Trio of upperclassmen sweep top three individual spots as Waukon boys cross country team wins its home invitational
Home, “sweep” home ... The Waukon boys cross country trio pictured above swept the top three individual placewinnings at the Waukon Invitational Tuesday, September 19. Pictured above, senior Wyatt Gulla (in the back) actually ran to the meet individual championship in a time of 17:03.46 that broke the record for the Waukon course by a single second. Left to right in the front, junior Isaac Reisinger finished second at the meet in 17:05.98 and senior Skyler Dugan came in third place in 17:09.86 to wrap up the sweep of those individual finishes, with that trio pacing the Indians to the meet’s team title. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.
The Waukon boys cross country team made sure everyone knew there is no place like home when the Indians hosted their own Waukon Invitational Tuesday, September 19. Led by a dominating sweep of the top three individual placewinnings in the varsity meet, the distance Tribe claimed half of the race’s top 10 individual finishes with all of its scored runners, tallying just 21 team points to leave second-place Decorah behind by 30 points.
The Indians were next scheduled to compete at the Jesup Invitational Tuesday, September 26 before wrapping up their regular season schedule Tuesday, October 3 at the South Winneshiek Invitational in Calmar. The distance Tribe will then host the annual Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Tuesday, October 10.
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