McKee Sisters Sweep Ankeny Centennial Invitational


(Photo Courtesy of Michele Poss)

The Ankeny Centennial Invitational proved to be a competitive race this year, led by the McKee sisters who swept the 9-10 and 11-12 races. Jessica won the 11-12 race with a time of 19:18, followed by Ankeny's Alex Robran in 19:35. Dowling's upperclassmen stole the show, winning the 11-12 team race by finishing in places 3, 5, 8, 10, and 12 vs Johnston's 1, 7, 9, 13, and 20. Junior Kate Timboe led the Maroons with a 19:41, only 6 seconds off of her 5K PR, which she ran at Nike Cross Regionals last fall.

Brooke Mckee won the 9-10 race with a time of 20:22 after recovering from a stress fracture this past spring. As predicted, the Johnston underclassmen put on a great race, finishing 1, 4, 5, 11, and 14 to take the team win, followed by Ankeny Centennial with just 9 more points than Johnston with a team score of 43. 3A school Pella also held their own against some strong 4A schools, finishing 3rd in the 9-10 race with a team score of 93.

When comparing the 9-10 and 11-12 times, Johnston would have been the winner with a team score of 41 points (1, 7, 8, 11, 14), followed by Dowling Catholic with a team score of 47 (3, 5, 9, 13, 17), with Ankeny Centennial rounding out the top 3 with a team score of 78 (9, 12, 15, 19, 23). Check out how the top 50 overall would have finished below...

PLACE

ATHLETE

GRADE

TEAM

TIME

POINTS

1

Jessica Mckee

2018

Johnston High School

19:18.00

1

2

Alex Robran

2018

Ankeny High School

19:35.00 

2

3

Kate Timboe

2019

Dowling Catholic High School

19:41.00 

3

4

Helen Gould

2019

Valley High School

19:46.00 

4

5

Elzerie Vandyke

2018

Dowling Catholic High School

19:50.00 

5

6

Grace Berg

2018

Indianola High School

20:08.00 

6

7

Lindsey Batkiewicz

2019

Johnston High School

20:21.00 

7

8

Brooke Mckee

2020

Johnston High School

20:22.00 

8

9

Jeanne Peters

2020

Ankeny Centennial HS

20:26.00 

9.5

9

Kelsey Schweizer

2019

Dowling Catholic High School

20:26.00 

9.5

11

Lauren Urban

2019

Johnston High School

20:30.00 

11

12

Sophia Lee

2020

Ankeny Centennial HS

20:42.00 

12

13

Caroline Fink

2019

Dowling Catholic High School

20:45.00 

13

14

Clara Toot

2020

Johnston High School

20:50.00 

14

15

Emma Gordon

2018

Ankeny Centennial HS

20:54.00 

15

16

Kendall Nead

2020

Johnston High School

20:56.00 

16

17

Janey Meilander

2019

Dowling Catholic High School

21:01.00 

17

18

Taryn Swaim

2018

Johnston High School

21:03.00 

18

19

Jesslyn Gaumer

2019

Ankeny Centennial HS

21:10.00 

19

20

Emily Erickson

2018

Dowling Catholic High School

21:14.00 

21

20

Lauren Schulze

2021

Valley High School

21:14.00 

21

20

Sydnee Miller

2019

Dowling Catholic High School

21:14.00 

21

23

Savana Alt

2021

Ankeny Centennial HS

21:18.00 

23

24

Megan Szaley

2020

Dowling Catholic High School

21:22.00 

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25

Meghan Trimble

2018

Ankeny High School

21:25.00 

24

26

Mikayla Kruse

2019

Pella High School

21:26.00 

25

27

Caroline Mcmartin

2020

Pella High School

21:29.00 

26

28

Ashley Blommers

2021

Pella High School

21:31.00 

27

29

Bella Heikes

2021

Johnston High School

21:32.00 

--

29

Bella Heidesch

2019

Dowling Catholic High School

21:32.00 

--

31

Annika Pingel

2018

Pella High School

21:34.00 

28

32

Mary Kelly

2019

Dowling Catholic High School

21:38.00 

--

33

Lauren Clark

2020

Ankeny High School

21:39.00 

29

34

Peyton Mcclure

2018

Johnston High School

21:40.00 

--

35

Addy Franklin

2021

Johnston High School

21:44.00 

--

36

Brianna Smith

2019

Ankeny Centennial HS

21:45.00 

30

37

Grace Meador

2021

Ankeny Centennial HS

21:46.00 

31

38

Alexis Schweizer

2019

Dowling Catholic High School

21:50.00 

--

39

Katelyn Reichart

2020

Dowling Catholic High School

21:51.00 

--

40

Erica Halstead

2018

Pella High School

21:52.00 

32

41

Ashley Rockhold

2020

Indianola High School

21:56.00 

33

42

Madeleine Murphy

2021

Ankeny High School

21:58.00 

34

43

Anika Schmitt

2018

Johnston High School

21:59.00 

--

44

Bailey Blake

2020

Indianola High School

22:02.00 

35

45

Kierstan Fritz

2020

Ankeny Centennial HS

22:05.00 

--

46

Kate Hapgood

2019

Johnston High School

22:17.00 

--

47

Alexis Riesberg

2019

Dowling Catholic High School

22:18.00 

--

47

Kathryn Vortherms

2021

Ankeny Centennial HS

22:18.00 

--

49

Jessica Thomas

2019

Dowling Catholic High School

22:21.00 

--

50

Jadyn Forbes

2019

Indianola High School

22:22.00 

36

50

Kenzie Geiger

2018

Ankeny Centennial HS

22:22.00 

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