Advertisement
WB runners help ‘Hawks win Noelridge Park race
by Norv and Mary Coblentz · Sports · September 14, 2017


West Branch runners helped City High’s junior varsity boys cross country team finish first Sept. 7 at Noelridge Park.


Three City High boys’ cross country teams competed at the Cedar Rapids Invitational meet at the park in northeast Cedar Rapids Sept. 7. The host school was Cedar Rapids Washington.

The varsity team placed third, the junior varsity was first, and the sophomore team placed third.

“City High boys ran great with 28 of 32 runners improving their race times from last year, and 15 runners set personal records,” City High Head Coach Jayme Skay said.

Caden Turnbough was the frontrunner for the Bear-Hawks in the varsity race. He finished second in 16:21.18. Quenton Max was 11th with a time of 16:44.11. James Momburg finished in 20th place with a time of 16:54.51. In 34th place as Eric Thomas. He finished in 27:18.49. Rounding out the scorers was Owen Jones who was 37th in 17:22.08.

Three West Branch runners ran in the JV race. John Muckler was 18th in 1:25.23. Will Martin was 50th in 19:05.84. Keegan Sotelo finished in 20:16.56 for 97th place.

Barrett Walsh was the West Branch runner in the sophomore race. He ran the race in 21:03.37 for 126th place.

JV team scores: 1) City High 27 points; 2) Linn-Mar 63 points; 3) Pleasant Valley 120 points; 4) Cedar Rapids Prairie 121 points; 5) Mount Vernon-Lisbon 146; 6) Wahlert 165 points; 7) Iowa City West 187 points; 8) Cedar Rapids Kennedy 201 points; 9) Cedar Rapids Xavier 247 points; 10) Marion 261 points 11) Bettendorf 337 points; 12) North Scott 369 points; 13) Cedar Rapids Jefferson 377 points; 14) West Waterloo 402 points; 15) Davenport North 413 points; 16) Cedar Rapids Washington 420 points

Varsity team scores: 1) Cedar Rapids Prairie 49 points; 2) Linn-Mar 72 points; 3) City High 104 points; 3) Cedar Rapids Kennedy 128 points; 4) Cedar Rapids Kennedy 128 points; 5) Wahlert 194 points; 6) Cedar Rapids Washington 209 points; 7) Mt. Vernon-Lisbon 227 points; 8) Davenport West 228 points; 9) Marion 248 points; 10) North Scott 275 points; 11) Cedar Rapids Xavier 288 points; 12) Cedar Rapids Jefferson 322 points; 13) Muscatine 338 points; 14) Davenport North 353; 15) Bettendorf 402; 16) Iowa City West 404; 17) West Waterloo 456; 18) Davenport Central 465 points; 19) Liberty High School 490 points

Sophomore team scores: 1) Pleasant Valley 26 points; 2) Cedar Rapids Prairie 74 points; 3) City High 80 points; 4) Iowa City West 97 points; 5) Cedar Rapids Kennedy 106 points; 6) Linn-Mar 207 points; 7) North Scott 212 points; 8) Muscatine 222 points; 9) Bettendorf 285 points; 10) Cedar Rapids Jefferson 322 points; 11) Cedar Rapids Washington 330 points; 12) Cedar Rapids Xavier 350 points; Wahlert 360 points; 14) Davenport North 417 points; Davenport West 430 points; 16) Davenport Central 470; 17) Liberty High School 521