Waukon girls cross country team claims Upper Iowa Conference team title behind one-two individual sweep by Reegan Benzing and Miriam Downing
UIC Runner-Up and Champion ... Waukon girls cross country sophomore Miriam Downing (left) and junior Reegan Benzing (right) pace the entire race pack at the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) Meet at Elkader Thursday, October 16. Benzing won the meet to claim this year’s UIC individual championship in a time of 19:58.4 and Downing finished as the UIC Runner-Up with her second-place clocking of 20:10.5. Photo courtesy of Dave Davies.
Emma O’Neill is All-Conference repeat; Davis, Johnson, Johanningmeier earn first All-Conference honors
The first-ever competition in the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) Meet was not the only firsts for the Waukon girls cross country team at that meet, as the Lady Indians made a strong first impression at their new conference meet hosted in Elkader Thursday, October 16. That first impression not only came in the form of a first-place team championship for the Lady Tribe distance dandies but also included the meet’s individual championship first-place finishers further complemented by a runner-up individual finish for a one-two sweep of the top-two individual placewinnings and six total All-Conference finishes within the top-20 individuals that fueled the Indians to a team title 41 points that topped both the overall and Large School team standings.
The Lady Indians were next scheduled to compete in their Class 2A State Qualifying Meet scheduled for Thursday, October 23, beginning at 4 p.m. Details of that postseason possibility are printed in the Wednesday, October 22, 2025 edition of the Standard.
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