Area 1A runners run well at state, set higher goals
By Kristi Nixon
FORT DODGE — Riceville’s Claire Zweibohmer finished just four places (19th) and a grand total of 18 seconds out of a medal at the Class 1A state cross country meet on Friday, Oct. 27.
Wildcat head coach Bryce Conway said that she ran well, and she has new goals for next year, running the Kennedy Park course for the first time as a sophomore, who officially finished the race in 20:02.4.
Four seniors finished ahead of her.
“It was a great experience, meeting new people and getting to go to state,” Zweibohmer said. “Being my first state meet, I was happy with how I did. I would say I was hoping for top-15, but there is always next year.”
St. Ansgar sophomore Lila Powers, too, was mostly pleased with her run, finishing 32nd out of 158 finishers at the meet in 20:26.
“It was good,” Powers said. “It was definitely a cool experience. I’ve never ran in a meet with this good of competition, so it was really cool to be able to push myself and use everybody here to run my race.”
