It was a feat so nice, they pulled it off twice.
The Mount Vernon-Lisbon cross country squad — both the girls team and the boys — are heading for the state tournament this coming weekend.
Both teams finished first Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Washington 3A District Cross Country Meet, with Lourdes Mason again leading the pack for the girls, for the seventh time this season.
Grady Olberding led the Mustang boys in sixth place, but it was Isaiah Hammerand of Western Dubuque to take the top spot for all runners.
“What a fun night in Washington,” reflected head coach Kory Swart. “To be able to win the state qualifying meet on both the boys and girls side is something that they’ll remember for a long time. We have really gained some momentum down the stretch, and it should be very helpful heading into state.”
“Lourdes Mason continued her dominant season by winning for the seventh time this year,” said Swart.
Laura Swart (5th), Emrie Johnson (6th) and Kiersten Swart (9th) all cracked the top 10, which the coach said helped get the win.
“The team is really excited about getting to Fort Dodge and seeing what they can do against the best teams in the state,” he said.
“Grady Olberding led the way again in sixth, Klayten Perreault broke 17 minutes for the first time in ninth, and Dawson Scheil had his best race of the season in 12th. We were able to sneak out the team win with gutty performances by Junior Krob (16th), Wesley Sadler (17th), and Seamus O’Connor (18th). Seamus has come on this year and has really made a difference for us,” said Swart.
The girls team will run at 10 a.m. and the boys at 11:15 a.m. Saturday morning in Fort Dodge.
Boys
1. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 60, 2. Western Dubuque 63, 3. Fort Madison 109, 4. South Tama 111, 5. Washington 117, 6. Center Point-Urbana 120, 7. Central DeWitt 156, 8. Mount Pleasant 188, 9. Fairfield 253, 10. Davenport Assumption 264, 11. Maquoketa 337, 12. Notre Dame/West Burlington 347, 13. Keokuk 397
Individual results
6. Grady Olberding 16:39.487, 9. Klayten Perreault 16:44.107, 12. Dawson Scheil 17:06.353, 16. Junior Krob 17:15.103, 17. Wesley Sadler 17:16.993, 18. Seamus O’Connor 17:17.000, 65. Zach Fall 19:09.027
Girls
1. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 41, 2. Washington 60, 3. Center Point-Urbana 79, 4. Davenport-Assumption 130, 5. Fort Madison 132, 6. Fairfield 144, 7. Western Dubuque 148, 8. Mount Pleasant 184, 9. Keokuk 236, 10. Central DeWitt 291, 11. South Tama 320
Individual results
1. Lourdes Mason 18:38.647, 4. Laura Swart 19:22.397, 5. Emrie Johnson 19:39.447, 9. Kiersten Swart 20:10.453, 23. Hailey Bock 21:09.737, 28. Gabi Moehlman 21:37.563, 34. Edith Dawson 21:47.093