By RYAN STONEBRAKER
FORT DODGE, Iowa The 2026 Class 1A Iowa Girls state cross-country meet was held last week with Mount Ayr’s Ryley Greenwell participating. Greenwell was the Raiderette runner to qualify out of the state qualifying meet the week before. Also at state was POI champion Kinsey Prunty from Wayne.
Greenwell would run to a 75th place finish in a time of 21:24. Prunty placed 61st in 20:58. There were 154 runners in the girls race at the state meet.
Top ranked Maquoketa Valley was the Class 1A champion with a team score of 54 points. Third ranked Madrid was the runner-up team with a team score of 149 points. Madrid’s Madelyn Grothus was the Class 1A individual champion, winning the race and state title in a time of 18:17. Fourth ranked Collins-Maxwell was the third place finishing team in the overall team standings with 155 points. Second ranked Sumner-Fredericksburg placed fifth.
Class 1A Girls State Cross-Country Meet
Friday, October 30
At Fort Dodge
Team Scores: 1. Maquoketa Valley 54, 2. Madrid 149, 3. Collins-Maxwell 155, 4. South Winneshiek 175, 5. Sumner-Fredericksburg 187, 6. Northwood-Kensett 199, 7. Logan-Magnolia 209, 8. Lynnville-Sully 218, 9. Hinton 230, 10. Manson-NW Webster 240, 11. Sibley-Oceyedan 258, 12. Van Buren 263, 13. AC/GC 272, 14. Grundy Center 282, 15. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 285, 16. Earlham 300.
Top-15 Finishers:
1. Madelyn Grothus (Madrid) 18:17; 2. Alexis Mujica (Newman Catholic) 18:28; 3. Kylie Roccholz (Panorama) 18:36; 4. Olivia Urbatsch (Northwood-Kensett) 18:41; 5. Josalyn Burlage (Maquoketa Valley) 18:50; 6. Ivy Urbatsch (Northwood-Kensett) 18:56; 7. Viviana Dugan (Clayton Ridge) 18:58; 8. Josie McFarland (Westwood) 19:15; 9. Lauren Krogmann (Starmont) 19:15; 10. Lexi Brown (Exira-EHK) 19:16; 11. Julia Swift (Bishop Garrigan) 19:16; 12. Ava Witt (Saint Ansgar) 19:17; 13. Whitney Brady (North Linn) 19:19; 14. Taylor Burlage (Maquoketa Valley) 19:23; 15. Quinn Burbridge (Maquoketa Valley) 19:25.
Individual Results:
MOUNT AYR (NTS): 75. Ryley Greenwell 21:24.Vacant 0-20