that definitely mentally contributed to a lot of the struggles that I had but they are what keeps me going, they are my strength when things get hard,” Seidl said. “I don’t even know what I would do without them.”
Last season Seidl did not finish in her state meet debut but made up for that disappointment on Saturday.
Seidl placed 15th in a time of 19:05.5 to help Clear Creek Amana finish 11th with 241 points in its first team appearance at state since 2023.
“I really needed some revenge on this meet because I didn’t finish here last year,” Seidl said. “So, it definitely feels good to move forward from that and I know I can move up from this.”
The experience that Seidl gained from qualifying for the state meet last season was key on Saturday.
Not only for Seidl but for her teammates who she attempted to prepare for the experience of running at state.
“I definitely think the experience from last year helped me,” Seidl said. “Talking to the girls before this I was just telling them there isn’t much that anyone can say to prepare for someone that is going to happen here. It’s like a tunnel, it’s really overwhelming so not getting caught up in that and just staying focused is really important.”
Freshman Keira Cooney joined Seidl in the top 25 placing 25th in a time of 19:25.
Keira Rosenberg finished 71st overall in 20:30.8, Holley Schulte was 108th in 21:21.7 and Myka Slaymaker was 112th in 21:25.3.
Freshman Maya McElliott finished 115th in a time of 21:28.7 and Kadence Whitmer placed 123rd in 21:52.7.
Pella won its fifth consecutive Class 3A team title with 34 points followed by Des Moines Christian with 127 and Williamsburg with 151.
In the Class 3A boys race Clear Creek Amana finished 12th with 256 points.
Senior Mason Miller finished 27th ni a time of 16:32.9 to lead Clear Creek Amana while junior Quade Jensen was 45th in a time of 16:54.4.
Robert King finished 94th in 17:38.1, Kyle Vogel was 95th in 17:40.1 and Drew Barker finished 97th in 17:45.1.
Gilbert won the 3A boys title with 98 points followed by Sioux Center with 114 and Cedar Rapids Xavier with 120.
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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