Iowa Highway wrote:
2nd place at Griak beating some nationally ranked teams is not an issue.
True. But last year, Wayzata only took 3rd at Griak but won NXR. Same thing happened in 2021.
So anyone can improve between Griak and NXR. These 2 meets are almost 2 months apart.
Dowling would have qualified last year had their guy not lost his shoe.
Little Hawkeye conference championships
https://www.iowarunjumpthrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Little-Hawkeye-Conf-10-9.pdf
Gilbert won Heartland and Pella beat some good teams here.
Districts are messed. Some have 2 and some have 4 ranked teams. And they are sending teams to opposite geographical sites actually creating the problem. They forgot to look at updated rankings.
Iowa Highway wrote:
Districts are messed. Some have 2 and some have 4 ranked teams. And they are sending teams to opposite geographical sites actually creating the problem. They forgot to look at updated rankings.
PV is stacked - 6 teams that have been ranked in the top 16.
https://imgur.com/04l0prQ
Wow. Dowling loses to Ankeny.
Iowa Highway wrote:
Wow. Dowling loses to Ankeny.
By 2 points. Dowling’s regular #3 had an off race.
Ankeny’s top 5 ran great. 4 of those guys are coming back next year too.
When was the last time Dowling didn’t win conference?
At least 10 years. And their performance last week was the best ever.
Such an up and down year for Dowling. They lost big to Cedar Falls. they lost to Gilbert. they lost Ankeny. But they finished 2nd at Griak and put 5 under 16 on the state course. Dont bet against them at state or NXR.
Cedar Falls boys dominated
https://www.iowarunjumpthrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Miss-Valley-Miss-10-12.pdf
Cedar Falls moved to the front somewhere after the mile mark. Merrick looked like he was on cruise control and in the second half of the race he ran by and made some comments to spectators near me with a big smile on his face.
Kennedy is undefeated. They must be the favorite now.
Johnston girls remain tops but Valley is close amd Hempstead has the girls to put two top 5 which would be hard to beat. PV peaked mid-season.
Iowa Highway wrote:
Kennedy is undefeated. They must be the favorite now.
They’re running incredibly well and seem to have as good a chance as anyone…except Dowling I think, if they have a good day. The one concern with Kennedy is they’re much more of a 5 man team than the other contenders, so if one kid underperforms there goes their chances.
It’s exciting that there are 3-4 teams who it’s not hard to see winning (Dowling, CF, CRK, Ankeny).
No one asked for it but here's a rough idea of what to look for this Wednesday.
Non course adjusted predictions for 4a boy districts based only off PRs
Ames District Score
Ankeny 38
DCG 46
Iowa City Liberty 72
Ames 107
Sioux City North 109
Sioux City East 213
Fort Dodge 216
Sioux City West 219
CB Jefferson 261
CB Lincoln 282
1) Ethan Zuber 11, Ankeny - 15:07.7
2) Natnael Kifle 12, Sioux City North - 15:10.3
3) Ike Smith 10, Ankeny - 15:46.9
4) AJ Angus 12, DCG - 15:55.4
5) Jake Bosch 12, Ankeny - 15:55.6
6) Jack Every 12, DCG - 15:55.7
7) Keegan Decker 9, Iowa City Liberty - 15:57.8
8) Elias Arbuckle 11, DCG - 15:58
9) Aidan Decker 12, Iowa City Liberty - 15:58.7
10) Colin Mandernach 10, DCG - 16:04.5
11) Charlie Bennett 12, Ames - 16:13
12) Noah Gregoire 11, Iowa City Liberty - 16:13.6
13) Gabe Enszer 11, Sioux City West - 16:14.3
14) Tate Brownsberger 11, Ankeny - 16:17.1
15) Nick Robie 11, Ankeny - 16:18.7
16) Brennen Bhave 11, Ames - 16:25.2
17) Erik Anderson 12, Ames - 16:25.5
18) Cael Ramsey 10, DCG - 16:31.5
19) Jacob Madsen 11, Iowa City Liberty - 16:33.5
20) Connor Schultz 11, Sioux City North - 16:37.2
21) Abel Squires 12, Ankeny - 16:44.1
22) Abubeka Kumbi 12, Sioux City North - 16:45.1
23) Levi Stember 12, Ankeny - 16:45.7
24) Graham Ibeling 9, DCG - 16:49.6
25) Hayden Johnson 11, Iowa City Liberty - 17:00.9
26) Will Thompson 12, Iowa City Liberty - 17:04.2
27) Steven King 12, Sioux City North - 17:05.4
28) Alex Pries 12, DCG - 17:07.2
29) Kaiden Hamilton 10, CB Jefferson - 17:08.2
30) Isaiah Knight 11, Ames - 17:16.4
31) Michael Wagner 12, Fort Dodge - 17:30.0
32) Lars Hildebrand 9, Iowa City Liberty - 17:30.8
33) Andrew Anderson 10, Ames - 17:31.1
34) Jojo Small 11, Sioux City West - 17:44.5
35) Hezekiah Johnson 9, Ames - 17:46.1
36) Jonathan Ryken 10, Ames - 17:47.1
37) Maciah Shultz 11, Sioux City East - 17:52.9
38) Even Tesfaselassie 10, Sioux City North - 17:55.1
39) Asher Morley 11, Sioux City East - 18:07.4
40) Cody Smith 12, CB Lincoln - 18:08.7
41) Shawn Roberts II 11, Fort Dodge - 18:13.4
42) Merhawi Reda 12, Sioux City North - 18:18.3
43) Ben Hames 10, Sioux City North - 18:18.6
44) Kris Zellner 9, Sioux City East - 18:19.4
45) Omarion Myers-Zimmerman 12, Fort Dodge - 18:20.3
46) Kaden Koepke 10, Sioux City East - 18:32.1
47) Dylan Chwirka 10, Sioux City East - 18:40.2
48) Luke Cambell 12, Sioux City East - 18:41.4
49) Cael Hansen 9, Fort Dodge - 18:44.2
50) Aidan Recker 10, Fort Dodge - 19:20.2
51) Danny Cleveland 10, Sioux City East - 19:21.5
52) Immanuel Brown 10, CB Jefferson - 19:24.9
53) Brady Major 11, Fort Dodge - 19:30.4
54) Eric Munoz 9, Sioux City West - 19:33.2
55) Ryker Callender 12, Sioux City West - 19:36.2
56) Owen Gruver 10, Fort Dodge - 19:49.4
57) Brandon Bowen 12, CB Jefferson - 19:50.2
58) James O'Brien 10, CB Lincoln - 20:05.8
59) Dylan Hytrek 11, CB Lincoln - 20:09.9
60) Alex Johnston 11, CB Lincoln - 20:10.7
61) Jackson Abraham 10, CB Jefferson - 20:11.3
62) Ryan Shepard 12, CB Jefferson - 20:12.9
63) Henry Fischer 9, Sioux City West - 20:18.3
64) Bailyan Williamson 10, CB Jefferson - 20:20.5
65) Daniel Hornberg 11, CB Lincoln - 20:32.4
66) Tre Craft 11, Sioux City West - 21:01.1
67) Cooper Haddix 11, CB Lincoln - 21:14.2
68) Logan Sullivan 11, CB Jefferson - 21:41.4
69) Alex VanSickle 12, CB Lincoln - 21:57.9
70) Conner McKewon 12, Sioux City West - 22:11.7
Iowa City West District Score
Cedar Falls 25
Ankeny Centennial 63
Waukee 76
Iowa City West 77
North Scott 175
Muscatine 187
CR Jefferson 198
Burlington 218
Waterloo West 295
1) Jaden Merrick 10, Cedar Falls - 15:08.6
2) AJ Schermerhorn 12, Ankeny Centennial - 15:13.5
3) Ahmed Aldamak 12, Cedar Falls - 15:29.2
4) Joseph Lawry 11, Waukee - 15:36.1
5) Moustafa Tiea 11, Iowa City West - 15:40
6) Luke Hartman 12, Cedar Falls - 15:43
7) Connor Martin 11, Cedar Falls - 15:58.9
8) John Ferguson 11, Cedar Falls - 16:05.9
9) Kiernan Degroote 11, Cedar Falls - 16:10.1
10) Jonas VanDis 11, Waukee - 16:11.5
11) Charlie Wiering 10, Cedar Falls - 16:26.5
12) Cade Benson 12, Iowa City West - 16:29.3
13) Brendan Owens 12, Ankeny Centennial - 16:35
14) Brayden Vander Wilt 11, Ankeny Centennial - 16:36.2
15) Michael Lee 12, Iowa City West - 16:37
16) Cohen Moll 10, Ankeny Centennial - 16:41.9
17) Dashiell Coyier 11, Waukee - 16:44.3
18) Mark Nelson 11, Ankeny Centennial - 16:54.9
19) Jack Behrens 10, Ankeny Centennial - 16:56.1
20) Ben Peterson 9, Waukee - 16:56.1
21) Davis Johnson 10, Ankeny Centennial - 16:56.4
22) Sam Showers 11, Iowa City West - 16:58.0
23) Brice Wahe 11, Iowa City West - 16:59.2
24) Yorty Hagedorn 11, North Scott - 17:00.8
25) Jalen Taha 12, Waukee - 17:03.8
26) Carter Hoskins 9, Waukee - 17:05.6
27) Harry Abbott 10, Waukee - 17:06.6
28) Maxwell Bruss 11, Iowa City West - 17:14.3
29) Curtis Sanders 12, CR Jefferson - 17:16.7
30) Robert Stong 12, Iowa City West - 17:18.3
31) Carter Unwin 10, North Scott - 17:20.4
32) Talan Becker 10, Muscatine - 17:23.9
33) Caden Davis 12, CR Jefferson - 17:24.5
34) Jaydon Wiggins 12, North Scott - 17:30.2
35) Caden Brown 12, Muscatine - 17:33.4
36) Joey Jolin 12, Burlington - 17:39.6
37) Aaron Morehead 10, Burlington - 17:53
38) Rexton Travagiakis 9, CR Jefferson - 18:10.0
39) Joe McClearly 11, Muscatine - 18:10.9
40) Nate Lukkarinen 10, Muscatine - 18:15.7
41) Dylon Mason 10, Muscatine - 18:19.6
42) Matthew Simmons 11, North Scott - 18:33.4
43) Drew Kurriger 11, Muscatine - 18:37.3
44) Grant Peterson 12, North Scott - 18:39.6
45) Jack McCarthy 10, North Scott - 18:41.6
46) Carl Krampitz 11, CR Jefferson - 18:45.3
47) Sam Kotleba 9, Burlington - 18:51.2
48) Carter Shinn 9, Burlington - 18:51.3
49) Dylan Maresca 12, Muscatine - 18:55.4
50) Chandler Carper 11, Burlington - 18:58.1
51) Isaac Stanley 11, North Scott - 18:59.3
52) Alec Aschenbrenner 11, CR Jefferson - 19:19.7
53) Jonathan Mittelsteadt 10, CR Jefferson - 19:23.3
54) Conner Johnson 9, Burlington - 19:31.8
55) William Klatt 12, Burlington - 19:39.1
56) Eli Tonkollie 10, CR Jefferson - 20:04.9
57) Carter Seber 11, Waterloo East - 21:24.1
58) Layne Hundley 9, Waterloo East - 21:38.6
59) Anthony Sanchez 11, Waterloo East - 21:52.1
60) Tyler Georvon 11, Waterloo East - 22:11.0
61) Mariyon Norton 10, Waterloo East - 26:28.0
62) Jonas Dahlen 10, Waterloo East - 35:40.5
