Tigers sixth, ninth at Glenwood Cross Country Invitational

The Red Oak boys were sixth and the girls ninth at the 52nd annual running of the Glenwood Cross Country Invitational in Glenwood Saturday morning.
Harlan captured the girls crown with a score of 54 while the boys title went to Riverside, who edged Creston 62 to 68 for the team title.
Glenwood’s Grace Berglund was the girls individual champion with a time of 18:15. The Cyclones’ Julia Heslink was second with a 19:32.
The boys individual title went to Riverside’s Owen Fenner. Fenner ran a 16:16 to just edge out Red Oak’s Emmanuel Grass, who ran a 16:21.
Red Oak’s boys finished sixth with 139 points.
Hayden Hietbrink ran a 16:27 to place fourth and Osiel Pedersen was 14th in 17:18. Manuel DeLeon added a 50th place finish with Pace Chaillie finishing 85th, AJ Beeson 100th and Dom Kaufman 128th.
“It was a battle with the top seven racers,” said Red Oak coach Sueann French. “Emmanuel had a nice race, and Hayden was not far behind. We just need to get our four and five runners closer to Osiel. We had Emmanuel, Hayden and Osiel all in the top 15 and earning a medal.”
The East Mills boys finished 11th in the team standings.
Carter Jorgensen ran an 18:16 to lead the Wolverines with a 31st place finish.
The Tiger girls tallied 210 points.
Malory Jenkins paced Red Oak with a time of 22:57 to finish 24th.
“I was very impressed with her (Jenkins) as a freshman and first time out for cross country,” French said. “Leya Walker was second in the lineup with a great PR (personal record). We are thrilled to have a full girls team this year.”
Walker ran a 25:59 to finish 46th.
  

Glenwood Invitational
Girls Team Results
1. Harlan, 54. 2. Creston, 74. 3. Atlantic, 91. 4. Glenwood, 99. 5. Shenandoah, 109. 6. Heartland Christian, 171. 7. Kuemper Catholic, 188. 8. Council Bluffs St. Albert, 195. 9. Red Oak, 210.

Red Oak Girls Place Winners
23. Malory Jenkins, 22:57. 46. Leya Walker, 25:59. 58. Anna Chaillie, 27:03. 60. Cate Horn, 27:06. 76. Gillian Heim, 30:18.
East Mills Girls Place Winners
32. Sophia Housh, 23:44. 91. Lorelei Semrau, 38:29.

Essex Girls Place Winners
15. Ella Sandahl, 21:53.

Boys Team Results
1. Riverside, 62. 2. Creston, 68. 3. Shenandoah, 121. 4. Kuemper Catholic, 125. 5. Council Bluffs St. Albert, 134. 6. Red Oak, 139. 7. Atlantic, 169. 8. Glenwood, 175. 9. Harlan, 181. 10. Clarinda, 273. 11. East Mills, 344. 12. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 362. 13. Heartland Christian, 363.

Red Oak Boys Place Winners
2. Emmanuel Grass, 16:21. 4. Hayden Hietbrink, 16:27. 14. Osiel Pedersen, 17:18. 50. Manuel DeLeon, 19:19. 85. Pace Chaillie, 21:12. 100. A.J. Beeson, 21:52. 128. Dom Kaufman, 24:16.

East Mills Boys Results
31. Carter Jorgensen, 18:16. 70. Caleb McCrary, 20:12. 92. Brock Ripperger, 21:30. 149. Bennett Mitchell, 28:23. 150. William Vaquero, 28:25.

Essex Boys Place Winners
125. Bentley Bowers, 24:01. 130. Jesse Johnston-Wityk, 24:20.