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Men's and Women's XC A-R-C Title
Julie Drewes

No. 1/20 Cross Country Sweep A-R-C Championships for an Eighth-Straight Season; Hammerand Earns Third-Straight MVP

STORM LAKE, Iowa — No. 1 and No. 20 men's and women's cross country completed its eighth-straight sweep of the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Championships to mark the eighth-straight title for the women and the ninth-straight for the men's team.
 
The Knights won the women's team race with 33 points and the men's team race with 28 points. Wartburg had 22 total All-Conference finishers with 10 on the women's side and 12 on the men's side.
 
Isaiah Hammerand won the men's individual title in 23:47.5, averaging 4:47.1 per mile and Ayden Buchanan added a third-place finish in 24:41.1. Lydia Maas led The Orange and Black women in the 6K, placing fourth in 22:15.6. Leah McDonald followed in fifth at 22:23.0, averaging 6:00.2 per mile. Madison Popelar earned Rookie of the Year honors on the women's side with a seventh-place finish to lead all first-year competitors.
 

 
Meet Notes
  • Eighth-straight sweep of the A-R-C Championships
    • 23rd team title for the men and 22nd for the women all-time
  • Ninth-straight title for the men's team
  • Eighth-straight title for the women's team
  • Third-straight A-R-C MVP for Hammerand
    • Third runner in program history with three A-R-C MVP's, joining Doug Beck, 1968-70 and Joe Freiburger, 2019-21
    • Only four total runners in A-R-C history have achieved three or more conference MVP's
  • Popelar earned Rookie of the Year to mark the second in program history
  • Men's All-Conference Honors
    • 4x All-Conference – Hammerand
    • 3x All-Conference – Aldamak
    • 2x All-Conference – C. Cook, Fricke, Smith, Zaugg
    • First All-Conference – Boston, Buchanan, E. Cook, Levinsohn, Schermerhorn, Warson
  • Women's All-Conference Honors
    • 3x All-Conference – Bochmann, Maas, Vance
    • 2x All-Conference – Pewe, Quillin, Warren
    • First All-Conference – Burney, McDonald, Popelar
 
 The Knights Men's Results (8K)
1. Hammerand - 23:47.5, 1 point
3. Buchanan - 24:41.1, 3 points
7. Andrew Smith - 24:58.1, 7 points
8. Evan Cook - 25:00.9, 8 points
9. Solomon Zaugg - 25:03.9, 9 points
12. Cooper Cook - 25:10.6, 12 points
13. Ethan Boston - 25:10.8, 13 points
14. Clay Warson - 25:11.3, 14 points
16. Ahmed Aldamak - 25:18.3, 16 points
17. Dawson Fricke - 25:20.1, 17 points
18. Kasey Levinsohn - 25:20.3, 18 points
19. AJ Schermerhorn - 25:23.1, 19 points
21. Connor Martin - 25:24.4, 21 points
23. Derek Coulter - 25:34.4, 23 points
24. Alex Horstman - 25:35.5, 24 points
25. Rylan Martin - 25:39.6, 25 points
26. James Maso - 25:39.6, 26 points
27. Nathan Kinzer - 25:42.0, 27 points
35. Aidan Decker - 25:51.7, 35 points
36. Hutton Edney - 25:52.3, 36 points
39. Aaron Lursen - 25:56.8, 39 points
40. Carter Mulford - 25:57.1, 40 points
43. Caden Kueker - 26:01.1, 43 points
45. Riley Kuhn - 26:05.6, 45 points
46. Henry Nichols - 26:06.5, 46 points
47. Nathan Ahern - 26:07.8, 47 points
50. Nathan Moore - 26:16.7, 50 points
51. Gage Heyne - 26:18.2, 51 points
54. Luke Hagenberg - 26:28.0, 54 points
57. Wes Hulseberg - 26:33.6, 57 points
62. Simon Wendel - 26:42.9, 62 points
63. Drew Moser - 26:43.1, 63 points
64. Cooper Bankston - 26:43.5, 64 points
65. Jakob Regennitter - 26:46.0, 65 points
66. Nolan Wieneke - 26:47.3, 66 points
70. Logan Rosas - 26:52.7, 70 points
73. Silas Gann - 26:56.7, 73 points
80. Myles Matthias - 26:59.7, 80 points
85. Ryan Heden - 27:04.4, 85 points
88. Ben Neville - 27:08.1, 88 points
92. Dax Duffy - 27:16.3, 92 points
96. Austin Soldwisch - 27:19.8, 96 points
98. Joel Ramirez-Parra - 27:22.0, 98 points
99. AJ Angus - 27:22.5, 99 points
102. Camden Kilker - 27:24.4, 102 points
106. Marcus Camacho - 27:29.5, 106 points
107. Brendan Owens - 27:31.3, 107 points
130. Jackson Cicchinelli - 28:20.6, 130 points
131. Toben Edney - 28:27.7, 131 points
138. Jack Behrens - 28:44.5, 138 points
144. Mason Coulter - 28:58.0, 144 points
161. Sawyer Schmidt - 30:10.2, 161 points
166. Jonathan Meyer - 30:48.4, 166 points
 
The Knights Women's Results (6K)
4. Maas - 22:15.6, 4 points
5. McDonald - 22:23.0, 5 points
6. Ava Vance - 22:33.4, 6 points
7. Madison Popelar - 22:36.0, 7 points
11. Julia Burney - 22:45.9, 11 points
15. Sydney Bochmann - 22:54.0, 15 points
16. Anna Quillin - 22:54.2, 16 points
17. Marissa Pewe - 22:54.2
18. Bethany Warren - 22:54.4
20. Claire Hoyer - 22:58.5
22. Maya Zopel - 23:02.2
24. Peyton Morey - 23:13.1
25. Morgan Engel - 23:14.3
27. Alyssa Higgins - 23:20.6
31. Ella Johnson - 23:35.3
38. Abbey Angus - 23:51.3
39. Nadia Bowden - 23:52.6
43. Megan Pickar - 23:57.0
45. Stella Rose - 24:02.8
47. Jillian Borgelt - 24:08.0
56. Cali Trygstad - 24:27.4
57. Janae Hansen - 24:27.4
60. Lailah Utnage - 24:42.8
62. Grace Vortherms - 24:45.9
64. Lily Cooper - 24:50.4
66. Hannah Ramsey - 24:57.4
68. Lillyan Kiehne - 25:02.1
69. Bryn Wright - 25:03.5
84. Jade Anderson - 25:30.9
86. Reagan Cogdill - 25:34.7
96. Zoe Cordes - 26:27.1
 
Up Next
The Orange and Black travel to Decorah, Iowa, for the Saga Cup on Friday, Nov. 6, at 4 p.m.
 
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