2012-13 Dispatch/Argus Girls' Cross Country All-Star team


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Posted Online: Nov. 29, 2012, 9:38 pm
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Metro Runner of the Year Haley Verbeke
Moline, Sr.:
Western Big 6 Conference runner-up and the Class 3A Minooka Regional champion. Also finished as the sectional runner-up before ending season with 39th-place finish at the state meet.

Area Runner of the Year Brittany Daniel
Monmouth-Roseville, Sr.:
Finished third at the West Central Conference meet and fourth in the Class 1A Macomb Regional. Ended the season with an 18th-place finish at the sectional and 55th in the state meet.

First team Brisa Almanza
Moline, Jr.:
3rd Western Big 6 and regional; 9th at sectional; 103rd at 3A state meet.

Jennifer Dawkins
Moline, Sr.:
4th Big 6; 13th 3A regional; 26th sectional; 168th state meet.

Emily Ford
Geneseo, Sr.:
11th Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference; 5th 2A Regional, 19th sectional; 70th state meet.

Lindsey Gidel
Moline, Sr.:
6th Big 6; 13th 3A regional; 26th sectional; 168th state meet.

Kevan O'Hanlon
Alleman, Jr.:
7th Big 6; 6th 1A regional; 23rd sectional.

Halle Olson
Geneseo, Jr.:
26th NIB12; 7th 2A regional and sectional; 83rd state meet.

Corrie Reiley
Erie-Prophetstown, So.:
4th 1A regional; 12th sectional; 65th state meet.

Destiny Smith
Monmouth-Roseville, Fr.:
5th 1A regional, 16th sectional, 66th state meet.

Malory Tharp
United, Jr.:
1A regional runner-up.

Isabel Vallejo
Rock Island, Sr.:
17th Big 6; 8th 2A regional; 21st sectional.

Honorable mention Alleman: Sallie Doak; Geneseo: Taylor Claus, Lauren Coulter, Maggie Schlindwein; Mercer County: Sydney Brokaw; Rock Island: Agok Ayuen, Mariah Hoover; Rockridge: Laikyn Singleton; Sherrard: Skye Corken; United: Caitlen Bishop; United Township: Michaela Gordon; Wethersfield: Kaitlyn Cline, Maddie Jackson.



















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