DARLINGTON — Seniors Jordan Jenks and Ethan McCracken led the Iowa–Grant/Highland boys’ cross country team to a seventh place finish at the 22-team Darlington Invitational.
     Jenks, who finished second a week earlier at the Cashton Invitational, placed 13th out of 99 varsity runners with a time of 18:06. McCracken finished 33rd overall at 19:01. Sophomore William McLeer placed 50th (19:42.6).
     Junior Angela Melby led I–G girls with a 48th place finish (19:08.5). Only four Panthers ran in Saturday’s race so the team was incomplete.

Darlington Invitational
(from Saturday, Sept. 6 @ Darlington)
(Girls, 4,000 meters)
Team scores: 1.Dodgeville/Mineral Point 28, 2.Mount Horeb 76, 3.Bosocbel 81, 4.Darlington 100, 5.Lancaster 127, 6.Belleville 198, 7.Pecaontica/Argyle 224, 8.Richland Center/Ithaca 226, 9.Fennimore 228, 10.North Crawford 232.
Top individuals: 1.Hannah Owens (D/MP) 15:02.9, 2.Keely Foley (Boscobel) 15:43.2, 3.Noelle Marie (Belleville) 15:47.1, 4.Brittany Rhyner (D/MP 15:52.3), 5.Mary Hanson (D/MP) 15:54.5
Iowa–Grant: 48.Angela Melby 19:08.5, 72.Julie Cockroft 21:13.5, 77.Caitlyn Fowell 22:18.6, 78.Makayla Dicken 22:22.3.
(Boys, 5,000 meters)
Team scores: 1.Darlingotn 47, 2.Monroe 73, 3.Dodgeville/Mineral Point 83, 4.Boscobel 86, 5.Albany 118, 6.Lancaster 157, 7.Iowa–Grant/Highland 179, 8.Prairie du Chien 211, 9.Belleville/New Glarus 227, 10.Richland Center/Ithaca 289, 11.Southwestern/Cuba City 294.
Top individuals: 1.Dakota Kauffman (Boscobel) 16:38.4, 2.Jaden Komprood (Darlington) 16:55.8, 3.Thomas Schultz (Darlington) 17:03.5, 4.Brian Mathews (Riverdale) 17:07.0, 5.Aaron Johnson (Albany) 17:25.8.
Iowa–Grant: 13.Jordan Jenks 18:06, 33.Ethan McCracken 19:01.0, 50.William McLeer 19:42.6, 60.Ben Connolly 20:21.1, 64.Micah Bomkamp 20:52.3, 90.Jacob Soman 23:13.4, 97.Paul Connolly 24:40.1.

Momot, Iselin lead Platteville boys at Verona
     The Platteville cross country teams opened the 2014 season Saturday at the 24-team Verona Invitational.
Led by individual medalists Vince Momot and Dan Iselin, the Hillmen boys finished ninth overall out of 24 teams and second out of seven teams in Division 3, behind only Mauston.
     Momot, a junior, placed eighth overall with a time of 16:39, while Iselin, a junior, finished 25th overall in 17:14.
The top 25 runners in both the boys’ and girls’ races earned medals.
     Senior Holly Kasper set a new Platteville girls’ cross country record at the new 5,000-meter distance for girls, with a time of 21:54. She finished 44th overall as the Platteville girls placed 21st overall and seventh in D3.
     “I was very pleased with the way the teams ran,”said Platteville head coach Rob Serres. “We needed to get our feet wet, and see where we were at.  I wanted the kids to run conservatively, but still competitively.”

Verona Invitational
(from Saturday, Sept. 6 @ Verona)
(Girls, 5,000 meters)
Team scores: 1.Middleton 67, 2.Madison West 68, 3.Madison Memorial 89, 4.La Crosse Logan 118, 5.Madison Edgewood 132, 6.Stoughton 187, 7.La Crosse Aquinas 235, 8.Mauston 290, 9.Verona 294, 10.Monona Grove 296, 11.Fort Atkinson 303, 12.Oregon 357, 13.New Glarus/Monticello 392, 14.Kenosha Indian Trail 408, 15.Lake Geneva Badger 415, 16.Milton 430, 17.Baraboo 432, 18.East Troy 437, 19.Wisconsin Dells 446, 20.Janesville Craig 448, 21.Platteville 537, 22.Westfield 667.
Top individuals all divisions: 1.Amy Davis (Edgewood) 18:23.89, 2.Jennifer Litchter (Aquinas) 19:13.89, 3.Siena Casanova (Madison Memorial) 19:14.89, 4.Peyton Sippy (Janesville Craig) 19:48.59, 5.Nikki Staffen (Stoughton) 19:54.69.
Division 3 team scores: 1.Edgewood 28, 2.Aquinas 61, 3.Mauston 75, 4.New Glarus/Monticello 109, 5.East Troy 129, 6.Wisconsin Dells 130, 7.Platteville 162, 8.Westfield 213.
Platteville:  44.Holly Kasper 21:54, 115.Sami Brookens 24:25, 122.Maggie Durni 24:34, 126.McKenzie Scanlan 24:44, 130.Grace Hammermeister 25:11, 134.Emma Bryla 25:24, 145.Hannah Digman 26:45.
(Boys, 5,000 meters)
Overall team scores: 1.Madison La Follette 46, 2.Madison West 51, 3.Middleton 134, 4.Baraboo 139, 5.Madison Memorial 160, 6.Verona 172, 7.Lake Geneva Badger 194, 8.Mauston 220, 9.Platteville 277, 10.Monona Grove 304, 11.Stoughton 310, 12.Janesville Craig 326, 13.Oregon 327, 14.Fort Atkinson 339, 15.La Crosse Aquinas 400, 16.Kenosha Indian Trail 466, 17.New Glarus/Monticello 492, 18.Westfield 503, 19.Milton 545, 20.East Troy 562, 21.Wisconsin Dells 618, 22.
Top individuals all divisions: 1.Olin Hacker (Madison West) 15:20.99, 2.Ryan Nameth (Verona) 15:32.29, 3.Finn Fessner (Madison La Follette) 15:53.59, 4.Terry McMillan (Monona Grove) 16:24.59, 5.Wayu Bedaso (Madison La Follette) 16:26.49.
Division 3 team scores: 1.Mauston 34, 2.Plateville 47, 3.Aquinas 76, 4.Westfield 111, 5.New Glarus/Monticello 118, 6.East Troy 147, 7.Wisconsin Dells 170.
Platteville: 8.Vince Momot 16:39, 25.Dan Iselin 17:14, 60.Colton Henry 18:17, 91.Tom Lambert 18:52, 93.Blake Julius 18:54, 97.Max Frommelt 18:57, 100.Mike Donovan 19:01.