Regina Posts Second Top-Three Finish in Three Seasons, Placing Third at 1A State Meet
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FORT DODGE – Regina returned to the balcony at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge for the second time in three seasons on Saturday.
This time the Regals did it by the slimmest of margins.
Regina placed third at the Class 1A state cross country meet on Saturday winning a tiebreaker over Pekin to earn a team trophy and a coveted spot on the balcony of the clubhouse at Lakeside Golf Course.
Third-ranked Regina finished in a tie with second-ranked Pekin with 161 points but won the tiebreaker of the Panthers via a better finish from its sixth-place runner.
Top-ranked Hudson edged South Winneshiek by two points to win the team title with 128 points.
Regina was runner-up in 2018 and placed fifth last season.
On Saturday the Regals put two runners in the top 20 of the team scorers on its way to the third-place finish.
Senior Annalee Bartels was ninth among team finishers and 17th overall in a time of 20:32.6 while sophomore Mya Whitaker was 20th in team finishers and 31st overall in 21:05.7.
Regina held the tiebreaker over Pekin as freshman Keira Sickels placed 72nd while the sixth finisher for the Panthers was 75th.
Juniors Natalie Franklin, Josie Pursley and Allison Hein finished 38th, 39th and 55th amongst team finishers for Regina.
Last year’s runner-up Haley Meyer of Kee won the individual title in 19:11.3 while Billie Wagner of South Winneshiek was second in 19:19.8.
Jalyssa Blazek of Turkey Valley was third in a time of 19:30.5.
Class 1A State Meet
At Lakeside Golf Course
Team Scores – 1. Hudson 128; 2. South Winneshiek 130; 3. Regina 161; 4. Pekin 161; 5. ACGC 163; 6. AHSTW 180; 7. Van Meter 184; 8. Manson Northwest Webster 187; 9. Prince of Peace 216; 10. Earlham 226; 11. Logan-Magnolia 245; 12. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 251; 13. Kee 255; 14. Mason City Newman 259; 15. Montezuma 278; 16. Nashua-Plainfield 321
Individual medalists – 1. Haley Meyer (Kee) 19:11.3; 2. Billie Wagner (South Winneshiek) 19:19.8; 3. Jalyssa Blazek (Turkey Valley) 19:30.5; 4. Maddie Moline (Manson Northwest Webster) 19:30.9; 5. Peyton Pogge (Tri-Center) 19:35.3; 6. Courtney Sporrer (Logan-Magnolia) 19:51; 7. Addison Grady (Hudson) 19:53.3; 8. Clare Kelly (Van Meter) 19:56.4; 9. Rylee Sloss (ACGC) 19:57.5; 10. Rylee Dunkin (Twin Cedar) 20:05.9; 11. Greenlee Smock (Lynnville-Sully) 20:14.2; 12. Grace Lidgett (North Tama) 20:14.2; 13. Preslie Oswald (Manson Northwest Webster) 20:15.4; 14. Emma Ostwinkle (Cascade) 20:16.4; 15. Elie Tuhn (Baxter) 20:17.2
Regina (161) – 9. Annalee Bartels 20:32.6; 20. Mya Whitaker 21:05.7; 38. Natalie Franklin 22:01; 39. Josie Pursley 22:03.9; 55. Allison Hein 22:29.7; 72. Keira Sickels 23:11.8; 81. Josie Voss 23:36.3
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