GRUNDY CENTER – Montezuma’s cross country runners got in some quality work against good competition at the Sam Iverson Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 26.
“We showed a lot of grit and had a lot of black bugs biting tonight,” said Coach Kevin Gartman, who indicated he’ll use results to help prepare his teams’ resumes for future meets.
“I’m proud of everyone for their work to finish,” Gartman said.
The meet marked the first finish of the season for Vivian Cook.
Sam Iverson Invitational
at Grundy Center
Junior high boys – 2 miles
Montezuma – no team score – 54, Luke Benson, 15:30.95. There were 83 runners.
Junior high girls – 2 miles
Montezuma – no team score – 47, Keegan Gunderson, 19:27.38. There were 58 runners.
Varsity girls – 5K
Montezuma 11th of 12 scoring teams – 24, Ellen Cook, 23:06.32; 50, Alexa Rose, 24:48.77; 65, Sophia Semprini, 26:41.09; 66, Vivian Cook, 27:08.06; 79, Karlee Knust, 32:51.07. There were 86 runners.
Varsity boys – 5K
Montezuma 12th of 14 scoring teams – 49, Cade Lowry, 20:50.24; 50, Cael Cheney, 20:50.24; 54, Jusiah Wetering, 21:04.22; 60, Dayton Reif, 21:15.80; 74, Linkyn Bru, 22:36.06; 82, Bryson Stockman, 23:12.67. There were 100 runners.
JV boys, 5K
Montezuma – no team score – 24, Nicholas Damon, 25:23.54. There were 40 runners.
