Colfax’s Molly Heidorn captures D-SC individual cross country crown
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ROUNDING A CORNER at the Dunn-St. Croix conference meet were Rosie Kaminski (#841) of Elk Mound and Aynsley Olson (#770) of Colfax. Olson finished in ninth for the Lady Vikes and Kaminski finished in 24th for the Mounders. —photo by Missy Klatt
SPRING VALLEY — Molly Heidorn has been a diamond in the rough for the Colfax girls’ cross country team and the freshman runner proved it last Thursday as she won the 2019 Dunn-St. Croix individual conference championship at Spring Valley High School.
Heidorn covered the tough 5,000 meter course in 20:35.4 which was an amazing 24 seconds quicker than runner-up Bella Simons of Glenwood City in the October 17 conference championship.
“Heidorn become the sixth Colfax girl to win an individual conference title,” said Colfax head coach Joe Doucette. “She joins some elite company in winning the race that she led from start to finish. Becoming only the second freshmen to win the D-SC race and join Division 1 athlete Sarah McMahon.”
Freshman Ansley Olson and sophomore Jasmine Best had nice runs in Spring Valley as well. They took ninth and 16th place, respectively. Olson finished with a time of 22:23.8 and Best crossed the finish line with a time of 23:02.8.
OUT FRONT — Molly Heidorn made her way to the front of the runners during the Dunn-St. Croix conference meet in Spring Valley on Thursday afternoon, October 17. Heidorn is the second freshmen to win an individual title for the Vikings. —photo by Missy Klatt
“We were hoping for third, and maybe a little better then Glenwood City and Durand as they are both very good,” Doucette stated.
And that is just were the Colfax girls finished, in third place with a score of 83 points. Glenwood City won the girls’ team title for the fourth time in six years with a low of 26 points while Durand placed second with a score of 44.
Finishing in 33rd place was sophomore Emilee Burcham-Scofield with a time of 25:14.8, and was followed closely by senior Juelia Berger in 35th place with a time of 25:26.5.
Also competing for the ladies were sophomores Jenna Goodell and Jillian Bowe and freshman Jaclyn Olson who finished with times of 26:53.4, 27:14.2 and 27:39.5.
KEEPING UP WITH each other was Jadent Buchholz (#776), Luke Blanchard (#779) and Ashton Yarrington (#775) as they finished the 2019 conference meet in 39th, 42nd, and 47th place for the Vikings. —photo by shawn dewitt
Junior Noah Heidorn and senior Dennis Sonnentag led the Viking boys’ to a sixth-place team finish in Spring Valley. Colfax scored a 147.
“We had Noah and Dennis go out real hard and were going to an all-conference spot, but they just could not keep it going,” Doucette said. “They tried super hard, but faded the last half of the race.”
Noah Heidorn finished in 20th place for Colfax with a time of 19:17.8 and Dennis Sonnentag crossed the line at 19:47.3 for 24th place.
Making their way across the line next for the Vikings were freshman Jadent Buchholz and sophomore Luke Blanchard in 39th and 42nd place with times of 20:36.9 and 20:56.6.
The Colfax boys competed with six runners at the conference meet with freshmen Ashton Yarrington (47th) and Mark Sonnentag (67th) the last of the athletes to finish for Colfax in times of 21:23.6 and 23:52.6.
“The boys like the girls have had bright moments and want to run great at sectionals,” Doucette explained. “On the girl’s side, Glenwood City ran very well and the Elk Mound boys were great also, we would like to congratulate both on their conference titles.”
The Mounder boys’ secured their second straight team title with a low score of 21 followed by host Spring Valley with 72 points.
Colfax will be competing in the WIAA Division 3 sectional meet at Tiffany Creek Elementary in Boyceville this Saturday morning, October 26. Racing will begin at 11:00 a.m. The top two teams along with the first five individual runners from non-qualifying teams will advance to the state cross country meet at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday, November 2.
Boys’ Team Results: 1. Elk Mound 21, 2. Spring Valley 72, 3. Glenwood City 84, 4. Boyceville 105, 5. Durand 117, 6. Colfax 147, 7. Mondovi 188.
Boys’ Individual Results: 20. Noah Heidorn 19:17.8, 24. Dennis Sonnentag 19:47.3, 39. Jadent Buchholz 20:36.9, 42. Luke Blanchard 20:56.6, 47. Ashton Yarrington 21:23.6, 67. Mark Sonnentag 23:52.6.
Girls’ Team Results: 1. Glenwood City 26, 2. Durand 44, 3. Colfax 83, 4. Spring Valley 107, 5. Elk Mound 111, 6. Boyceville 146.
Girls’ Individual Results: 1. Molly Heidorn 20:35.4, 9. Aynsley Olson 22:23.8, 16. Jasmine Best 23:02.8, 33. Emilee Burcham-Scofield 25:14.8, 35. Juelia Berger 25:26.5, 48. Jenna Goodell 26:53.4, 51. Jillian Bowe 27:14.2, 57. Jaclyn Olson 27:39.5.