Official Iowa HS XC 2023 Thread

Bingo

I mean technically your right, somebody has to become there new number 1

There were actually 2 nonseniors in Dowling’s top 7 in 2019 (Heidesch’s freshman year). And Heidesch wasn’t one of those guys

This happens frequently at Dowling. Ryan Schweizer finished 10th at state sophomore year after not being top 7 as a frosh. Expect Dowling to have some top finishers who were not factors last year.

Dowling will not be seriously challenged in the state. Expect their girls to make a big step forward also with Ives coaching both.

What Tim Ives has been able to consistently do at a relatively small 4A school without shoving mileage and intensity down runner’s throats is unbelievable. He’s a genius. Expect Dowling to be very good again.

He is awesome but the school is about the 30th largest amd it is private. Many states use multipliers on private schools because they get only paying customers.

Sure. Just pointing out that the success that he has had with a relatively small student-body to pull from is immensely impressive. I know people like to point fingers and blame it on recruiting, but that just isn’t the case at Dowling. I can think of one transfer that made an impact in the last decade. The rest grew up in the parochial school system K-12.

Coke Schroeder

Joe Gorthy

Schroeder ran XC for 2 different schools in 2017.
One race in August for Iowa City West, and the rest during the season for Dowling.
He was not allowed to run any varsity races that season. Only JV races. He did get to run in the NXR championship race with the varsity though.

I've heard Iowa City is a great party town

Hey! This is a Dowling circle jerk. Keep Iowa City out of it. And yeah, they do recruit.

No doubt. Why bother having the season- just give both Dowling boys and girls the title. No other team has the depth, coaching, or the next JH. Both teams will have 3 in the top 8 and score 40 points.

Thought I was alone in this thinking.

The girls will finish about 10th.the boys will win easily.

Yes they recruit. Where would students come from if they didn't advertise the merits of the school?

look what I found….

milesplit.com

The Top 10 Freshmen Boys To Watch For This XC Season

Ashley Tysiac

These incoming freshman boys could make an immediate impact on the cross country course this fall.

Link:www.milesplit.com/articles/336734/the-...

2. Evi Burns
Lewis Central (IA)
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Burns has been running against high schoolers on the cross country course since he was in sixth grade, and that experience could carry him far as a freshman this fall.
While competing for Lewis Central as a middle schooler last season, Burns led all eighth graders in the country at 5k with a 15:31.80 best from the Fort Dodge Invitational. During 2022 alone, Burns dipped under 16 minutes for the distance an impressive nine times, and he would go on to beat out athletes many years his senior at the Iowa Class 3A Championships with a 15:32.43 winning mark.
In his three years of competing at the Iowa state meet for cross country, Burns has finished 16th (2020), 13th (2021) and first (2022).

This person is definitely not an incoming freshman. Ran a 16:19 5k in 2020

Ft Dodge is notoriously short.