RO XC boys place three in top 10 in season opener
Red Oak and East Mills competed in the Early Bird cross country meet in Shenandoah last Tuesday, with the Red Oak boys placing three in the top 10.
Sidney’s Noah Jorgenson ran a 16:57.81 to place first, while Red Oak’s Baylor Bergren was just 49 seconds behind for a convincing second-place finish.
“It was a good first meet for the Tigers,” co-head coach Curt Adams said. “It is an excellent start to build on, but we have some work to do.”
The meet was not officially scored; however, Red Oak boys finished with 48 team points and the Tiger girls had 232.
Boys team scoring: 1- Red Oak 48; 2- Treynor 67; 3- Tri-Center 85; 4- Clarinda 91; 5- Shenandoah 101; 6- Sidney 151; 7- East Mills 271.
Red Oak: 2- Bergren 17:48.16; 4- Justin McCunn 18:07.54; 10- Connor Koppa 19:08.44; 15- Bruce Lukehart 19:37.67; 17- Avery Graham 19:46.47; 28- Kaden Johnson 20:32.77; 41- Caden Hall 21:22.65; 46- Nolan Blackman 21:58.21; 64- Ethan Horn 24:08.89; 66- Chino Lepe 24:28.04; 78- Xavier Ross 27:23.69; 80- Aidan Eubank 27:55.19; 81- Drew Shirley 27:57.19; 84- Luis Galicia 30:58.42.
East Mills: 30- Jerett Jentzsch 20:42.81; 51- Anthony Obermiller 22:38.87; 55- Jesse Oyster 22:56.82; 65- AJ Laramie 24:12.18; 70- Thoren Wade 25:16.53; 86- Martin Seipold 34:56.11.
Girls team scoring: 1- AHSTW 100; 2- Shenandoah 131; 3- Tri-Center 132; 4- Sidney 154; 5- Clarinda 176; 6- Treynor 203; 7- Red Oak 232.
Red Oak: 12- Alexa McCunn 23:25.28; 22- Cam Bass 25:32.98; 35- Aedynn Graham 26:51.53; 44- Rhenn Rolenc 28:01.23; 54- Madison Bruce 30:14.85; 58- Delaney Hall 31:00.95; 60- Libby Mensen 31:09.75; 61- Tessa Rolenc 31:51.15; 63- Eva Sherman 31:52.26; 66- Erica Walker 32:10.81; 67- Cami Porter 32:14.35; 69- Mya Southwell 36:43.26; 73- Lindsey Porter 43:30.12.
East Mills: 43- Megan Wells 27:51.75; 51- Cheyenne Schmitt 28:39.19; 52- Anne Barrett 28:45.49.
Glenwood
Red Oak and East Mills competed in the 45th annual co-ed cross country meet in Glenwood on Saturday, Aug. 31. Red Oak’s Bergren and A. McCunn earned the highest placing on the Tigers boys and girls teams, respectively.
Boys team scoring: 1- Thomas Jefferson 52; 2- Atlantic 79; 3- Lewis Central 102; 4- Harlan 132; 5- Red Oak 148; 6- Glenwood 158; 7- Abraham Lincoln 158; 8- St. Albert 160; 9- Clarinda 184; 10- Tri-Center 194; 11- Shenandoah 273.
Red Oak: 6- Bergren 16:52.71; 27- Johnson 18:24.62; 30- Koppa 18:33.55; 32- Avery Graham 18:45.18; 53- Lukehart 19:31.93; 59- Hall 19:50.18; 76- Blackman 21:13.06. JV: 91- Lepe 23:57.15; 94- Horn 24:21.92; 106- Ross 25:25.59; 109- Eubank 26:03.09.
“Our boys all improved,” Adams said. “We ran better as a team. We had six varsity boys under 20 minutes and four varsity boys under 19 minutes. We must keep working hard and keep lowering those times.”
East Mills: 77- Jentzsch 20:16.75; 147- Obermiller 22:37.15; 164- Laramie 23:36.09.
Girls team scoring: 1- Harlan 40; 2- Atlantic 63; 3- Glenwood 76; 4- Lewis Central 139; 5- Shenandoah 148; 6- Abraham Lincoln 163; 7- Tri-Center 171; 8- Clarinda 188; 9- Thomas Jefferson 221; 10- Red Oak 259.
Red Oak: 34- McCunn 23:07.40; 39- Bass 23:49.81; 61- Aedynn Graham 25:27.31; 66- R. Rolenc 27:10.37; 67- Sherman 27:31.43; 69- Bruce 28:01.81; 70- Southwell 29:20.94. JV: 48- Mensen 29:27.68; 50- C. Porter 29:33.0; 54- Hall 29:57.72; 57- T. Rolenc 30:19.96; 59- Michele Grass 30:43.96; 66- L. Porter 39:53.14.
“All our girls improved from the last meet by quite a bit,” Adams said.
East Mills: 91- Wells 26:40.24; 101- Barrett 27:18.84; 102- Schmitt 27:29.24.
Red Oak runs on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 5 p.m. in Clarinda.