Tiger boys earn team trophy at home XC meet
Red Oak hosted the inaugural Paul Fish Invitational Monday, Sept. 16, with the boys varsity, girls JV and boys JV earning first place, and the girls varsity finishing third.
Baylor Bergren notched his first varsity win for Red Oak, with Justin McCunn earning second, Connor Koppa fourth, Bruce Lukehart eighth, and Kaden Johnson 11th for the team trophy.
On the girls side, Red Oak placed two in the top 10 with a second place finish for Alexa McCunn and sixth place for Cam Bass.
Boys varsity team scoring: 1- Red Oak 23; 2- Clarinda 43; 3- Bedford 70; 4- East Mills 101.
Red Oak results: 1- Bergren 18:39.38; 2- McCunn 18:47.43; 4- Koppa 19:17.93; 8- Lukehart 19:44.31; 11- Johnson 20:32.37; 12- Avery Graham 20:43.81; 25- Nolan Blackman 23:18.21.
Southwest Valley: 10- Adam Harris 20:22.56; 26- Blake Venteicher 23:25.93; 33- Garrett Marn 24:56.46.
“Three Timberwolves set new PRs,” Southwest Valley head coach Jason Hults said. “Adam Harris earned his first top 10 medal while setting a new PR; Garrett Marn and Jay Khositanon set new PRs. Blake Venteicher continues to run well for the boys team, and came within 17 seconds of setting a new PR. Overall, it was a great night to be a Timberwolf.”
East Mills: 14- Jerett Jentzsch 21:04.40; 22- Jesse Oyster 22:33.15; 24- Anthony Obermiller 22:43.90; 29- Thoren Wade 24:28.46; 30- AJ Laramie 24:40.96.
Girls varsity team scoring: 1- Clarinda 26; 2- Southwest Valley 49; 3- Red Oak 51.
Red Oak results: 2- McCunn 23:56.65; 6- Bass 25:50.11; 14- Aedynn Graham 27:05.87; 20- Rhenn Rolenc 29:28.15; 22- Madison Bruce 30:21.18; 25- Cami Porter 31:04.78; 28- Eva Sherman 33:18.59.
Southwest Valley: 5- Sydney Davies 25:48.31; 7- Halle Pearson 25:51.31; 11- Aubrey Boswell 26.49.68; 15- Sydney Westlake 27:34.50; 21- Abbie Wetzel 30:16.22; 29- Anjali Kathikar 37:55.72.
“I was so excited and proud of the girls for their effort tonight,” Hults said. “This was the girls first team medal since the 2015 team won the conference meet. The girls ran aggressively and fought for those places throughout the entire race. It was a great team effort and will encourage them to continue to improve as the season moves on.”
East Mills: 17- Megan Wells 28:11.65; 23- Cheyene Schmit 30:27.14; 26- Ann Barrett 31:23.49.
JV
Red Oak JV boys won the team race with 15 points.
Red Oak results: 1- Luis Galicia 20:57.66; 3- Caden Hall 22:19.22; 6- Ethan Horn 24:52.97; 9- Xavier Ross 28:01.48; 10- Aidan Eubank 28:14.03; 11- Chino Lepe 29:11.66.
Southwest Valley: 8- Sean McCormick 27:40.28; 13- Jay Khositanon 30:16.31; 14- Trent Newton 32:22.
East Mills: 15- Martin Seipold 34:54.
Red Oak girls won the JV race with 15 points.
Red Oak results: 1- Chloe DeVries 23:22.27; 2- Michelle Grass 31:05.21; 3- Delaney Hall 31:19.11; 4- Tessa Rolenc 32:13.34; 6- Mya Southwell 37:42.83; 7- Lindsey Porter 41:29.28
Middle school
Red Oak junior high boys team finished sixth and the girls team did not field enough runners for a team score.
Boys team scoring: 1-Clarinda 35; 2- Atlantic 48; 3- Shenandoah 78; 4- Harlan 97; 5- Southwest Valley 23; 6- Red Oak 134.
Red Oak boys results: 11- Joshua LeRette 15:16.86; 21- Ty Jenkins 15:50.52; 34- Kaide Allison 17:35.27; 44- Tyler Beeson 18:55.88; 57- Jacob Brower 22:42.92; 64- Weston Gettler 25:43.43; 67- Griffen Eubank 27:35.93.
Southwest Valley: 13- Paul Douglas 15:17.52; 19- Ian Forsythe 15:35.34; 31- Colten Pegg 17:14.33; 35- Ethan James 17:45.46; 58- Matthew Means 23:02.08; 65- JP Jones 25:57.41.
East Mills: 49- Steven Barrett 19:31.21; 52- Wyatt Schmit 20:11.12.
Girls team scoring: 1- Harlan 28; 2- Atlantic 51; 3- Clarinda 73; 4- Shenandoah 128; 5- Southwest Valley 137; 6- CAM 150; 7- Nodaway Valley 158.
Red Oak results: 57- Grace Koppa 23:06.06; 61- Lilly Lewis 23:30.74; 71- Syriana Spann 25:59.
Southwest Valley: 18- Sadi Magnuson 18:03.99; 26- Ashlynn Reser 18:45.74; 30- Kya Newton 19:27.40; 48- Maddie McCoy 21:59.84; 52- Olivia Kathikar 22:37.7154- Sophia Johnson 23:03.30; 55- Mariah Sparks 23:03.59; 64- Megan Ramsey 24:15.52; 66- Addison Gray 24:41.72; 72- Tegan Hoyt 26:02.34; 74- Natalie True 29:53.84.