BOSCOBEL — The Darlington girls and Albany boys cross country teams each finished second at the SWAL Championship Meet on Oct. 16 at the Ryan Zimpel Memorial Course.
Sophomore Alaina McGowan paced Darlington with a third-place time of 19:31.4, just 23 seconds off champion Natalie Horsfall of Fennimore (19:08.3). Redbird senior Brianna Vazquez was fifth overall (20:09.4) and Albany’s Emersen Butts was ninth (21:13.0.
The Redbirds then had four runners finish in a pack together, taking 12th through 15th place: Addison Black (12th, 21:55.4), Elizabeth Gruetzmacher (13th, 21:59.2), Madison Welacha (14th, 22:00.3) and Hadley Smith (15th, 22:02.2). Albany’s Diem Briggs was 16th (22:10.7), while fellow scoring Comets included Maycee Ginter (24th, 22:48.2), Lydia Ahnen (30th, 23:46.2) and Ellie Smith (37th, 24:48.4).
Argyle/Pecatonica’s Emma Johnsen paced her squad (33rd, 24:20.3), just ahead of teammate Sophie Howard (35th, 24:28.7).
Southwestern/Benton (45 points) won the team title, with Darlington (47), Fennimore (53) and Albany (112) taking second, third and fourth.
On the boys side, Fennimore (47) was the team champion, with Albany (65), Iowa-Grant (78) and Boscobel (88) occupying the next three spots. Darlington (147) was sixth.
Fennimore sophomore Bobby Schmidt (16:40.0) was the individual champion, sprinting past SW/Benton junior Josh Richardson (16:41.4) down the final stretch. Albany senior Noah Lisser (17:22.0) was third overall.
Lisser was joined in scoring by teammates Brooks Wachholz (10th, 17:54.6), Kamden Broughton (11th, 17:55.9), Brodyn Bakken (20th, 18:48.9) and Aaron Alexander (21st, 19:02.2).
Darlington’s Marcus Kendall was eighth (17:51.0), and Phoenix Johnson took 23rd (19:11.0). Mitchell Johnsen paced Argyle/Pecatonica (32nd, 19:36.2).
Capitol Conference
FORT ATKINSON — New Glarus/Monticello girls finished second in the Capitol North team standings, while Belleville was fourth in the Capitol South race. On the boys side, Belleville was third in the South and NGM was fifth in the North. The Capitol Conference Championships took place on Saturday, Oct. 17 at Koshkonong Mounds Country Club.
For NGM on the girls side, Sadie Mitchell (19:06.3) was the top runner, taking fourth. She was followed by Holly Maynard (8th, 20:27.0), Lucy Sidwell (13th, 21:01.3), Ester Biank (14th, 21:12.2) and Adayla Babler (16th, 21:34.0).
Belleville’s Kate Hendrickson was fourth in her race (20:11.7) with teammate Ellie Gehin (22:44.3) taking 17th. Charlotte Weber (25th, 24:42.9), Ana Smith (27th, 24:52.9) and Lyla Kubly (28th, 24:53.7) also scored for the Wildcats.
On the boys side, Belleville’s Carson Biermeier (17:29.1) was fifth overall with teammate Henry Koch (17:46.2) right behind him in seventh. Adrian Scott (12th, 18:25.0), Harrison Elliott (22nd, 19:17.1) and Cameron Pawloski (28th, 20:42.1) also scored for the Wildcats.
For NGM boys, Dylan Gardner (17:07.8) was seventh in the North race. Also scoring for the Knights were Gavin Anderson (17th, 17:40.6), Benjamin Biank (20th, 17:46.3), Finian Hoeper (27th, 18:24.4) and Eddie Blumer (33rd, 19:06.8).
