Houts finishes 1st-team All-NICL cross country

LA PORTE CITY – Dike-New Hartford’s Izzy Houts earned first-team All-NICL honors with a ninth-place individual finish at the North Iowa Cedar League meet at a windy, chilly La Porte City Golf Course last Thursday, Oct. 13.

Houts completed the course in 20:22, leading the Wolverines to an eighth-place finish in the team standings. 

“It was tough with the wind, but I felt good today,” Houts said. “I think we’ve all progressed really great this season and I think if we work together and have fun, we’ll do great this postseason.”

Elyse Folkerts just missed on All-NICL recognition, placing 31st overall in 22:04; six seconds behind the cutoff for overall top-30.

GC/G-R’s Grace Storjohann was 12th in 20:42 to take a second-team All-NICL spot and Laney Dole earned honorable mention, finishing 23rd in 21:16. The GC/G-R girls finished seventh as a team with 153 points.

Of note in lower level races, D-NH’s Payton Foster won the girls junior high race in 13:14.

2022 NICL Cross Country Championships

Oct. 13

At La Porte City

Varsity

Girls team scores (top 3 and area)–1. Denver 47; 2. Hudson 75; 3. Jesup 128; 7. GC/G-R 153; 8. D-NH 196.

Individual winner–Hillary Trainor (S-F) 19:19.

Area All-NICL runners

(top 30 individuals)

9. Izzy Houts (D-NH) 20:22; 12. Grace Storjohann (GC/G-R) 20:42; 23. Laney Dole (GC/G-R) 21:16.

GC/G-R (7th, 153)–12. Storjohann 20:42; 22. Dole 21:16; 35. Karlee Lynch 22:09; 37. Kali Aldrich 22:21; 47. Kate Hayes 22:53; 68. Avery Dirks 23:56; 74. Emerson Lynch 24:22.

D-NH (8th, 196)–9. Houts 20:22; 30. Elyse Folkerts 22:04; 45. Allison Starbuck 22:44; 52. Ella Costello 23:02; 60. Rosie Wardell 23:24; 64. Josey Syhlmann 23:36; 65. Hannah Steffen 23:42.

Junior Varsity

Girls

D-NH (4th, 108)–14. Katelyn Roeder 24:11; 16. Drew Petersen 24:34; 18. Miranda Tyler 24:47; 23. Alli Steffen 25:08; 37. Madisen Theel 25:48; 46. Kayla Klingenborg 26:30; 50. Natalie Folkerts 27:07; Megan Griffith 27:33; MaryClaire McCarter 27:46; Joy Eilderts 27:49; Kiersten Christiansen 28:41; Mia Huntington 28:42.

GC/G-R (6th, 116)–7. Anabeth Hawk 23:43; 10. Riah Schrage 23:52; 25. Jocelyn Freed 25:11; 32. Avery Knutsen 25:30; 42. Vanessa Ersland 26:17; 47. Olivia Patrick 26:44; 58. Kennedy Scott 29:57; Skylar Reding 31:47; Xandra Anderson 34:58.

Junior High

Girls

GC/G-R (2nd, 76)–4. Makenna Steinmeyer 14:11; 9. Ava Heeren 15:18; 15. Evelyn Geerdes 15:42; 20. Avery Miller 15:58; 28. Contessa Dirks 16:36; 29. Briley Jordan 16:37; 33. Reagan Pekarek 16:51.

D-NH (3rd, 84)–1. Payton Foster 13:14; 16. Jaelyn Smith 15:44; 17. Bryn Petersen 15:48; 24. Olivia Klingenborg 16:14; 26. Lauren Muller 16:28; 27. Rowan Treloar 16:31; 30. Sadie Anema 16:40; 42. Josie Voss 16:54; 44. Amy Harbaugh 16:56; 46. Ashtyn Weber 17:05; 48. Addi Ryan 17:16; 50. Addi Ames 17:21; 59. Kennedy Strange 18:26; 65. Aubrey Mracek 19:40; 69. Lilly Stanbrough 21:38; 72. Adelyn Tagtow 22:34; 73. Tessa Cox 23:04; 74. Liz Karsjens 23:04.