Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

Ashlyn Keeney has racked up some serious hardware from the Mississippi Valley Conference during her impressive prep cross country career.

On Monday the Liberty High senior standout officially added another conference award.

Keeney was named the MVC Mississippi Division athlete of the year on Monday when the conference announced its postseason honors.

A three-time MVC super meet and divisional meet champion, Keeney was also a member of the Mississippi Division first team that was determined by performance at the conference divisional meets two weeks ago.

Keeney was joined on the Mississippi Division first team by sophomore teammate Cori Mac and highlighted 10 Your Prep Sports area athletes to earn postseason honors.

City High junior Iris Wedemeyer earned first-team honors in the Mississippi Division while teammates Rowan Boulter and Ani Wedemeyer both earned second-team honors.

West High had five athletes make the Valley Division teams.

Sophomore Cindy Wang earned first-team honors and sophomore Gaby Moniza and junior Annie Schwartz were both on the Valley Division second team.

Senior Sara Alaya and sophomore Erinn Varga each earned honorable mentions status for West High.

Mississippi Valley Conference All-Division Cross Country

Mississippi Division

Athlete of the year – Ashlyn Keeney, Sr., Liberty High

Coach of the year – William Schwarz, Cedar Rapids Prairie

First team – Ashlyn Keeney, Sr., Liberty High; Keirra Hess, Soph., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Elly Shipley, Soph., Linn-Mar; Lourdes Mason, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Iris Wedemeyer, Jr., City High; Alyssa Klein, Soph., Western Dubuque; Cori Mac, Soph., Liberty High

Second team – Rowan Boulter, Sr., City High; Ani Wedemeyer, Fr., City High; Gabrielle Cortez, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Lilly Boge, Sr., Western Dubuque; Ellie Meyer, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Abi Roberts, Fr., Linn-Mar; Zoe Zylstra, Fr., Cedar Falls

Honorable mention – Lily Johannes, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Rachel Adamson, Jr., Linn-Mar; Abbey Vezina, Jr., Linn-Mar; Rachel Mandt, Jr., Cedar Falls; Ally Buck, Soph., Linn-Mar; Ellen Kirby, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Jordyn Beck, Jr., Linn-Mar

Valley Division

Athlete of the year – Julia Gehl, Soph., Dubuque Hempstead

Coach of the year – Sharon Klein, Dubuque Hempstead

First team – Julia Gehl, Soph., Dubuque Hempstead; Keelee Leitzen, Soph., Dubuque Hempstead; Brooke O’Brien, Jr., Dubuque Hempstead; Cindy Wang, Soph., West High; Leah Klapatauskas, Soph., Dubuque Senior; Evie Henneberry, Fr., Dubuque Hempstead; Georgia Harms, Jr., Dubuque Senior

Second team – Emily Gorton, Fr., Dubuque Senior; Claire Hoyer, Fr., Dubuque Senior; Kaitlin Miller, Soph., Dubuque Senior; Gabby Moniza, Soph., West High; Natalie Schlichte, Jr., Dubuque Hempstead; Maddie Digman, Jr., Dubuque Hempstead; Annie Schwartz, Jr., West High

Honorable mention – Bethany Smeed, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Sara Alaya, Sr., West High; Jayda Gooch, Sr., Dubuque Senior; Ellie Hermiston, Soph., Dubuque Hempstead; Erinn Varga, Soph., West High; Anabel Bradley, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Sophia Dallal, Jr., Dubuque Hempstead

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