GHV X-C boys win another title

It was another successful night for the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura cross country, with the boys team winning by a landslide and the girls placing ninth at the Humboldt Meet held on Monday, Sept. 20.

The boys dominated the 20-team field with 54 points.  Humboldt was second with 98, followed by Mason City with 100 and Fort Dodge with 125 points.  Clear Lake was fifth with 126 points.

The GHV boys team had three runners place in the top 10.  Reece Smith kept up his winning pace, as he collected another first place medal with a time of 16:55.  Logan Dalbeck was fifth, posting a time of 17:20.  Ray Cataldo also broke the top 10 with a ninth place finish in 17:53.

Other top performers included Austin Siegrist and Derek Brown, finishing in 21st and 22nd places respectively.  Siegrist finished in 18:29, while Brown ran the race in 18:35.  Andy Schreur was 63rd in 20:12 and Tyler Obermann ran the race in 20:32, good for a 74th place finish.

Mason City won the girls race

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with 71 points, followed by Humboldt with 78 and Emmetsburg with 111.  GHV scored 244 points in the 15-team field.

Hannah Whelan led the girls team with a 26th place finish.  She ran the race in 23:07.  Rebekah Larson and Rachel Sokol finished in 42nd and 55th places respectively.  Larson finished in 24:03, while Sokol ran the race in 24:55.

Other top runners for the girls team were Sadie Oulman, 68th, 25:32; Nicole Upmeyer, 70th, 25:47; Emma Whelan, 78th, 26:27 and Elexis Carrison, 81st, 26:38.

Patrick Carew, Whelan and Taylor Boggs all recorded personal bests  at the meet.

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