River Valley invite a challenge for DP runners

Lilly Houtakker tries to move up. Photo by Amy Robinson. Lilly Houtakker tries to move up. Photo by Amy Robinson.

The Dodge-Point cross country teams ran at the River Valley invitationallast Saturday on a beautiful day to run.

The boys team finshed 8th in the Large Schools Division while the girls took 11th.

Dodge-Point senior JohnnyRobinson was his team’s topfnisher, taking 5th while sophomore Avalee Langreckpaced the girls, finishing 5th.

Girls Large SchoolsTeam Results

Mount Horeb 85, Waunakee 98, Madison West 111, Monroe 127, Platteville 162, McFarland 171, Middleton 188, Richland Center/Ithaca 249, Lancaster 267, New Glarus/Monticello 268, Dodgeville/Mineral Point 269, DeForest 281, River Valley 363, St Ambrose Academy 403, Sun Prairie East 412, Wisconsin Dells 433, Reedsburg Area 438, Edgewood 456, Madison La Follette 560, Lodi 391.

Dodge-Point Results

Avalee Langreck 6 19:59.9, Payton Christopher 46 22:08.1, Raina Arndt 68 23:22.1, Iliana Zizis 73 23:31.7, Lilly Houtakker 76 23:32.6, Chloe Eastman 93 24:29.5, Elise Engel 12729:08.8

River Valley Results

Mollie Maes 29 21:35.8, Brielle Grant 44 22:02.3, Aubrey Anliker 74 23:32.4, Hayden Hegland 101 24:48.8, Reagan Sackett 115 26:10.4, Camryn Ferguson 118 26:52.3, Lily Spahn 128 29:28.3

Boys Large Schools Team Results

DeForest 75, Madison La Follette 80, Monroe 115, McFarland 120, St Ambrose Academy 156, Richland Center/Ithaca 160, Madison West 172, Dodgeville/Mineral Point 223, Edgewood 250, Mount Horeb 263, Reedsburg Area 318, Sun Prairie East 354, Waunakee 369, Lancaster 376, Platteville 386, River Valley 448, Wisconsin Dells 451, Lodi 514

Dodge-Point Results

Johnny Robinson 5 16:25.7, Leif Nelson 16 17:14.9, Nolan Allendorf 44 18:18.7, Jack Tippett 75 19:20.7, Rhet Spurley 83 19:49.7, Logan Swinehart 85 19:57.6, Jack Christopher 87 19:58.0

River Valley Results

Nate Hamilton 34 17:55.3, Ramsey Amble 90 20:10.2, Jacob Wagner 103 21:25.5, August Polkinghorne 104 21:29.3, Myles Strobush 117 23:53.4, Bennett Woodhouse 119 25:02.0

Dodge-Point Boys JV Results

Brady Blackford 43 20:35.2, Brayden McWilliams 51 21:02.4, Elliot Hesseling [SR] 52 21:02.6, Aiden Patterson 55 21:10.5, Ben Engel 57 21:13.8, Levi Dury 62 21:24.4, Owen Michek 68 21:43.1, Murphy Keyes 163 23:20.1, Kegan Patterson 245 26:41.7

Dodge-Point Girls JV Results

10 Dodgeville/Mineral Point 311

Faye Schuette 44 25:18.3, Adalynn Pagenkopf 47 25:20.9, Autumn Pagenkopf 49 25:29.9, Abbey Finley 72 26:50.6, Colette Dunn 99 28:42.7. Aurora White 101) 28:51.1, Brynnlin Cartwright 107 29:55.4, Merit Pawelski 240 31:47.0, Bristol Chartwright 246 32:29.3

Dodge-Point coach Denny McGraw summarized the meet by saying: “The River Valley Invite is a very large invite that is very well organized. The weather cooperated and we participate in the large school division, with many Division 1 schools.”

Girls Varsity”

“The girls varsity placed 11th out of 19 schools in the large school division. Avalee Langreck continues to improve each week and to finish 6th in this huge meet shows her talent. Payton Christopher (45th) kept up a good pace. Raina Arndt (67th), Iliana Zizis (72nd), and Lilly Houtakker (75th) all raced together and helped each other throughout the run. Chloe Eastman (92nd) and Elise Engel (125th) rounded out the varsity runners.”

Girls JV

“The JV Girls placed 10th out of 17 schools. They were led by Faye Schuette. “

Boys Varsity

“The boys varsity placed 8th out of 18 schools in the large school division. Johnny Robinson placed 5th

in a very competitive field. He shows a lot of determination each race. Leif Nelson placed 16th and continues to improve and gaining more confidence. Nolan Allendorf (44th) had a good race with a very strong finish. Jack Tippett (75th) and Rhet Spurley (83rd) helped pace each other. Logan Swinehart (85th) and Jack Christopher (87th) were the other runners for varsity.”

Boys JV

“The JV Boys placed 9th out of 14 schools. They were led by Brady Blackford.”

Girls MS ResultsF

Finished 11th out of 23 teams. Boys MS Results – Finished 3rd out of 22 teams.

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The Dodge Point Cross Country teams next compete at Boscobel on Thursday, September 17th. It is a nighttime event that the runners really enjoy. Race times are 7:30 MS Girls, 7:50 MS Boys, 8:10 HS Girls, 8:55 HS Boys.


Lilly Houtakker tries to move up. Photo by Amy Robinson.
Logan Swinehart leads a group of runners. Photo by Amy Robinson.