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The Central College cross country teams took quite the trip to Connecticut over the weekend.

The Dutch men placed third in the 25-team meet that included eight nationally ranked NCAA Division III teams and fifth-year senior Caleb Silver ran to an individual victory in a new school-record time of 24 minutes, 13.4 seconds over the 8-kilometer course in Waterford, Conn. The former BCLUW (Conrad) prep and 2022 All-American in cross country last November topped the previous Dutch mark of 24:27 set by fellow senior Noah Jorgenson at the Augustana (Ill.) Interregional Invitational while topping 198 other runners and leads off this this edition of the WEEKEND UPDATE of the best performances by Iowa-based collegiate and postcollegiate distance runners and triathletes.

"He's a gamer, there's no doubt about that," coach Joe Dunham said in a Central athletics press release. "Caleb did a really nice job of navigating the race. He ran really smart, got out in position early and then he just kind of went with the runner from St. Olaf. In about the last 600 meters he just made a move and took the win."

Silver's time Saturday, run on a flat, twisting, oceanside course hosted by Connecticut College, was 4.2 seconds ahead of St. Olaf's Will Kelly. Silver is a two-time NCAA Division III meet qualifier.

Jorgenson, a former Sidney prep, grabbed a sixth-place finish in 24:41.40 as Central's No. 2 runner. Freshman Jack Brown, a former Norwalk prep, and fellow freshman and former Gilbert prep William Wadsley rounded out the Dutch scorers. Brown was 50th in 25:39.7, a new best by 1:12, while Wadsley grabbed 61st in 25:46.5. The 26th-ranked (by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) Dutch scored 128 points to trail only No. 16 St. Olaf (69) and Tufts University (75).

The 23rd-ranked Central women's team fared even better, with the Dutch scoring 130 points and capturing second in the team race that featured 10 nationally-ranked squads. Senior Caroline McMartin squashed her own school record by running 21:16.7 over the 6K course and placing fourth overall. McMartin's previous best was 21:50 set at the Augustana Interregional last year. McMartin is a former Pella High prep.

Senior Megan Johnson was seventh in 21:23.7, a time that puts the former Aplington-Parkersburg runner at No. 2 all-time at Central behind McMartin. Johnson improved more than a minute over her previous 6K best. Junior Addison Parrott, a former Danville prep, moved up to fourth on Central's all-time list after placing 19th in 22:04.2. The final varsity runners for Central were senior Lindsay Davidson (69th, 23:05.0) and sophomore Leah Bontrager (70th, 23:05.2). Davidson is a former Northwood-Kensett prep while Bontrager attended Hillcrest Academy. Both times were personal bests. No. 5 New York University won the title with 36 points.

Moving to NCAA Division I, where former Ballard record-setting performer Paityn Noe placed third at a soggy Virginia Pre-Nationals field on a soggy Panorama Farms course in Charlottesville on Saturday. The Arkansas true freshman, making her debut at 6K, moved up steadily during the race while running 19:49.6 and leading the No. 19 Razorbacks for the second consecutive race.

Noe moved up steadily throughout the race. She was 12th after 1K and 11th after 3K, then reeled off splits of 3:16.5 and 3:23.9 to move to eighth and then third. Her final kilometer was run in 3:11.0 to maintain her third-place standing.

"I was excited to have some tough competition and to get after it," Noe said in a video posted on the team's website. "Just a little bit longer (distance). But it's the same race feeling. We've been kind of an underdog. People haven't given us as much credit. We're younger. I'm super excited to see how we do going into postseason."

Arkansas finished second in the team race with 90 points. No. 6 BYU, with junior and individual winner Carmen Alder in 19:36.2, took the team title with 32 points on the course that will host the national title next month. Oregon junior Maddy Elmore was second in 19:47.0.

Liberty also competed and junior Marie Hostetler ran as the No. 3 athlete for the Flames. Hostetler crossed the line in 21:47.0, a new best for the former Mid-Prairie prep, for 131st place. Liberty was 20th in the team race.

In the men's Blue 8K competition, Minnesota junior Noah Kohut-Jackson placed 12st overall in 24:48.7. The former Ames High product was the No. 4 runner for the Gophers, who ended up 22nd in the team race.

The Iowa State teams went to the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Wis., and helped their standing for qualification for NCAA nationals by placing 11th (women) and 13th (men) on a soggy morning Friday. The 13th-ranked Cyclone women scored 381 points to top No. 22 Ole Miss (382), No. 8 Washington (383), No. 10 Colorado (395), No. 20 Utah (419), No. 23 Wisconsin (421), No. 28 Colorado State (437), No. 18 Furman (438), No. 25 Syracuse (480), No. 21 North Carolina (510), No. 14 Providence (536) and No. 26 New Mexico (580). The No. 2 runner for the Cyclones was fifth-year senior and former Glenwood 2018 state cross country champion Janette Schraft. Scraft ran 20:48.2 over the 6K course to take 59th place. Redshirt sophomore and former Johnston prep Bella Heikes placed 136th in 21:26.1. Junior and former Charles City prep Kiki Connell grabbed 150th place in 21:34.0. Sophomore and former Iowa City Liberty High athlete Ashlyn Keeney ran 22:10.1 for 207th. No. 2-ranked Northern Arizona scored 52 points to topple No. 1 N.C. State (95) in the team race.

The 23rd-ranked Cyclone men's team scored 426 points while beating No. 26 Michigan (427), No. 18 Wake Forest (430), No. 15 Eastern Kentucky (437), No. 8 Air Force (487), No. 13 Stanford (489), No. 25 Iona (512), No. 4 Wisconsin (548), No. 12 Butler (582), No. 23 Gonzaga (592), No. 19 Florida State (621) and No. 27 N.C. State (677).

Said Mechaal was the top Cyclone in 15th place in 23:44.0, but junior and former Central Lyon-GLR prep Gable Sieperda captured 87th in 24:20.2. Former Ankeny High prep Tim Sindt, a junior, also placed 147th in 24:39.9. The team champion was No. 1-ranked and defending champion Northern Arizona with 76 points.

Switching now to the roads and Sunday's IMT Des Moines Marathon and support races, where former Des Moines Roosevelt prep Emma Huston repeated as women's half marathon champion. The Drake University record holder in the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 meters on the track ran 1:15:00 to win by 3:46. Only three womenhave run a half marathon in Iowa faster than 1:15:00: Diane Nukuri at the 2014 Dam to Dam in 1:13:17, Huston in 1:13:48 at IMT last year and Pasca Myers at the 2013 Drake half marathon in 1:14:32.

"That was the plan (challenging her course record), but I just wasn't feeling it today," Huston, 29, said. "The legs didn't feel very good. It was an off day. I'm a little disappointed."

Runablaze Iowa's Jordan Winke, a former Albia prep and University of Iowa runner, finished third in 1:18:50 for a new personal-best time. Running Wild Elite's Andrea Ertz set a new club record in 1:20:03 while finishing fourth. Ertz is a former Marion prep and Mount Mercy All-American. Finishing fifth was another former Marion prep, Maddie Bach. Bach ran 1:25:55.

A stout men's field showed up for the half marathon and Runablaze's Cody Baele, 28, broke through for his first IMT victory over a third-place finish in 2021 and a runner-up effort last year. The Des Moines resident overcame swirling winds to run 1:06:20 and hold off a late charge from former South Dakota State runner Ben Olson by seven seconds.

"He (Olson) surely gave me a run for my money," Baele said. "I was able to keep the pace that I was going honest."

Runablaze's Garret Ehlers, 32, of Sioux City ran a new best of 1:06:44 to take third place one week after posting the fourth best 5K, 14:21, in Iowa road racing history at the Blazing 5K. Ehlers is a former Morningside College five-time All-American and current Mustangs assistant coach from Ida Grove.

Landing just off the podium in fourth was Runablaze athlete and former Wartburg College athlete Sam Pinkowski, 25, of Des Moines. Pinkowski ran 1:07:49. RWE's Trevor Albert, a former Cardinal (Eldon) prep and Grand View University standout, made his half marathon debut a successful one by running 1:07:53 for fifth. Running a new best for the half marathon in sixth place was Runablaze's Tyler Lance of Algona in 1:08:15. Crown Running's Kyle Pape of Ankeny crossed in 1:10:03 for seventh. Pape is a former Dubuque Senior and Central College standout. Runablaze's Caleb Benzing, a former Northwestern College and East Marshall athlete now coaching at Norwalk, ran a new best of 1:10:08 for eighth. The top 10 was rounded out by former Dowling Catholic prep Jason Thomas (1:10:09) and former Johnston and Iowa Central Community College runner Tyson Wieland (1:10:55). Both are 29 and both Runablaze athletes.

Many other excellent times were run by men in the top 20. Former Wartburg runner Caleb Appleton, another Runablaze athlete living in West Des Moines, placed 11th in 1:11:09. Former Algona Bishop Garrigan prep Ben Vaske was next across the line in 1:11:32. Mark Abrams, a Glenwood native, ended up 13th in 1:11:38. Former Dubuque Hempstead prep and Luther College runner Michael Eyres of the Crown Running team was next in 1:11:54. Runablaze's Ben Jaskowiak, a former Drake runner, placed 17th in 1:12:52. Former Iowa runner Noah Healy of the Running Wild Elite team was 18th in 1:13:29.

Myers, the 2014 Grandma's Marathon champion, took runner-up honors in the women's marathon. The Ames resident, 37, toured the 26.2-mile course around Des Moines in 2:45:28 to finish less than three minutes behind winner Leah Rotich of Kenya.

Runablaze's Luke Guttormson picked up the final podium spot and $500 for third place in the men's marathon after running 2:33:03. Guttormson recently completed his eligibility at Loras College. One of his former rivals in the American Rivers Conference, Sam Schillinger, picked up fifth in 2:39:03. Schillinger is a former Cedar Falls prep and Luther College athlete. Next across the line in sixth place was former East Marshall, Indian Hills Community College and Grand View athlete Seth Kilborn in 2:39:48. Kilborn was just seven seconds ahead of former Cedar Falls prep and Northern Iowa athlete Hiram Marquez. The overall winner was Abraham Kipkemei, 45, of Kenya in 2:25:24.

In the 5K held 30 minutes after the marathon and half marathon, former Pleasant Valley prep and Central College All-American Austin O'Brien of Waukee claimed victory in 14:48. Former Linn-Mar prep great Josh Evans was 16 seconds back in 15:04. Both are Runablaze athletes. Charles Minaini, a student at Iowa State and native of Kenya, placed third in 15:21. The women's winner was Anna Bergman in 18:59, just four seconds ahead of Johnston prep Lexie Wisham. The course was about short by about 50-75 meters.

Several Americans were trying to nail down a qualifying time for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Orlando, Fla., in February at the Bakline's McKirdy Micro races at Valley Cottage, N.Y., on Saturday. Running around a 2.93-mile loop course, former Iowa resident Stan Linton of Crawfordsville, Fla., came the closest, running 2:18:47 for 39th place. Linton needed to run under 2:18 to qualify. He also missed the Trials standard by 29 seconds at Grandma's Marathon in June.

Former South Winneshiek prep and Luther College runner Adam Bohach, 39, of rural Cresco covered the distance in 2:21:32 after having early an early bathroom break and falling off the main pack. The Runablaze athlete rallied for 51st place. His teammate, Blake Whalen, was 64th in 2:26:16. Whalen, 28, of Des Moines is a former Dubuque Senior and Iowa Central athlete. Former University of Iowa student Brooke Slayman, 34, of Solon produced a solid 2:40:56 effort in the marathon for 21st among the women. Slayman needed to run 2:37 or better to make the field for Orlando.

In the women's 10K held with the event, Runablaze's Flannery Cerbin-Bohach claimed sixth place in 35:24. The former Luther College runner and rural Cresco resident now owns the No. 4 time in Runablaze history after claiming a new best for the 6.2-mile distance by 90 seconds.

Back to college cross country and a sloppy Augustana Interregional in Rock Island, Ill., where Wartburg battled top-ranked University of Chicago for the women's team title Saturday. The No. 3 Knights put three runners in the top 10, but couldn't match Chicago's five best landing in the top 15. Chicago scored 48 points to top the Knights by 20 points.

Leading the Knights' charge again was junior and former New London prep Lexi Brown. Brown ran 21:39.9 for third place. Running her best race of the season was senior teammate and former AGWSR (Ackley) prep Aubrie Fisher in 21:39.7. Finishing eighth was Wartburg junior and former Dubuque Hempstead prep Shaelyn Hostager in 21:49.0. The final two scorers for Wartburg were junior Ellie Meyer, a former Iowa Falls-Alden prep, in 17th in 22:13.5 and sophomore Haley Meyer in 36th in 22:47.9. Meyer is a former Kee (Lansing) prep.

The 11th-place Simpson College women were paced again by junior and former Dallas Center-Grimes prep Lara Kallem. Kallem continued her pattern of setting a new career-best time race this season by running 22:21.1 for 20th place. Other top performers out of the field of 395 finishers were Wartburg senior Addy Carlson (48th, 22:57.7) and Simpson junior Teghan Booth (52nd, 23:04.5). Carlson is a former Saint Ansgar prep while Booth ran for Valley. The winner was Chicago's Evelyn Battleson-Gunkel in 21:24.7.

A second consecutive duel between Wartburg senior Christopher Collet and Simpson senior Spencer Moon again went to the Knights runner, with Collet taking eighth in 24:47.1. Moon was just 2.7 seconds back in 10th place. Moon is a former South Central Calhoun prep.

No. 7 Wartburg placed third in the team race with 97 points by placing all five runners in the top 30 and all seven in the top 35. Sophomore and former Washington prep Lance Sobaski was the No. 2 runner for the Knights in 17th place in 24:56.2. Three spots back was sophomore and former Marion prep Shane Erb in 24:59.3. Junior and former Liberty High athlete Jack Kinzer was 25th in 25:09.3. Junior and former Johnston prep Sam Schmitz (27th, 25:10.3) and junior Jacob Green (32nd, 25:13.4) rounded out the Knights' leaders. Green is a former Cedar Rapids Kennedy prep. Wartburg also picked up a 34th place from Eli Larson, a sophomore and former Center Point-Urbana prep. Larson ran 25:16.0.

Moving to NCAA Division I and the Bradley Pink Classic in Peoria, Ill., on Friday, where South Dakota true freshman Madison Brouwer ran second on the Coyotes while placing 11th over the 6K course in 21:17.20. The former Sibley-Ocheyedan prep helped the Coyotes finish second in the team race with 127 points, just one point behind North Dakota State.

Host Illinois State placed eighth with 277 points and two former Iowa preps helped spark the Redbirds' finish. Junior and former Southeast Polk prep Mattison Plummer ran to a 21st-place finish in 21:35.80. Sophomore teammate and former Valley prep Lauren Schulze ended up 67th in 22:20.00.

The Iowa women ended up 11th in the team race and were paced by former Sioux City Heeland prep Amber Aesoph. The junior ran a new best of 21:49.3 for 6K to place 30th. Next for the Hawkeyes was senior and former Ottumwa prep Alli Bookin-Nosbisch in 22:00.70, which is a new best for her. Senior Abby Ryon also ran a new best of 22:07.40 for 53rd place. Ryon is a former Mount Pleasant prep. The Hawkeyes scored 306 points.

Drake had the individual champion in junior Brooke Mullins (20:33.20) and were two spots ahead of Iowa in ninth with 285 points. The Bulldogs also had finishes of 29th and 32nd place.

Northern Iowa junior Emma Hoins paced the 21st-place Panthers with a 31st-place finish in 21:50.10. That is a new best for Hoins, a former Waverly-Shell Rock prep and Hawkeye Community College transfer, by 16 seconds. The next Panther was junior and former Guthrie Center athlete Kate Crawford in 82nd place in 22:31.60.

The Drake men finished sixth in the Red race with 170 points and former Dallas Center-Grimes prep Aidan Ramsey was the final scorer for the Bulldogs in 63rd place. Ramsey ran 25:19.40.

The Iowa men, equally short-handed without top runner Max Murphy, were paced by senior Jack Pendergast in 41st place over the 8K course in 25:04.40. Pendergast is a former Cedar Rapids Prairie prep. Freshman and former Cedar Rapids Kennedy athlete Miles Wilson ran to an 84th-place effort in 25:28.90. Sophomore teammate Will Ryan overcame an early fall to take 89th in 25:33.00. Ryan is a former Dowling Catholic prep. Sophomore Miles Sheppard, a native of Keokuk, was two spots behind Ryan in 91st in 25:36.20. Iowa was 11th with 340 points.

The 21st-place Northern Iowa men were paced by 68th place Caleb Shumaker, who ran 25:22.10. Shumaker is a former Tipton prep. True freshman Chase Lauman fared well for the Panthers, taking 81st by trimming 25 seconds off his previous best. The former Pella High athlete ran 25:27.80.

At Friday's Platte River Rumble at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park in Omaha, former Valley prep Kamryn Ensley placed sixth in the women's 6K race. The Omaha sophomore ran 21:49.47. Running fourth for the Lancers and placing 18th overall was freshman Katelyn Johnson. The former Osage prep ran 22:41.88.

In the men's 8K, Nebraska senior and former Treynor prep Jerry Jorgenson placed 22nd in 25:16.56. He was the No. 4 runner for the Cornhuskers. Former Sioux City North student Gabe Nash, attending Nebraska but running unattached, was next to finish in 25:27.83. Two other Iowans also cracked the top 40. Former Carlisle prep Kyle Miller, a junior at Buena Vista University, was 39th in 25:57.20. He was followed by Iowa Western freshman Patrick Heffernan in 26:00.25. Heffernan is a former Boyer Valley (Dunlap) athlete. Iowa Western had the second- and third-best runners while finishing sixth in the team race.

Former Des Moines Roosevelt prep Adrienne Buettner-Cable made her debut for Boston University at the ECAC Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in New York on Friday. Buettner-Cable, a freshman, was the No. 2 runner for Terriers over the 6K course in 21:43.2. She finished 28th as Boston U. finished sixth in the team race.

At the Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer Invitational on Saturday hosted by UW-La Crosse, Eagles senior Parker Huhn placed 16th as host UW-La Crosse rolled to the title. The former Pleasant Valley prep ran 25:43.90 over the 8K course. Eagles junior and former Clear Lake prep Adam Loenser was two spots back in 25:47.30. UW-La Crosse put all five of its varsity runners in the top nine.

Former Iowa Falls-Alden prep Teah Miller paced Luther in the 6K race. The freshman ran 23:06.00 for ninth place. The Norse were seventh in the team race.

Former Des Moines Roosevelt prep Adrienne Buettner-Cable made her debut for Boston University at the ECAC Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in New York on Friday. Buettner-Cable, a freshman, was the No. 2 runner for Terriers over the 6K course in 21:43.2. She finished 28th as Boston U. finished sixth in the team race.

Indian Hills hosted its invitational on Friday at the Cedar Creek Golf Course in Ottumwa and Warriors sophomore Brody Lucas finished fourth in 26:16.4. Lucas is a former Norwalk prep. The winner was Indian Hills freshman Brandon Ford in 23:40.9. Indian Hills cruised to the team title with 24 points.

Finishing with the roads, where Running Wild Elite's Nate Hopp of Cedar Rapids ran the No. 3 all-time effort for Iowa masters men at the Columbus Day 5K on Saturday. Hopp's time of 15:51 now trails only RWE teammate Ean Caskey (15:20) and Scott Gall (15:47).

Former Hudson prep Wyatt Kelly won the overall title at the Hot Cider Hustle race in Cedar Rapids on Saturday. The former Loras runner ran 16:06 to win by 1:34. Former University of Dubuque runner Emilio Medina was the overall half marathon winner in 1:13:41.

Ross Salinas, 43, of Iowa City was the overall winner of the Breast Friends Rack Run 5K on Sunday. The former University of Iowa student ran 16:38.72.

GOING BACK: Runablaze's Jen Van Otterloo, 37, won the women's title at the Harvest Half Marathon in Sioux Center on Oct. 7. The former Dordt University athlete ran 1:20:28 over the hilly course to top Anna Keith, 35, of Waverly by 2:24.

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This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Mile posts: Items on Caleb Silver, Paityn Noe, Emma Huston, Cody Baele, Stan Linton, Flannery Cerbin-Bohach, Lexi Brown, Madison Brouwer