KALONA – There’s fast and then there’s whatever Chloe Glosser was able to do last Tuesday.
At the Southeast Iowa Super Conference cross country meet hosted by Hillcrest Academy, Pekin senior Chloe Glosser seemed to be in a completely different zip code than the rest of the other runners.
Although the time that Glosser turned in at the conference meet isn’t the fastest she has ever run, it was still plenty fast enough.
The senior pulled away from the pack early in the race last Tuesday, and seemed to only gain speed throughout the course. By the time Glosser snaked her way through the 5K course, Glosser had been running for 19 minutes, 36.2 seconds. Not only did that give her the win, she finished with enough time to seemingly do her homework by the time the second-place finisher crossed the line.
After more than 36 seconds, WACO’s Josie Dykstra was able to cross the line for the second place finish. Her time of 20:10.5 was well behind Glosser’s.
Pekin teammate Abby Guise finished with a time of 23:11.7. That placed her 22nd overall. Maddy Petrehn was 27th overall with a time of 23:48. Callie Deutschle was 31st. Cambree Earnest finished in 33rd. Harper Guise placed 35th, while Hailey Pedrick finished 36th.
Overall, the Pekin girls finished with 83 points to finish third in the meet. Van Buren County won the meet with 59 points.
In the boys race the Panthers would place sixth overall with a team score of 143. WACO won the meet with 73 points.
Leading the way for the Pekin boys was Cole Millikin, who finished fifth with a time of 17:33.5. Lane Farriss was 10th with a time of 17:47.4. Mason Dahlstrom would finish 22nd in the race with a time of 18:34. Brody Sobaski finished 48th. Landon Fariss was able to finish 58th. Clayton Harvey placed 66th overall and Hayden Miller would finish 70th.
The next meet for both Pekin teams will be the class 1A district meet which they are hosting, but the site will be in Ottumwa at Wildwood Park. The meet begins at 4 p.m. on Oct. 23 and will qualify runners for the State cross country meet to be held Nov. 1 in Fort Dodge.
