Cross Country History
Grand Island Senior High Cross Country History
STATE PERFORMANCES SINCE 1997
CLASS A Girls - 1997
6th Place 151- 3 22 32 44 50 69 79
4. Sara Farrand 12 - 15:48 (Medalist) 27 Susanne Swanson 11 - 16:42
37 Amy Webb 11 - 16:56 49 Robyn Fickes 11 - 17:22
55 Teresa Rerucha 10 - 17:33 77 Sarah Lentz 12 - 18:34
87 Krissy Rerucha 11 - 19:20 Coaches: John Farrand & Kevin Pfefferle
Class A Boys - 1998
6th Place 175 -14 32 35 39 55 57 73
16 Zach Knudsen 10 -16:46.0 34 David Kortum 10 -17:26.0
37 Charlie Kaup 12 -17:27.8 41 Joe Bradley 12 -17:32.8
58 Josh McDowell 12 -18:04.0 60 Luke Marshall 10 -18:05.5
76 Jorge Andazola 11 -18:45.0 Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Girls - 1998
11th Place 231 - 29 35 46 50 71 76 78
33 Susanne Swanson 12 -16:19.0 42 Emily Humphrey 12 -16:35.0
53 Theresa Rerucha 11 -16:53.0 57 Amy Webb 12 -17:01.0
79 Robyn Fickes 12 -17:49.0 84 Krissy Rerucha 12 -18:14.0
86 Deidre Maser 11 -18:20.0 Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Boys - 1999
13 Zach Knudsen 11 -16:54.8 (Medalist) Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Boys - 2000
9th Place 207 - 9 17 44 65 72 75 80
10 Zach Knudsen 12 -16:57.7 (Medalist)
21 David Kortum 12 -17:25.6 51 John Kaup 10 -18:00.1
74 Neil Brown 11 -18:23.1 81 Chris Schall 12 -18:33.8
84 Luke Marshall 12 -18:37.2 89 Scott Fitzgerald 11 -19:01.9
Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Girls - 2000
31 Anne McGovern 9 -16:36.6 62 Megan Faz 10 -17:12.1
Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Girls - 2001
31 Anne McGovern 10 -16:29.2 Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Boys - 2002
24 John Kaup 12 - 17:26.36 Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Girls - 2002
11th Place 241 - 16 40 45 61 79 80 83
21 Anne McGovern 11 -16:39.05 48 Megan Faz 12 -17:18.05
56 Tracy Fitzgerald 11 - 17:26.99 73 Andrea Steele 9 - 17:51.34
93 Emily Zink 10 - 18:42.90 94 Abby Robbins 11 - 18:47.17
97 Emily Vencill 10 - 19:13.18 Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Boys - 2003
10th Place 229 - 6 23 56 70 74 77 79
7 Pur Khor 10 - 16:35.28 (Medalist) 28 Chad Davis 11 - 17:09.79
70 122 Gustavo Sandoval 10 - 18:16.09 85 119 Kenneth Guerra 10 - 18:44.77
89 118 Damien Dymek 10 - 18:53.61 92 121 Michael Kortum 11 - 18:59.83
94 123 Matt Lehechka 12 - 19:08.46 Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Girls - 2003
27 Anne McGovern 12 - 16:25.07 43 Andrea Steele 10 - 16:54.53
Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Boys - 2004
12 Pur Khor 11 - 16:59.41 (Medalist) Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Girls - 2004
26 Andrea Steele 11 - 16:57.77 Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Boys - 2005
9th Place 200 - 21 25 27 62 65 67 80
27 Pur Khor 12 - 17:09.24 32 Isaias Martinez 10 - 17:18.26
34 Matthew Eastwood 10 - 17:21.40 81 Brandon Wissing 11 - 18:27.63
84 Kane Ramsey 11 - 18:32.39 86 Kenneth Guerra 12 - 18:43.65
99 Brandon Davis 11 - 19:33.68 Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Girls - 2005
9th Place 210 - 9 40 47 54 60 82 83
13 Kristen Fitzgerald 11 - 15:47.40 (Medalist)
51 Andrea Steele 12 - 16:49.16 59 Sherri Prather 9 - 16:59.68
70 Laura Heuermann 12 - 17:15.90 77 Julia Kaup 11 - 17:22.16
99 Sigornie Pfefferle 9 - 18:48.31 100 Lauren Shoemaker 10 - 23:18.99
Coaches: Dale Burch & Clayton Luther
Class A Boys - 2006
8th Place 193 - 10 39 41 42 61 64 72
11 Isaias Martinez 11 - 16:35.25 (Medalist) 52 Brandon Wissing 12 - 17:37.19
54 Matthew Eastwood 11 - 17:38.58 55 Kane Ramsey 12 - 17:39.49
77 Chase McClaren 9 - 18:06.55 80 Pedro Munoz 10 - 18:11.50
89 Mulle Blomberg 12 - 18:21.04 Coaches: Dale Burch & Josh McDowell
Class A Girls - 2006
37 Jami Evans 9 - 16:23.01 69 Sherri Prather 10 - 17:04.52
Coaches: Dale Burch & Josh McDowell
Class A Boys - 2007
21 Isaias Martinez 12 - 17:08.94 36 Chase McClaren 10 - 17:35.44
Coaches: Dale Burch & Josh McDowell
Class A Girls - 2008
16 Sigornie Pfefferle 12 - 15:55.3 Coaches: Kevin Pfefferle & Joe Stecher
Class A Boys - 2008
42 Chase McClaren 11 - 17:32.6 64 Seth Meharg 10 - 17:51.5
Coaches: Kevin Pfefferle & Joe Stecher
Class A Girls - 2009
67 Hailey Schmidt 9 - 16:54.8 Coaches: Kevin Pfefferle & Joe Stecher
Class A Boys - 2009
20 Chase McClaren 12 - 17:17.5 37 Seth Meharg 11 - 17:34.7
Coaches: Kevin Pfefferle & Joe Stecher
Class A Girls - 2010
81 Hailey Schmidt 10 - 17:11.6 Coaches: Kevin Pfefferle & Joe Stecher
Class A Boys - 2010
8 Seth Meharg 12 - 16:31.5 (Medalist) Coaches: Kevin Pfefferle & Joe Stecher
Class A Boys - 2011
96 Colin Appel 10 - 18:45.6 Coaches: Kevin Pfefferle & Jessica McDowell
Class A Boys - 2012
12 Colin Appel 11 - 16:29.3 (Medalist) Coaches: Kevin Pfefferle & Jessica McDowell
45 Mauchol Chol 11 - 17:22.1
| Islander State Medalists Since 1961 | ||||
| Boys | ||||
| Year-Place | Name | Time | Coach | Distance |
| 2012-12 | Collin Appel | 16:29.3 | Pfefferle/McDowell | 5K |
| 2010-8 | Seth Meharg | 16:31.5 | Pfefferle/Stecher | 5K |
| 2006-11 | Isaias Martinez | 16:35.3 | Burch/McDowell | 5K |
| 2004-12 | Pur Khor | 16:59.5 | Burch/Luther | 5K |
| 2003-7 | Pur Khor | 16:35.3 | Burch/Luther | 5K |
| 2000-10 | Zack Knudsen | 16:57.7 | Burch/Luther | 5K |
| 1999-13 | Zack Knudsen | 16:54.8 | Burch/Luther | 5K |
| 1995-10 | David Ellis | 17:02 | Henrichs/Pfefferle | 5K |
| 1994-7 | David Ellis | 16:53 | Henrichs/Stecher | 5K |
| 1993-5 | Rick Nickerson | 16:46 | Pfefferle/Stecher | 5K |
| 1993-10 | David Ellis | 16:52 | Pfefferle/Stecher | 5K |
| 1989-3 | David Anderson | 16:40 | Pfefferle/Stecher | 5K |
| 1986-2 | Bart Wilkins | 16:10 | Miller | 5K |
| 1985-1 | Bart Wilkins | 16:11 | Miller | 5K |
| 1984-5 | Bart Wilkins | 17:16 | Miller | 5K |
| 1979-8 | Greg Diamond | 13:30 | Nelson | 2.5 miles |
| 1973-9 | Mark Apfel | 13:22 | Nelson | 2.5 miles |
| 1971-5 | Paul Woods | 10:16 | Kruse | 1.9 miles |
| 1970-5 | Dave Bosley | 9:39 | Kruse | 1.9 miles |
| 1970-9 | John Hickey | 9:51 | Kruse | 1.9 miles |
| 1969-2 | Lynn Hall | 9:29 | Kruse | 1.94 miles |
| 1969-7 | Dave Bosley | 9:49 | Kruse | 1.94 miles |
| 1969-9 | John Hickey | 9:51 | Kruse | 1.94 miles |
| 1961-6 | Ken Purdy | 10:07 | 1.9 miles | |
| 1961-12 | Mark Moreno | n/a | 1.9 miles | |
| Girls | ||||
| Year-Place | Name | Time | Coach | |
| 2005-13 | Kristen Fitzgerald | 15:47.4 | Burch/Luther | 4K |
| 1997-4 | Sara Farrand | 15:48 | Farrand/Pfefferle | 4K |
| 1996-6 | Robyn Fickes | 16:01 | Henrichs/Pfefferle | 4K |
| 1996-13 | Sara Farrand | 16:31 | Henrichs/Pfefferle | 4K |
| 1995-7 | Sara Farrand | 16:31 | Henrichs/Pfefferle | 4K |
| 1995-10 | Amy Webb | 16:39 | Henrichs/Pfefferle | 4K |
| 1994-8 | Sara Farrand | 16:00 | Henrichs/Stecher | 4K |
| 1991-6 | Jennifer Huwaldt | 15:33 | Pfefferle/Stecher | 4K |
| 1990-4 | Jennifer Huwaldt | 15:47 | Pfefferle/Stecher | 4K |
| 1983-6 | Stacey McKinster | 16:38 | Miller | 4K |
| 1983-7 | Tricia Findley | 16:45 | Miller | 4K |
| Islander State Team Results | |||
| Boys Results since 1961 | |||
| Year-Place | Points | Site-Distance | Coach |
| 2006-8 | 193 | Kearney CC - 5K | Burch/McDowell |
| 2005-9 | 200 | Kearney CC - 5K | Burch/Luther |
| 2003-10 | 229 | Kearney CC - 5K | Burch/Luther |
| 2000-9 | 207 | Kearney CC - 5K | Burch/Luther |
| 1998-6 | 175 | Kearney CC - 5K | Burch/Luther |
| 1993-7 | 158 | Kearney CC - 5K | Pfefferle/Stecher |
| 1992-10 | 245 | Kearney CC - 5K | Pfefferle/Stecher |
| 1990-12 | 299 | Kearney CC - 5K | Pfefferle/Stecher |
| 1989-6 | 152 | Kearney CC - 5K | Pfefferle/Stecher |
| 1988-9 | 229 | Kearney CC - 5K | Miller/Pfefferle |
| 1975-12 | 290 | Kearney CC - 2.5 miles | Nelson |
| 1974-10 | 164 | Kearney CC - 2.5 miles | Nelson |
| 1971-8 | 120 | Spring Lake Park - 1.9 miles | Kruse |
| 1970-3 | 64 | Pioneer Park - 1.9 miles | Kruse |
| 1969-1 | 26 | Pioneer Park - 1.94 miles | Kruse |
| 1968-2 | 68 | Pioneer Park - 1.9 miles | Kruse |
| 1966-11 | 149 | Pioneer Park - 1.9 miles | Abrahams |
| 1963-11 | 181 | Thunder Ridge GC | |
| 1962-9 | 137 | Pioneer Park | |
| 1961-3 | 73 | Pioneer Park | |
| Girls Results since 1981 | All Meets at Kearney CC - 4K | ||
| Year-Place | Points | Site-Distance | Coach |
| 2005-9 | 210 | Burch/Luther | |
| 2002-11 | 241 | Burch/Luther | |
| 1998-11 | 231 | Burch/Luther | |
| 1997-6 | 151 | Farrand/Pfefferle | |
| 1996-6 | 144 | Henrichs/Pfefferle | |
| 1995-2 | 82 | Henrichs/Pfefferle | |
| 1994-9 | 225 | Henrichs/Stecher | |
| 1993-9 | 217 | Pfefferle/Stecher | |
| 1990-12 | 255 | Pfefferle/Stecher | |
| 1988-11 | 247 | Miller/Pfefferle | |
| 1985-11 | 289 | Miller | |
| 1983-5 | 164 | Miller | |
| 1981-12 | 307 | Nelson | |
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Islander Top 10 Times at State since 1980 - Kearney Country Club |
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| Boys-5000m | |||
| Year-Place | Name | Time | Coach |
| 1986-2 | Bart Wilkins | 16:10 | Miller |
| 1985-1 | Bart Wilkins | 16:11 | Miller |
| 2012-12 | Colin Appel | 16:29.3 | Pfefferle/McDowell |
| 2010-8 | Seth Meharg | 16:31.5 | Pfefferle/Stecher |
| 2006-11 | Isaias Martinez | 16:35.3 | Burch/McDowell |
| 2003-7 | Pur Khor | 16:35.3 | Burch/Luther |
| 1989-3 | David Anderson | 16:40 | Pfefferle/Stecher |
| 1993-5 | Rick Nickerson | 16:46 | Pfefferle/Stecher |
| 1998-16 | Zach Knudsen | 16:46 | Burch/Luther |
| 1993-10 | David Ellis | 16:52 | Pfefferle/Stecher |
| Girls-4000m | |||
| Year-Place | Name | Time | Coach |
| 1991-6 | Jennifer Huwaldt | 15:33 | Pfefferle/Stecher |
| 1990-4 | Jennifer Huwaldt | 15:47 | Pfefferle/Stecher |
| 2005-13 | Kristen Fitzgerald | 15:47.4 | Burch/Luther |
| 1997-4 | Sara Farrand | 15:48 | Farrand/Pfefferle |
| 2008-16 | Sigornie Pfefferle | 15:55.3 | Pfefferle/Stecher |
| 1994-8 | Sara Farrand | 16:00 | Henrichs/Stecher |
| 1996-6 | Robyn Fickes | 16:01 | Henrichs/Pfefferle |
| 1996-13 | Sara Farrand | 16:31 | Henrichs/Pfefferle |
| 1995-7 | Sara Farrand | 16:31 | Henrichs/Pfefferle |
| 1983-6 | Stacey McKinster | 16:38 | Miller |
| Islander District Team Results since 1966 | ||||
| Year | Place | Coach | ||
| 1966 | Boys 2nd | Niel Abrahams | ||
| 1968 | Boys 2nd | Pete Kruse | ||
| 1969 | Boys 1st | Pete Kruse | ||
| 1970 | Boys 1st | Pete Kruse | ||
| 1971 | Boys 2nd | Pete Kruse | ||
| 1974 | Boys 2nd | Vic Nelson | ||
| 1985 | Girls 3rd | Mark Miller | ||
| 1988 | Boys 3rd | Mark Miller/Kevin Pfefferle | ||
| Girls 3rd | ||||
| 1989 | Boys 3rd | Kevin Pfefferle/Joe Stecher | ||
| 1990 | Boys 3rd | Kevin Pfefferle/Joe Stecher | ||
| Girls 3rd | ||||
| 1992 | Boys 3rd | Kevin Pfefferle/Joe Stecher | ||
| 1993 | Boys 3rd | Kevin Pfefferle/Joe Stecher | ||
| Girls 2nd | ||||
| 1994 | Girls 3rd | Wendy Henrichs/Joe Stecher | ||
| 1995 | Girls 2nd | Wendy Henrichs/Kevin Pfefferle | ||
| 1996 | Girls 1st | Wendy Henrichs/Kevin Pfefferle | ||
| 1997 | Girls 2nd | John Farrand/Kevin Pfefferle | ||
| 1998 | Boys 2nd | Dale Burch/Clayton Luther | ||
| Girls 3rd | ||||
| 2000 | Boys 2nd | Dale Burch/Clayton Luther | ||
| 2002 | Girls 3rd | Dale Burch/Clayton Luther | ||
| 2003 | Boys 3rd | Dale Burch/Clayton Luther | ||
| 2005 | Boys 2nd | Dale Burch/Clayton Luther | ||
| Girls 2nd | ||||
| 2006 | Boys 2nd | Dale Burch/Josh McDowell | ||
| District Results - Individual Medalists (State Qualifiers) since 1966 | ||||||
| Year | Qualifier-Place | |||||
| 1966 | Bill Dombrowski-5th | Dave Weeks-8th | Steve McMahan-9th | |||
| 1967 | Tim Enck-9th | |||||
| 1968 | Lynn Hall-6th | Rick Yost-7th | Tim Enck-8th | |||
| 1969 | Lynn Hall-2nd | John Hickey-6th | ||||
| 1970 | Dave Bosley-1st | John Hickey-2nd | ||||
| 1971 | Bob Happold-2nd | Paul Woods-5th | ||||
| 1973 | Mark Apfel-3rd | |||||
| 1979 | Greg Diamond-5th | |||||
| 1984 | Bart Wilkins-2nd | |||||
| 1985 | Bart Wilkins-2nd | |||||
| Danielle Trease-9th | ||||||
| 1986 | Bart Wilkins-1st | |||||
| Billy Jo Heil-9th | ||||||
| 1987 | Bob Roach-8th | |||||
| 1988 | David Anderson-4th | Dan Moritz-10th | ||||
| Billy Jo Heil-6th | ||||||
| 1989 | David Anderson-1st | Scott Laible-9th | ||||
| Jennifer Huwaldt-1st | ||||||
| 1990 | David Anderson-1st | Joe Campbell-9th | ||||
| Jennifer Huwaldt-1st | ||||||
| 1991 | Jennifer Huwaldt-3rd | Christine Haney-9th | ||||
| 1992 | Rick Nickerson-4th | David Ellis-8th | ||||
| Christine Haney-3rd | Jackie Walford-4th | |||||
| 1993 | Rick Nickerson-3rd | David Ellis-4th | Shayne Smith-10th | |||
| Jackie Walford-3rd | Christine Haney-6th | Tammy Wang-8th | ||||
| 1994 | David Ellis-5th | Shayne Smith-10th | ||||
| Sara Farrand-1st | Tammy Wang-10th | |||||
| 1995 | David Ellis-6th | |||||
| Amy Webb-6th | Sara Farrand-7th | |||||
| 1996 | Robyn Fickes-1st | Amy Webb-2nd | Sara Farrand-4th | |||
| Susanne Swanson-6th | Wendy Peterson-11th | |||||
| 1997 | Sara Farrand-2nd | Susanne Swanson-4th | Amy Webb-7th | |||
| 1998 | Zack Knudsen-5th | Josh McDowell-8th | Charlie Kaup-9th | |||
| Joe Bradley-11th | Luke Marshall-14th | |||||
| Susanne Swanson-2nd | Emily Humphrey-8th | |||||
| Theresa Rerucha-12th | Amy Webb-14th | |||||
| 1999 | Zack Knudsen-5th | Theresa Rerucha-13th | ||||
| 2000 | David Kortum-4th | Zack Knudsen-5th | ||||
| Scott Fitzgerald-11th | John Kaup-13th | |||||
| Anne McGovern-5th | Megan Faz-9th | |||||
| 2001 | John Kaup-11th | |||||
| Anne McGovern-7th | ||||||
| 2002 | John Kaup-4th | |||||
| Anne McGovern-3rd | Megan Faz-9th | |||||
| 2003 | Pur Khor-3rd | Chad Davis-7th | ||||
| Anne McGovern-5th | Andrea Steele-8th | |||||
| 2004 | Pur Khor-4th | |||||
| Kristen Fitzgerald-1st | ||||||
| 2005 | Pur Khor-3rd | Isaias Martinez-8th | Matt Eastwood-9th | |||
| Kristen Fitzgerald-2nd | Andrea Steele-12th | |||||
| Laura Heuermann-13th | Sherri Prather-15th | |||||
| 2006 | Isaias Martinez-3rd | Brandon Wissing-7th | ||||
| Matt Eastwood-10th | Kane Ramsey-15th | |||||
| Jami Evans-6th | Kristin Fitzgerald-8th | Sherri Prather-15th | ||||
| 2007 | Isaias Martinez-10th | Chase McClaren-13th | ||||
| 2008 | Chase McClaren- 8th | Seth Meharg-11th | ||||
| Sigornie Pfefferle-6th | ||||||
| 2009 | Chase McClaren-3rd | Seth Meharg-7th | ||||
| Hailey Schmidt-13th | ||||||
| 2010 | Seth Meharg-9th | |||||
| Hailey Schmidt-10th | ||||||
| 2011 | Colin Appel-6th | |||||
| 2012 | Colin Appel-7th | Mauchol Chol-8th | ||||
Grand Island Senior High Invitational - Indianhead Golf Course - Top 20 Islander Times
| Boys-5000m | Girls-4000m | |||||
| Name | Year | Time | Name | Year | Time | |
| 1 | Pur Khor | 2003 | 16:37.7 | Anne McGovern | 2002 | 16:19.0 |
| 2 | Pur Khor | 2005 | 16:53.1 | Anne McGovern | 2003 | 16:22.0 |
| 3 | Colin Appel | 2012 | 16:56.2 | Kristen Fitzgerald | 2005 | 16:22.3 |
| 4 | Chad Davis | 2003 | 16:58.0 | Kristen Fitzgerald | 2006 | 16:22.6 |
| 5 | Matt Eastwood | 2005 | 17:02.7 | Kristen Fitzgerald | 2003 | 16:39.5 |
| 6 | Chase McClaren | 2009 | 17:02.9 | Andrea Steele | 2003 | 16:40.3 |
| 7 | Isaias Martinez | 2006 | 17:04.4 | Jami Evans | 2006 | 16:47.6 |
| 8 | Seth Meharg | 2010 | 17:07.7 | Hailey Schmidt | 2009 | 16:51.6 |
| 9 | Pur Khor | 2004 | 17:10.0 | Sigornie Pfefferle | 2008 | 16:52.9 |
| 10 | Isaias Martinez | 2005 | 17:19.0 | Tera McVicker | 2011 | 16:55.6 |
| 11 | Isaias Martinez | 2007 | 17:21.2 | Hailey Schmidt | 2011 | 16:58.6 |
| 12 | John Kaup | 2002 | 17:24.0 | Hailey Schmidt | 2012 | 17:00.1 |
| 13 | Brandon Wissing | 2005 | 17:26.0 | Anne McGovern | 2001 | 17:03.0 |
| 14 | Mauchol Chol | 2011 | 17:30.3 | Andrea Steele | 2004 | 17:07.0 |
| 15 | Matt Eastwood | 2006 | 17:31.1 | Alexis Thompson | 2012 | 17:07.3 |
| 16 | Mauchol Chol | 2012 | 17:32.5 | Emalie Clement | 2007 | 17:17.9 |
| 17 | Alex Hart | 2011 | 17:35.1 | Andrea Steele | 2005 | 17:18.0 |
| 18 | Chad Davis | 2004 | 17:41.0 | Laura Heuermann | 2005 | 17:21.0 |
| 19 | Kane Ramsey | 2006 | 17:42.4 | Denise Osterbuhr | 2001 | 17:25.0 |
| 20 | John Kaup | 2001 | 17:47.0 | Tera McVicker | 2012 | 17:25.7 |
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