Dutch women second again at conference cross country championships

STORM LAKE – For the fourth season in a row, the Central College women’s cross country team was the runner-up at the American Rivers Conference Championships Saturday.

Central totaled 49 points to finish second in the eight-team field. Wartburg College was the team champion with 33 points. Keelee Leitzen of Loras College won the 6,000-meter race in 21 minutes, 40.4 seconds.

Sophomore Maddy Stevens (Grimes, Dallas Center-Grimes) led Central in third overall, crossing the line in 22:05.8.

Freshman Audrey Dummermuth (Johnston), sophomore Kyra Cordes (Marion) and senior Teah Miller (Iowa Falls, Iowa Falls-Alden HS) joined Stevens in the top 10, finishing in eighth (22:30.0), ninth (22:43.8) and 10th (22:44.7), respectively.

Rounding out Central’s varsity lineup were Addie Dabroski (freshman, Marion) in 23rd, Reeve Ristau (sophomore, Denver) in 29th and Breckyn Petersen (sophomore, Glenwood) in 31st.

The Dutch are next at the NCAA Division III Midwest Region Championships on November 14 in Rock Island, Illinois.