Fox Valley Lutheran fails to earn any state qualifiers at WIAA Division 2 cross country sectional
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KIEL – The Fox Valley Lutheran cross country teams had their seasons come to an end at a WIAA Division 2 sectional at Kiel High School on Friday.
The top two teams and top five individuals not on those teams for both the boys and the girls qualify for the 2024 WIAA State Cross Country Meet at Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday, Nov. 2.
The Fox Valley Lutheran boys placed ninth and the girls took sixth among the 15 teams at the sectional, and no individual runners earned top-10 finishes.
Kohler (48 points) and Chilton (81) earned the two boys teams state berths, with Little Chute winning the girls team title with 54 points and Kiel taking second with 72.
Ben Rengennitter of Kohler won the boys 5-kilometer race in 16:08.9, 7½ seconds ahead of runner-up Eli Gallagher of Two Rivers.
Gallagher, along with Kyan Lynts of Luxemberg-Casco, Ben Toeppler and Hayden Carroll of Little Chute, and Dawson Jasmolowicz of Freedom snagged the five individual boys berths for state.
Mason Dobberstein placed 38th in 18:14 and Gavin Trygstad was 40th in 18:22 to lead the FVL boys.
Little Chute’s Ashley Wilson won the girls race in 18:47.7, 23 seconds in front of teammate Lauren Wegand.
Claire DuChateau of Luxemburg-Casco, Breanne Kulpa and Ashley Groothoff of Two Rivers, Freedom’s Claire Helmila and Peshtigo’s Rachel Nelson took the top five individual spots not on the Little Chute and Kiel squads.
Rowen Volhard had a solid performance for the Fox Valley Lutheran girls, taking 15th in 20:35.9, and Anna Feuerstahler was 23rd in 21:19.0 for the Foxes.
WIAA Division 2 Cross Country Sectional
Oct. 25, at Kiel High School
(*denotes state meet qualifier)
Boys
Team scores: 1. *Kohler 48; 2. *Chilton 81; 3. Little Chute 91; 4. Two Rivers 95; 5. Plymouth 118; 6. Luxemburg-Casco 133; 7. Kiel 181; 8. Sheboygan Falls 233; 9. Fox Valley Lutheran 236; 10. Marinette 271; 11. Freedom 281; 12. Denmark 304; Green Bay West, Sturgeon Bay, Wrightstown incomplete.
Top 10 and Fox Valley Lutheran finishers: 1. Ben Rengennitter (KOH) 16:08.9; 2. *Eli Gallagher (TR) 16:16.4; 3. Clark Behler (KOH) 16:21.1; 4. *Kyan Lynts (LUX) 16:24.7; 5. *Ben Toeppler (LIT) 16:41.5; 6. *Hayden Carroll (LIT) 16:42.2; 7. Jack Gasparick (KOH) 16:53.7; 8. *Dawson Jasmolowicz (FR) 16:57.3; 9. Gavin Hones (PLY) 17:02.8; 10. Lincoln Kuehn (CH) 17:04.7; 38. Mason Dobberstein (FVL) 18:14.0; 40. Gavin Trygstad (FVL) 18:22.8; 46. Henry Laabs (FVL) 18:48.2; 56. Lincoln Boehm (FVL) 19:18.7; 66. Zachary Muenster (FVL) 19:47.9; 78. Tom Needham (FVL) 20:40.0; 83. Dane Clausen (FVL) 20:55.0.
Girls
Team scores: 1. *Little Chute 54; 2. *Kiel 72; 3. Plymouth 107; 4. Luxemburg-Casco 126; 5. Two Rivers 135; 6. Fox Valley Lutheran 158; 7. Freedom 188; 8. Chilton 233; 9. Marinette 259; 10. Peshtigo 260; 11. Denmark 295; 12. Sheboygan Falls 297; 13. Green Bay West 344; 14. Sturgeon Bay 348; 15. Wrightstown 425.
Top 10 and Fox Valley Lutheran finishers: 1. Ashley Wilson (LIT) 18:57.7; 2. Lauren Wegnd (LIT) 19:20.3; 3. *Claire DuChateau (LUX) 19:26.4; 4. Sami Miller (LIT) 19:38.2; 5. Evalyn Schafer (KIEL) 19:47.3; 6. Lillian Larson (KIEL) 19:48.3; 7. *Breanne Kulpa (TR) 19:51.9; 8. *Claire Helmila (FR) 19:52.4; 9. *Ashley Groothoff (TR) 19:57.7; 10. *Rachel Nelson (PES) 20:04.4; 15. Rowen Volhard (FVL) 20:35.9; 23. Anna Feuerstahler (FVL) 21:19.0; 30. Claire Fischer (FVL) 21:46.5; 44. Madeline Zuelsdorf (FVL) 22:44.9; 46. Carys Wendland (FLV) 22:49.9; 65. Lake Curtis (FVL) 23:39.1; 74. Sydney Szerkins (FVL) 24:18.4.