FVL’s Fischer, Dobberstein qualify for WIAA State Cross Country Meet
Fox Valley Lutheran cross country runner
Mason Dobberstein. (File photo/Julie Detjen)
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WAUPACA – Fox Valley Lutheran’s Claire Fischer and Mason Dobberstein will be running at the state meet after high finishes at a WIAA Division 2 cross country sectional meet Friday at Waupaca High School.
The top two teams and top five individuals not on the qualifying teams move on to the 2025 WIAA State Cross Country Championships at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids on Nov. 1.
Fischer finished fifth in the girls race in 19:59.1 to secure the second of the five individual qualifying spots, while Dobberstein grabbed the final boys individual slot with a 10th-place finish in 17:20.4.
Green Bay Notre Dame won both team titles, with the Luxemburg-Casco boys and Winneconne girls placing second to move on to the state meet as a team.
The Fox Valley Lutheran girls placed third and boys were fourth, while the Xavier girls took fifth and the boys finished sixth among the 16 teams at the sectional.
Winneconne’s Grant Wenzelow won the boys 5-kilometer race in 15:54.3 and the Wolves’ Quinn LeRoy was the girls sectional champion, running in 19:35.6.
In addition to Fischer, Anna Feuerstahler took 11th (20:39.6) and Rowen Volhard was 17th (21:12.9) for the FVL girls.
Xavier’s top girls runners were Nora Erickson, who finished 16th (21:11.0) and Noelle Nevins, who was 22nd (21:36.5).
Xavier’s Elijah Gottschalk finished 11th (17:27.2) and Jordan Rosembaum was 16th (17:36.5), while FVL’s Zachary Muenster placed 12th (17:29.0).
The Division 2 boys race will be at 12:35 p.m. and the D-2 girls race will be at 2:25 p.m. at the state meet next Saturday.
WIAA Division 2 Cross Country Sectional
Oct. 24, at Waupaca High School
(*denotes state meet qualifier)
Boys
Team scores: 1. *Green Bay Notre Dame 49; 2. *Luxemburg-Casco 69; 3. Winneconne 104; 4. Fox Valley Lutheran 104; 5. Amherst 151; 6. Xavier 181; 7. New London 198; 8. Little Chute 199; 9. Seymour 230; 10. Two Rivers 286; 11. Waupaca 289; 12. Denmark 344; 13. Wrightstown 355; 14. Sturgeon Bay 425; 15. Green Bay West 438; Freedom incomplete.
Top 10, and Fox Valley Lutheran and Xavier finishers: 1. *Grant Wenzelow (WIN) 15:54.3; 2. *Logan Boehnlein (SEY) 16:24.2; 3. *Ben Toeppler (LIT) 16:43.3; 4. *Braden Clarke (NL) 16:50.3; 5. Eli Weiss (GBND) 17:00.6; 6. Zach Tassoul (LUX) 17:08.2; 7. Nicholas Fogarty (GBND) 17:08.8; 8. Marshall Pahl (GBND) 17:17.3; 9. Leo Muller (GBND) 17:19.4; 10. *Mason Dobberstein (FVL) 17:20.4; 11. Elijah Gottschalk (X) 17:27.2; 12. Zachary Muenster (FVL) 17:29.0; 16. Jordan Rosenbaum (X) 17:36.5; 23. Henry Laabs (FVL) 18:06.9; 27. Caleb Williams (FVL) 18:12.9; 32. Carson Williams (FVL) 18:17.8; 50. Kaleb Chain (X) 19:03.3; 51. Ben Magnuson (X) 19:03.6; 53. Zach Peterson (X) 19:06.8; 65. Aiden Zuberbier (FVL) 19:31.5; 85. Joseph Bertram (X) 21:22.3; 86. Ethan Baumler (X) 21:27.4.
Girls
Team scores: 1. *Green Bay Notre Dame 60; 2. *Winneconne 89; 3. Fox Valley Lutheran 96; 4. Luxemburg-Casco 106; 5. Xavier 156; 6. Freedom 180; 7. Little Chute 196; 8. New London 245; 9. Two Rivers 249; 10. Waupaca 260; 11. Denmark 277; 12. Amherst 287; 13. Sturgeon Bay 295; 14. Seymour 340; Wrightstown, Green Bay West incomplete.
Top 10, and Fox Valley Lutheran and Xavier finishers: 1. Quinn LeRoy (WIN) 19:35.6; 2. *Claire DuChateau (LUX) 19:40.0; 3. Anna Miller (GBND) 19:58.4; 4. Mya Beckett (GBND) 19:59.1; 5. *Claire Fischer (FVL) 19:59.1; 6. *Eleanor Groenjes (FR) 19:59.4; 7. *Allie Gallagher (TR) 20:08.5; 8. *Delaney Skiba (SB) 20:20.1; 9. Katherine Cook (FR) 20:29.6; 10. Campbell DeBoth (LIT) 20:35.8; 11. Anna Feuerstahler (FVL) 20:39.6; 16. Nora Erickson (X) 21:11.0; 17. Rowen Volhard (FVL) 21:12.9; 22. Noelle Nevins (X) 21:36.5; 30. Eden Enter (FVL) 21:59.7; 32. Vivian Erickson (X) 22:02.2; 33. Lucy Schumacher (FVL) 22:04.9; 38. Lake Curtis (FVL) 22:12.5; 42. Eloise Basehoar (X) 22:26.2; 44. Joy Krull (X) 22:27.2; 48. Lauren Erickson (X) 22:50.0; 60. Madeline Laabs (FVL) 23:23.4.