Official Iowa HS XC 2023 Thread

4a boys state based off SB

Team - Assuming ICW can score as a team???

Team Score
Ankeny 79
Cedar Falls 107
Dowling 122
CR Kennedy 131
IC Liberty 175
Pleasant Valley 176
DCG 195
WDM Valley 228
Hempstead 235
Norwalk 236
Waukee NW 237
Urbandale 260
Johnston 276
Ankeny Centennial 316
Waukee 325
IC West 350

Invdividual

1) Ethan Zuber 11 Ankeny - 15:07.7 - 1
2) Jaden Merrick 10 Cedar Falls - 15:08.6 - 2
3) Natnael Kifle 12 Sioux City North - 15:10.3 - (indv)
4) AJ Schermerhorn 12 Ankeny Centennial - 15:13.5 - 3
5) Tommy Hensley 12 Urbandale - 15:24 - 4
6) Max DeRocher 12 Dowling Catholic - 15:28.4 - 5
7) Ahmed Aldamak 12 Cedar Falls - 15:29.2 - 6
8) Jack Flori 11 Dowling Catholic - 15:32.4 - 7
9) Owen Marett 11 Des Moines Roosevelt - 15:35.7 - (indv)
10) Joseph Lawry 11 Waukee - 15:36.1 - 8
11) Adam Gray 10 CR Kennedy - 15:38.4 - 9
12) Evan McClinton 12 WDM Valley - 15:38.7 - 10
13) Moustafa Tiea 11 Iowa City West - 15:40 - 11
14) Ike Smith 10 Ankeny - 15:40.8 - 12
15) Aidan Decker 12 Iowa City Liberty - 15:41.4 - 13
16) Jacob Bruns 12 CR Kennedy - 15:42.3 - 14
17) Keegan Decker 9 Iowa City Liberty - 15:42.3 - 15
18) Luke Hartman 12 Cedar Falls - 15:43 - 16
19) Jake Bosch 12 Ankeny - 15:43.8 - 17
20) Noah Buhrow 12 Norwalk - 15:47.6 - 18
21) Henry McMahan 12 CR Kennedy - 15:48.8 - 19
22) Blake Smith 11 Urbandale - 15:49.5 - 20
23) Zack Janulewicz 11 Waukee Northwest - 15:50.5 - 21
24) John Maloney 12 Dubuque Hempstead - 15:51.3 - 22
25) Nick Robie 11 Ankeny - 15:52.1 - 23
26) Charlie Driscoll 12 Dubuque Hempstead - 15:53.1 - 24
27) Carl Rekow 12 Pleasant Valley - 15:53.4 - 25
28) Tate Brownsberger 11 Ankeny - 15:53.4 - 26
29) Cam Gotto 11 Pleasant Valley - 15:53.7 - 27
30) AJ Willey 10 Bettendorf - 15:54.5 - (indv)
31) Noah Gregoire 11 Iowa City Liberty - 15:54.9 - 28
32) Jack Perry 11 Pleasant Valley - 15:55.1 - 29
33) Tony Anania 11 Norwalk - 15:55.2 - 30
34) AJ Angus 12 DCG - 15:55.4 - 31
35) Jack Every 12 DCG - 15:55.7 - 32
36) Jacob Madsen 11 Iowa City Liberty - 15:55.8 - 33
37) Matthew Bootman 12 Dowling Catholic - 15:56.1 - 34
38) Owen Wolfe 11 Dowling Catholic - 15:57 - 35
39) Owyn Noble 12 Iowa City High - 15:57.2 - (indv)
40) Elias Arbuckle 11 DCG - 15:57.4 - 36
41) Joel Bloomer 12 Waukee Northwest - 15:57.7 - 37
42) Jackson Bergman 12 WDM Valley - 15:58.5 - 38
43) Connor Martin 11 Cedar Falls - 15:58.9 - 39
44) Colin Mandernach 10 DCG - 15:59 - 40
45) Josh Mohan 11 Dowling Catholic - 15:59.4 - 41
46) Reece Murray 12 CR Kennedy - 16:02.3 - 42
47) Jack Cavan 12 WDM Valley - 16:05.5 - 43
48) John Ferguson 11 Cedar Falls - 16:05.9 - 44
49) Bennett Allred 11 CR Prairie - 16:05.9 - (indv)
50) Joe Knepp 10 Pleasant Valley - 16:06 - 45
51) Brayden Picken 12 Johnston - 16:06 - 46
52) Slader Buckheister 10 CR Kennedy - 16:06.6 - 47
53) Teegan Kralik 10 Norwalk - 16:07.4 - 48
54) Jacob Forney 12 WDM Valley - 16:08 - 49
55) Max Sorgenfrey 12 Pleasant Valley - 16:08.4 - 50
56) Brice McNeley 12 Southeast Polk - 16:08.6 - (indv)
57) Ben Neville 12 Johnston - 16:08.6 - 51
58) Kiernan Degroote 11 Cedar Falls - 16:10.1 - 52
59) Kellen Tuyls 10 Waukee Northwest - 16:10.9 - 53
60) Aidan Cooper 12 Waukee Northwest - 16:11.3 - 54
61) Jonas VanDis 11 Waukee - 16:11.5 - 55
62) Graham Ibeling 9 DCG - 16:15.1 - 56
63) Sidney Shide 11 Urbandale - 16:16.3 - 57
64) Jack Crossland 9 Johnston - 16:16.5 - 58
65) Jack Coen 12 Johnston - 16:16.7 - 59
66) Micah Fern 10 Dubuque Hempstead - 16:18 - 60
67) Brandon Kass 11 Dubuque Hempstead - 16:19.0 - 61
68) Calahan Rourke 12 Johnston - 16:19.8 - 62
69) Connor Schultz 11 Sioux City North - 16:20.4 - (indv)
70) Holden Schug 11 Johnston - 16:22.6 - 63
71) Cael Ramsey 10 DCG - 16:23.5 - 64
72) Brennen Bhave 11 Ames - 16:25.2 - (indv)
73) Charlie Wiering 10 Cedar Falls - 16:25.3 - 65
74) Zack Stoermer 12 Des Moines Lincoln - 16:25.3 - (indv)
75) Erik Anderson 12 Ames - 16:25.5 - (indv)
76) Cohen Moll 10 Ankeny Centennial - 16:25.8 - 66
77) Zack Ryan 9 Davenport Central - 16:26 - (indv)
78) John Moellers 11 Marshalltown - 16:27.9 - (indv)
79) Grant Wallace 11 Norwalk - 16:28 - 67
80) Zack Johnson 12 Dubuque Hempstead - 16:29.1 - 68
81) Cade Benson 12 Iowa City West - 16:29.3 - 69
82) AJ Acheson 10 Des Moines Roosevelt - 16:29.6 - (indv)
83) Riley Kuhn 12 Linn Mar - 16:30.4 - (indv)
84) Jack Kirman 10 Dubuque Senior - 16:30.5 - (indv)
85) Tay Ohr-Rottler 10 Johnston - 16:30.9 - 70
86) Reed Robbins 10 Indianola - 16:31.1 - (indv)
87) Nicholas Paulsen 10 Dowling Catholic - 16:32.5 - 71
88) Zak Shlomi 10 Waukee Northwest - 16:32.6 - 72
89) Sam Parker 10 Norwalk - 16:32.9 - 73
90) James Johnson 12 Marshalltown - 16:33.3 - (indv)
91) Brendan Owens 12 Ankeny Centennial - 16:35 - 74
92) Aidan Farrell 12 Ankeny - 16:35.1 - 75
93) Owen Leitzen 11 Dubuque Hempstead - 16:36 - 76
94) Kamran Foad 9 Pleasant Valley - 16:36.2 - 77
95) Brody Burr 11 Dowling Catholic - 16:36.2 - 78
96) Brayden Vander Wilt 11 Ankeny Centennial - 16:36.2 - 79
97) Kellan Croatt 11 Waukee Northwest - 16:37 - 80
98) Michael Lee 12 Iowa City West - 16:37 - 81
99) Landon Hartley 12 Urbandale - 16:39.8 - 82
100) Preston Johnson 9 Marshalltown - 16:39.8 - (indv)
101) Isaiah Knight 11 Ames - 16:41.9 - (indv)
102) Henry Groos 11 Norwalk - 16:42.9 - 83
103) Juan Nuci 9 Davenport North - 16:44 - (indv)
104) Abel Squires 12 Ankeny - 16:44.1 - 84
105) Dashiell Coyier 11 Waukee - 16:44.3 - 85
106) Will Thompson 12 Iowa City Liberty - 16:45.9 - 86
107) Ben Peterson 9 Waukee - 16:47.0 - 87
108) Jonathan Owen 11 WDM Valley - 16:49.9 - 88
109) Owen Line 12 Waukee Northwest - 16:50.4 - 89
110) Jalen Taha 12 Waukee - 16:51.8 - 90
111) Brice Wahe 11 Iowa City West - 16:51.8 - 91
112) Frank McEvoy 12 WDM Valley - 16:53.9 - 92
113) Hayden Johnson 11 Iowa City Liberty - 16:54.6 - 93
114) Davis Johnson 10 Ankeny Centennial - 16:54.7 - 94
115) Mark Nelson 11 Ankeny Centennial - 16:54.9 - 95
116) Matthew Hanselman 12 Dubuque Hempstead - 16:55.8 - 96
117) Ashton Hensley 10 Urbandale - 16:56.3 - 97
118) Sam Showers 11 Iowa City West - 16:58.0 - 98
119) Sean Thomas 11 Ankeny Centennial - 17:01.8 - 99
120) Drew Johnson 12 Urbandale - 17:02.3 - 100
121) Tyler Nels 12 Pleasant Valley - 17:02.8 - 101
122) Carter Hoskins 9 Waukee - 17:03.9 - 102
123) Alex Pries 12 DCG - 17:04.1 - 103
124) Sean Bendinger 11 WDM Valley - 17:04.8 - 104
125) Corbin Oswald 11 Norwalk - 17:05 - 105
126) Lars Hildebrand 9 Iowa City Liberty - 17:06.5 - 106
127) Harry Abbott 10 Waukee - 17:06.6 - 107
128) Reuben Schlaak 11 CR Kennedy - 17:07.1 - 108
129) Gavin Moore 12 Urbandale - 17:17.6 - 109
130) Lincoln McMahan 10 CR Kennedy - 17:21.6 - 110

Gonna make this comment now... Imagine if the state title comes down to a team getting further displaced than their competition due to a (now?) scoring ICW runner

Cedar Falls boys team does seem to have a solid 6th and 7th close behind their 5th.
4th and 5th Cedar Falls runners were flip flopped at MVC Mississippi Divisional and Iowa State Qualifying Meet.

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HEARTLAND
1. Stevens Point WI
2. Cedar Falls IA
3. Wayzata MN
4. Ankeny IA
5. Dowling Catholic IA

3 boys Iowa Teams in the top 5 in the Heartland regional rankings.

I expect some team to be upset when they finish 1 point behins another team due to an ICW runner.

Ashton three weeks ago ran vàrsity races first and was hot and muggy, yesterday it was 55 and near perfect save for a little breeze.

AJ had no competition last time he ran Ashton with a 15:34, this time he was trying to catch Merrick and went 15:22 Big difference right there having someone to chase. Was a lot faster field of kids.

West is going to get crushed at state. It doesn't benefit the coach or runners ro score and have everyone at home see that they finished last place. The new rules are ridiculous.

A lot of added runners to the 4A fields does not help the quality of the meet. It just creates more congestion for teams' 4-5-6 runners and in several cases will give company to the 6-7 runners that struggle.

This is awesome, and I appreciate your compiling it. I will say though that a deliberate deep-dive into race results could produce a more accurate projection, since it’s XC and courses vary quite significantly. Still, your lists are interesting and have value for what they are.

From someone who has been following Iowa HS XC for a long time and has followed XC & track closely in the last couple years, this list strengthens my conviction that 1) Iowa HS distance running is better than ever and 2) at the same time, there are probably more short courses than there were 10-20 years ago.

The only short course is ISU.

I scored it for real.

Ankeny 102

CF 104

Dowling 119

Northwest 137

Kennedy 155

Liberty 189

PV 194

Urbandale 198

Johnston 199

Norwalk 226

DCG 237

Waukee 262

Hempstead 277

Centennial 281

Valley 284

West 303

Johnston and Northwest are way out of line if going by PRs.

Somebody must have wanted the rule changed. Ihsaa has really changed their attitude from a championship to a participation event in the last couple decades. I agree that the course gets smaller as the field gets bigger so maybe a larger, longer start stretch. As far as West goes, who cares if they can score or not. The districts arent perfectly balanced either. Maybe they are better than other districts 3rd place teams anyway. The real complaint could be from other 4th place teams that are better than them! The anomaly is that 5 from the same school arent coming out of a district meet very often. If they arent any good, I guess you dont have a lot to worry about. Just dont fake your concern for them or their coach. They dont want it and I would think they are definitely going to see how many they can take down with nithing to lose. With 1 senior, it's probably going to be a great motivator for next year. Good luck trying to take qualifying spots away in the future, it wont happen. Best case scenario is to just get a wider start area.

Of course people care. This is cross country. We are all friends. They have no chance to beat anyone, barring injury or sickness.

I agree that the fields will only be expanded, not shrunk.

The districts are always well balanced. There were 3 top 15 teams in each and all 15 qualified.

Of course people want more qualifiers. The association makes more money. And a bunch of slow kids get to go to state and theor parents and coaches get to brag about it. But it is a team sport. The best basketball player in the state may not qualify for the state tournament but the 100th best XC runners qualified this year.

The time has come to hold an open race at noon. They would make a lot of money. There is no downside.

Results like this look a little sketchy to me:

But it’s pure supposition (as it is for you, whether you’ll admit it or not).