The South Tama County girls cross country team took first place at the Montezuma Invite on Thursday, October 6. Front row (l-r) Autumn Papakee, Kelsie York-Morris, Marisol Mora and Aleksandra Beha. Second row (l-r) Allison Yuska, Minnie Climer, Shae Slaven, Lauren Yuska, Mahala Doyle, Jensen Vodochodsky, Salma Razak, Mallory Thede and Callie Frakes. Chronicle Photo/Allison Graham

For the third year in a row the Lady Trojans have dominated at the Montezuma Invite. The Trojans travelled to Montezuma on Thursday, October 6 to race at the Montezuma Country Club. Teams attending the meet included host team Montezuma, English Valleys, Belle Plaine, BGM, South Tama, North Mahaska, HLV, Keota, Twin Cedars, Pella Christian, Colfax-Mingo, Sigourney, and Moravia.

It was a cloudy day with temperatures peaking at 73 degrees. Rain held off until the very end of the evening when it began to sprinkle during the awards presentation. The country club course is quite possibly the hilliest course the Trojans see all season.

Cheyenne Shaw of North Mahaska was the overall winner for the girls varsity race.

As a team the Trojans took first place. Individually leading for the Trojans was Lauren Yuska who came in 4th with a time of 23:46. Following Yuska were 6th place Jensen Vodochodsky (23:58), 7th place Allison Yuska (24:22), 18th – Mahala Doyle (26:01), 30th – Mallory Thede (27:07), 37th – Shae Slaven (28:47), 45th – Minnie Climer (30:21) and 55th – Aleksandra Beha (33:33).

On the boys side Hunter Filloon came in 5th with a time of 19:08 followed by 12th – Chase Branan (20:09), 28th – Courage Tyon (21:10), 31st – Jair Sosa (21:24), 44th Joel Puentes (23:06) and 47th Daniel Mendoza (23:16).

The South Tama girls cross country team was led by fourth place finisher, Lauren Yuska. The girls team took first place at the Montezuma Invitational on Thursday, October 6. Chronicle Photo/Allison Graham

Thursday’s meet was the third meet in seven days for the busy Trojan team. They had previously competed in Dike at the Wolverine Invitational on Tuesday, October 4 and also at the South Hardin Invitational on Saturday, October 1.

At Tuesday’s meet in Dike the Lady Trojans finished sixth as a team. Weather in Dike was partly cloudy with a high of 72 degrees. Leading the Trojans was freshman Callie Frakes who finished 15th with a time of 20:42 followed by 40th – Jensen Vodochodsky (22:03), 46 – Lauren Yuska (22:22), 47 – Allison Yuska (22:25), 59 – Kelsie York-Morris (22:46) and 99 – Mahala Doyle (24:29)

Dike-New Hartford Invitational girls team results: 1 – Charles City 52, 2. Osage 126, 3. Grinnell 151, 4. North Linn 154, 5. Denver 190, 6. South Tama 207, 7. Aplington-Parkersburg 207, 8. Hudson 216, 9. IFA-AGWSR 223, 10. Dike-New Hartford 236, 11. Grundy Center/GR 240, 12. Jesup 299, 13. West Marshall 323, 14. Clarksville 354, 15. Union 367, 16. Columbus Catholic 377, 17. Starmont 401, 18. Tripoli 460, 19. North Tama 594 and 20. BCLUW 597

For JV girls Marisol Mora-Martizez led the Trojans with a 6th place finish (22:49) followed by 21st – Mallory Thede (24:48), 44th – Shae Slaven (26:55), 52nd – Minnie Climer (28:18) and 54th – Aleksandra Beha (29:36).

South Tama boys varsity finished 15th as a team at the Wolverine Invite. The Trojans were led by Hunter Filloon who took 25th with a time of 17:44 followed by 46th – Chase Branan (18:26), 78th – Courage Tyon (19:22), 88th – Jair Sosa (19:55) and 105th – Joel Puentes (21:22).

Hunter Filloon pushes hard for a strong finish up the final hill at the Montezuma Country Club. Filloon took fifth place at the Montezuma Invitational on Thursday, October 6. Chronicle Photo/Allison Graham

Dike-New Hartford Invitational boys team results: 1. Grinnell 28, 2. Aplington-Parkersburg 101, 3. Charles City 152, 4. Dike-New Hartford 173, 5. Dunkerton 185, 6. Denver 194, 7. Starmont 202, 8. BCLUW 205, 9. IFA-AGWSR 240, 10. Grundy Center/GR 247, 11. Hudson 266, 12. North Linn 268, 13. Osage 271, 14. Union 313, 15. South Tama 342, 16. West Marshall 352 and 17. Jesup 461.

On Saturday, October 1 the STC cross country team was in Eldora for competition at Pine Lake Country Club. It was a brisk Saturday morning with temperatures reaching 62 degrees. The varsity girls team finished 2nd as a team. Leading the Trojans was Callie Frakes who finished 7th (22:26) followed by 14 – Lauren Yuska (23:25), 17 – Jensen Vodocohcsky (23:34), 22 – Allison Yuska (23:54), 26 – Kelsie York-Morris (24:19) and 38 – Mahala Doyle (25:42).

team results: 1. CMB 37, 2. South Tama 86, 3. East Marshall 92, 4. IFA-AGWSR 100, 5. GMG 108, 6. Nevada 121, 7. Colo-Nesco 147, 8. Webster City 206, 9. BCLUW 251 and 10. North Tama 267.

The JV girls team finished 4th. Marisol Mora led with her first 1st place finish of the season (24:58) followed by 2 – Mallory Thede (25:42), 11 – Shae Slaven (28:40), 18 – Aleksandra Beha (30:34) and 25 – Salma Razak (35:02).

For the STC boys the team finished 8th. Leading the Trojans was 12 – Hunter Filloon (189:44) followed by 34 – Chase Branan (19:48), 44 – Courage Tyon (20:30), 49 – Jair Sosa 21:02, 56 – Joel Puntes (22:13) an d62 – Nick Jordan (23:35).

Marisol Mora grimaces coming up a hill during her race at the Montezuma Invitational on Thursday, October 6. The STC Trojan girls team took first place at the Invite. Chronicle Photo/Allison Graham

Team results: 1. Webster City 63, 2. East Marshall 71, 3. Nevada 92, 4. IFA-AGWSR 121, 5. CMB 131, 6. BCLUW 133, 7. South Hardin 151, 8. South Tama 195, 9. GMG 200 and 10. Colo-Nesco 283.

The Trojans will travel to the Solon Nature Center Thursday for the WaMaC meet and following that will enter into the post season. South Tama has been assigned to Solon for the state qualifying district meet. That will take place on Thursday, October 20. At Districts South Tama will see 3rd ranked Mount Vernon-Lisbon, 7th ranked Marion, 12th ranked Clear Creek-Amana as well as Davenport Assumption, Central DeWitt, Fairfield, Keokuk, Maquoketa, Notre Dame/West Burlington, Solon, Washington, and Williamsburg. The State Meet will be held in Fort Dodge on Saturday, October 29.