Weigand 5th at Southeast meet in Keokuk

WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds earned a solid second place at Tuesday’s Southeast Conference meet in Washington.
Katelyn and Jordyn Marshall led the way for Fort Madison with 5th and 8th place finishes respectively.
Katelyn crossed the line at 21:40 and Jordyn finished at 22:14. Eloise Lamb has been running strong of late and captured a top-15 spot with a 12th place finished at 23:12.
The other scoring runners for the Hounds were Addy Pezley, who was also in the top 15 with a 23:14 and Ellie Hellman who finished 25th with a time of 27:09.
Other runners for the Hounds were Erica Richers (26th) 27:23 and Leah Gelsthorpe (33rd) 33:06.
Fort Madison finished with 61 points seven behind Conference champion Washington. Mt. Pleasant’s Quintrie Lee won the event with a time of 20:25.

Keokuk didn’t have enough runners for a team score, but Baylee Billings was a top 15 runner with a time of 23:24 and Kali Ames finished 19th with a time of 24:30.
The Bloodhound boys ran their Southeast Conference meet at Keokuk claiming 5th place overall.
Hunter Weigand was the top dog for the Hounds finishing in 5th place overall with a 17:12.7. No other runner for Fort Madison finished in the top 10. The Bloodhounds finished with 87 points behind champion Washington (45), Fairfield (49), and Mt. Pleasant (75).
Oliver Wiese crossed the line in 14th place with an 18:24.0. The other three scoring runners for Fort Madison were Jacob Walker (18th) 18:48.2, Colton Tripp (23rd) 19:26.5, and Zach Hermes (27th) 19:28.7.
Other runners for the Hounds included Jaxson Pech (39th) 21:08.9, Colby Hardin (49th) 22:26.7, Gianni Bagby (54th) 22:49.7, and Kian Koering (63rd) 24:40.8.
Keokuk finished 5th at the meet with 110 points led by Sam Higbee's 10th place finish at 18:11.0.
Both Fort Madison girls and boys squads will run on Wednesday Oct. 21 at Washington Golf & Country Club in the 3A State Qualifying Meet. The state meet will take place Saturday Oct. 31 at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge. The 3A girls run at 10:30 a.m. with the boys start at 11:15.