Bulldogs claim medals at Dick Pollitt Go-Hawk Classic

WAVERLY – A pair of Bulldog sophomores finished among the top-10 in their respective races to earn medals at the annual Dick Pollitt Go-Hawk Classic, hosted by Waverly-Shell Rock and run on the Wartburg Max cross country course on Tuesday, Sept. 10.

Sophomore Sydney Buseman was 10th in the freshman-sophomore girls’ race, kicking it into high gear down the final stretch to improve her standing from 25th as she made the final turn. She completed the race in 24 minutes, 34 seconds.

Zayden Erdman, also a sophomore, fell back some from his seventh-place position in the final home stretch in the boys’ race, but still placed ninth in 19:04 to join Buseman as a medal winner for the night.

“The kids are running well,” Bulldog coach Traci Moorehead said. “Last night was hotter than we have been used to, which made the evening more difficult. But, the kids pushed through and ran hard. Sydney Buseman continues to be our leader on our girls’ side along with Zayden on the boys’ side. He has three top-10 finishes, the last one being within his grade level.”

The Bulldog girls didn’t have enough runners to complete a cumulative score, however, finished 13th in the freshman-sophomore division out 15 teams, scoring 142 points.

The Bulldog boys’ team were 15th out of 16 team cumulatively, with seven others not completing a team score. The fsophomore boys also placed ninth of 16 teams with 90 points while the juniors were 13th out of 15 with 142 points. Paced by Erdman, that team also included Jakyb Kapp (31) and Eli Fink (50).

Denver won the girls’ cumulative team score while Western Dubuque was the boys’ winner.

Champions by grade were: seniors Adrianna Katcher of Center Point-Urbana and Kale Caree of Western Dubuque; juniors Emma Hoins of Waverly-Shell Rock and Brady Hogan of Decorah; sophomores Chloe Ristau of Denver and Andrew Cummer of Waverly-Shell Rock; and freshmen both of Denver, Amber Homan and Jack Mulert.

2019 Dick Pollitt Go-Hawk Classic

Girls’ Cumulative Team Score

1. Denver 28; 2. Decorah 29; 3. Aplington-Parkersburg 29*; 4. Western Dubuque 30; 5. Center Point-Urbana 36; 6. Mason City 60; 7. Waukon 61; 8. Charles City 67; 9. Waverly-Shell Rock 68; 10. Nashua-Plainfield 71; 11. Crestwood 87; 12. Independence 113; 13. West Delaware.

Boys’ Cumulative Team Score

1. Western Dubuque 16; 2. Waverly-Shell Rock 23; 3. Decorah 27; 4. Center Point-Urbana 38; 5. Grundy Center/G-R 57; 6. Denver 58; 7. Mason City 60; 8. Charles City 80; 9. Crestwood 87; 10. Webster City 99; 11. West Delaware 104; 12. Waukon 109; 13. Hudson 139; 14. Aplington-Parkersburg 163; 15. Hampton-Dumont 189; 16. Independence 285.

Junior Boys Team Scoring

1. Center Point-Urbana 26; 2. Decorah 39; 3. Denver 45*; 4. Western Dubuque 45*; 5. Mason City 48; 5. West Delaware 55; 7. Webster City 59; 8. Charles City 87; 9. Crestwood 90; 10. Waverly-Shell Rock 112; 11. Waukon 115; 12. Hudson 124; 13. Hampton-Dumont 142; 14. Nashua-Plainfield 143; 15. Independence 166.

Sophomore Boys Team Scoring

1. Decorah 29; 2. Waverly-Shell Rock 34; 3. Grundy Center/G-R 44*; 4. Charles City 44*; 5. Crestwood 63; 6. Western Dubuque 75*; 7. Mason City 75*; 8. Center Point-Urbana 78; 9. Hampton-Dumont 90; 10. New Hampton 101; 11. Oelwein 105; 12. West Delaware 115; 13. Denver 117; 14. Webster City 118; 15. Aplington-Parkersburg 128; 16. Independence 131.

* tiebreaker

Bulldog Senior girls– 61. Claire Wragge 29:21.

Bulldog Senior boys – 51. Elijah Alden 21:55; 84. Alex Salinas 23:59.

Bulldog Junior girls– 63. Sydney Meyer 29:33; 81. Alyssa Shirk 40:35.

Bulldog Junior boys (142) – 37. Benji Sauke 21:27; 43. Solomon Barbu 21:58; 62. Mickey Rosenberg 30:37.

Bulldog Sophomore boys (90)– 9. Zayden Erdman 19:04; 31. Jakyb Kapp 21:06; 50. Eli Fink 23:21; 63. Trenton Rhoads 24:50; 68. Brandon Hisler 25:58.

Bulldog Sophomore girls– 10. Sydney Buseman 24:34.