Rockford’s LaCoste takes 3rd, N-P’s Dietz 5th at XC state qualifer

Staff Report

EAGLE GROVE — Rockford senior Sheridan LaCoste, who was runner-up in the Class 1A girls race at last year’s State Cross Country Meet, will return to Fort Dodge for the third time after placing third with a 5K time of 20 minutes, 31 seconds during Thursday’s Eagle Grove State Qualifier behind champion Felicity Taylor (19:45) of South Winneshiek, and Kori Wedeking (20:23) of Clarksville.

“Considering how many hills were on this course, I could tell (LaCoste) was really pushing it tonight,” Rockford XC coach Andy Roth said. “She has been getting ready for this race since the day track season ended. She hardly ever takes a day off and is constantly going the extra mile and pushing herself to do better.”

Nashua-Plainfield’s Aubrey Eick also qualified to state with a ninth-place time of 21:22.

With the top three team placers — South Winn (70 pts.), Eagle Grove (108) and Newman Catholic (119) — qualifying to state, Nashua-Plainfield’s girls team missed making the cut as the Huskies placed fourth with 140 points.

Nashua-Plainfield senior Brock Dietz, who just missed qualifying last season, earned his elusive state berth with a fifth-place time of 17:25 in the boys race.

Madrid (52 pts.), South Winn (68) and Ogden (85) were the top three state qualifying boys teams.

Nashua-Plainfield placed sixth (221), North Butler placed ninth (242) and Rockford placed 15th (417) in the boys team standings.

North Butler and Rockford didn’t field enough runners for form teams in the girls race.

EAGLE GROVE CLASS 1A STATE QUALIFIER MEET

Oct. 19

AT EAGLE GROVE COUNTRY CLUB

Boys 5K Race

TEAM PLACINGS (Top 3 Advance)

1. Madrid 52, 2. South Winn 68, 3. Ogden 85, 4. Newman Catholic 100, 5. Eagle Grove 115, 6. Nashua-Plainfield 221, 7. Collins-Maxwell 224, 8. Manson NW 234, 9. North Butler 242, 10. Ankeny Christian 294, 11. Westfork 303, 12. Saint Ansgar 343, 13. Turkey Valley 383, 14. S-F 412, 15. Rockford 417, 16. Colo-NESCO 444, 17. Bishop Garrigan 460, 18. North Iowa 477, 19. Clarksville 489, 20. Belmond-Klemme 492.

TOP 15 INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

1. Riley Bauer (North Union) 16:12, 2. Dan McDermott (M) 16:54, 3. Derek Dietzenbach (SW) 17:11, 4. Carson Rygh (LM) 17:15, 5. Brock Dietz (NP) 17:25, 6. Paul Hageman (SW) 17:42, 7. Jason Renze (M) 17:43, 8. Garrett Buxton (O) 17:48, 9. Paxten DeVilbiss (SW) 17:50, 10. Ellis Gegan (CS) 17:51, 11. Alex Hirsch (WV) 17:56, 12. Isaac Fettkether (NC) 17:57, 13. Jon Koester (EG) 17:58, 14. Jordan Boekelman (NI) 17:59, 15. Rory McDermott (M) 17:59.

Girls 5K Race

TEAM PLACINGS (Top 3 Advance)

1. South Winn 70, 2. Eagle Grove 108, 3. Newman Catholic 119, 4. Nashua-Plainfield 140, 5. Saint Ansgar 185, 6. Madrid 194, 7. Ogden 224, 8. Clarksville 228, 9. Collins-Maxwell 229, 10. S-F 235, 11. Westfork 244, 12. Bishop Garrigan 265, 13. Lake Mills 365, 14. Belmond-Klemme 388, 15. Tripoli 411, 16. Central Springs 419, 17. Manson NW 422, 18. North Iowa 447, 19. Colo-NESCO 457.

TOP 15 INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

1. Felicity Taylor (SW) 19:45, 2. Kori Wedeking (C) 20:23, 3. Sheridan LaCoste (Rockford) 20:31, 4. Lindsey Davidson (Northwood-Kensett) 20:46, 5. Macy Niewoehner (SF) 21:02, 6. Addy Carlson (SA) 21:08, 7. Hannah Booth (O) 21:17, 8. Camryn Buxton (O) 21:21, 9. Aubrey Eick (NP) 21:22, 10. Maddie Moline (MNW) 21:36, 11. Lauren Horn (M) 21:37, 12. Kaitlin Sampson (EG) 21:46, 13. Grace Henrich (NC) 21:49, 14. Melissa Ward (SW) 21:50, 15. Lea Friedl (EG) 21:55.