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Glosser wins at Mike Jay Invite
Van Buren County boys 2nd, Pekin girls 3rd
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Wapello — The Union area had six teams in cross-country action at Heritage Oaks Golf Course in Wapello on Thursday night. Pekin junior Chloe Glosser shined for the area, taking home individual gold in the 2024 Mike Jay Invitational.
Glosser fought through a tough area field, sticking close with the other leaders ain the early goings before turning on the jets to win the girls’ race by 54 seconds.
“It’s pretty good weather, and it’s a nice course,” said Glosser after the race. “There’s pretty views and it’s pretty flat, so I liked it.”
Glosser helped Pekin take third place as a team. The Panther girls scored 96 points.
Glosser was the only Union area runner in the Top-3. Columbus’ Iris Garza finished fourth place, crossing in 20:56. Mt. Pleasant’s Quintrie Lee was fifth, finishing in 21:02.1. WACO’s Josie Dykstr took sixth, in 21:04.8.
Van Buren County had two runners in the Top-10. Kayley Snowgren finished in 21:59.4 to take ninth, and Rylee Phillips was 10th, in 22:04.4.
The only other Top-15 finisher for the Union coverage area was Columbus’ Isabel Rnedon, who crossed in 22:16.9.
On the boys’ side, Van Buren County scored 76 points to take second place by two. The Warriors had two runners in the Top-12, as Lincoln Bainbridge took fourth, in 17:04.2, and Landry Loeffler was 12th, in 17:47.2.
The top area runner on the boys’ side was Columbus’ Ty Muniz. Muniz finished the race in 16:43.6, for second.
Winfield-Mount Union’s Kohlby Newsom finished fifth place, in 17:04.3. Pekin’s Mason Dahlstrom was seventh, in 17:37. Teammate Cole Millikin was ninth, in 17:38.2. Mt. Pleasant’s Locken Henderson and Silas Hulett were 11th and 13th respectively.
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES
1. Keokuk 55
2. Danville 70
3. Pekin 96
4. Central Lee 111
5. Mediapolis 118
6. Mt. Pleasant 123
7. Columbus 142
8. Lone Tree 165
BOYS’ TEAM SCORES
1. Danville 58
2. Van Buren County 76
3. Mediapolis 78
4. Columbus 85
5. Pekin 98
6. Mt. Pleasant 160
7. Central Lee 185
8. Notre Dame 225
9. Winfield-Mount Union 227
10. Keokuk 281
11. Holy Trinity Catholic 324
