Written by Emma Spear
On Tuesday, September 22nd, the Algona cross country teams traveled to Mason City. The girls placed 9th as a team. Individually Charli Dodds placed 4th, Chelsy Vicente-Gomez placed 20th, Hadley Friedrich placed 26th, E
velyn Kissinger placed 27th, Karsyn Bailey placed 41st, Mckenna VanReese placed 43rd, and Olivia Adams placed 44th. The boys placed 6th as a team in the meet. Individually Axton Hood placed 4th, Landon Becker placed 6th, Brooks Morgan placed 9th, Grandon Dahlhauser placed 11th, Caden Harms placed 32th, Brenden Sampson placed 33rd and Ryan Ruehle placed 39th.
On Monday, September 28th, they hosted a meet at River Road for their only home meet of the year. The girls placed 10th in the meet as a team. Individually Mara Davis finished 40th, Vicente-Gomez placed 50th, Friedrich placed 64th, Kissinger placed 67th, Elise Duff placed 77th, and Natalie Orban placed 84th. Cassidy Bierstedt said, “First, best, and last, wished I joined sooner.” The boys placed 9th as a team in the meet. Individually Morgan placed 23rd, Hood placed 29th, Becker placed 30th, Dahlhauser placed 43rd, Harms placed 83rd, Sampson placed 89th and Cohen Thilges placed 102th.
On Tuesday, October 6th, the boys and girls traveled to Eagle Grove golf course. The girls placed 2nd as a team. Individually Dodds got 4th, Davis got 12th, Vicente-Gomez got 14th, Kissinger got 23rd, Friedrich got 25th, Duff got 26th, Orban got 28th, Bailey got 30th, Stundahl got 40th, Adams got 63rd, Owen 67th, Broesder got 69th, VanReese got 71st, and Luitjens got 72th. The boys got 3rd as a team. Individually Morgan got 6th, Hood got 7th, Becker got 10th, Dahlhauser got 16th, Harms got 40th, Orban got 45th, Thilges 48th, Sampson got 53th, Ruehle got 64th, Abendroth got 78th, Kelley got 91st, Bronson got 110th, Cunningham got 120th, and Adams got 130th.
Next week the boys and girls will travel to Iowa Falls-Alden on Tuesday, October 13th.