Vote for Ames Tribune female Athlete of the Week for Oct. 18-24

The Week of Oct. 18-24 was a busy one for high school female cross country runners from the Ames area.It was state qualifying week, with qualifying cross country meets held across the state on Oct. 21 and 22. The Ballard and Collins-Maxwell girls teams qualified and individuals from Ames, Colo-NESCO, Gilbert, Nevada and Roland-Story all punched their tickets to Fort Dodge.It was also the postseason for high school volleyball. Two area teams, 4A No. 8 Ballard and 3A No. 10 Roland-Story, advanced to the regional finals. Ames fell just short of upsetting No. 15 Waukee in the 5A regional semifinals, falling to the Warriors in five sets on Oct. 22 at Waukee. The Ames girls swimming and diving team won the Little Hawkeye Conference championship with 645 points on Oct. 20 at Indianola.There were several standout performances by high school female athletes from the Ames area during the week.Here are the Ames Tribune female Athlete of the Week nominees for the week of Oct. 18-24. AmesTrib.com readers vote to determine the winner, who will be announced at the end of the week. Emma Stanley, AmesStanley won her first qualifying meet title for the Ames girls cross country during the Class 4A qualifying meet at the Southeast Polk cross country course on Oct. 21 in Pleasant Hill.Stanley won the 5-kilometer race in 18 minutes, 53.87 seconds to punch her ticket to state for the third year in a row.Kya Hermann, BallardHermann qualified for the state cross country meet individually for the first time, and she helped the Ballard girls qualify as a team during the 3A qualifying meet at the Lakeview Country Club on Oct. 21 in Winterset.Hermann placed 16th individually in the girls race with a 5k time of 20:39.5. Ballard took third as a team with 91 points, which edged Winterset by four points for the final team qualifying spot. Jayden Peters, Collins-MaxwellPeters placed second individually to help the Collins-Maxwell girls cross country team qualify for state as a team at the 1A qualifying cross country meet in Colfax on Oct. 22.Peters ran a 5k time of 20:13.99 to take second behind only the 20:10.56 effort by Colfax-Mingo's Ashlynn Hosbond. Peters qualified for state individually for the fourth year in a row and her effort helped the Spartan girls make as a team for the fourth-straight time as well after they placed first with 57 points.Harper Weig, NevadaWeig punched her ticket to the state cross country meet for the first time after placing third individually at the 3A qualifying meet held at the Veteran's Memorial Golf Course on Oct. 21 in Clear Lake.Weig ran an impressive 5k time of 19:24.8 to place third behind Des Moines Christian's Elyse Erzen and Charles City's Meghan Korbel. Weig is the first Nevada girls runner to qualify for state since Tori Meinecki in 2020.Kara Patterson, Roland-StoryPatterson is headed to state for the second year in a row after qualifying individually for the Roland-Story girls cross country team at the 2A qualifying meet in Eagle Grove on Oct. 22.Patterson placed ninth individually. She ran a 5k time of 21:04.9.Joe Randleman covers high school sports for the Ames Tribune. Contact him at jrandleman@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JoeRandlemanThis article originally appeared on Ames Tribune: Vote for Ames Tribune female Athlete of the Week for Oct. 18-24