All of Cedar Falls top 5 in the JV were seniors, and on varsity this team has only 2 seniors.
All of Cedar Falls top 5 in the JV were seniors, and on varsity this team has only 2 seniors.
Okay?
Where are Dorenkamp, Turk, and Verde? They may be the top 3 runners in the state across all classes.
Injury and illness. Hope all 3 get back soon.
There would be big changes to the team results if a few missing runners had been able to compete.
Is Cedar Falls running at Griak?
No Gehl or Klapautakas. Soon 20 minutes may win state
Entered? wrote:
Is Cedar Falls running at Griak?
According to this schedule, this is a no. If it’s not too late, maybe they should now consider doing so, so they can face SPASH and Wayzata and try to beat them and make their resume for at-large selections look good in case they get third at NXR
They will win NXR
Gehl was at Luther with the team but was wisely held out and might have had a bit of a limp. It seems her injury is still a bit day-to-day and she's nowhere near 100% yet. I don't understand Hempstead racing hard at Marshalltown and then turning around and racing again at Luther two days later. Maybe some of their runners held back a bit at Luther, but it looked like they were pushing, and they looked a bit demoralized after getting 4th. It was a rough week for them. Senior looked good despite running without an ill Klapatauskas. With Verde, Wharton, Turk, Dorenkamp, Klapatauskas, Gehl etc. all missing meets and some interesting results, the rankings committee has a tough assignment this week.
Girls' race may be sort of a joke. Some top 10 girls may be no names.
Luther All-American speed ratings.
Freshman Keegan Decker - 16:08
http://www.tullyrunners.com/XC2023/Ratings_Sept%209.htm#Luther
Marshalltown Speed ratings
http://www.tullyrunners.com/XC2023/Ratings_Sept%209.htm#Bobcat
Cedar Falls- returns their full varsity except for their #2 and #3
Dowling Catholic - returns all but 2 varsity guys
Ankeny - returns 4 of their top 5. Will need a 5th though
DCG - returns 4 varsity guys
Norwalk - returns all but their #1
https://www.iowarunjumpthrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/West-Des-Moines-Valley-9-12.pdf
Tom Karpan invite - Valley boys win
Cedar Falls Boys nearly upset at their home meet after dominating Marshalltown: https://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_plain_text.php?race_id=76980
desoto wrote:
Cedar Falls Boys nearly upset at their home meet after dominating Marshalltown:
Cedar Falls was missing their #2/3 (Aldamak / Hartman) and their #7 (Wiering)
Both ran