(Pella) Craig Alan Becker finished 2nd and the Atlantic boys team finished third at the 15th Annual Heartland Classic Red Division Cross Country Meet at Pella on Saturday.
Becker (file Photo) finished second out of a field of 72 runners in a time of 16:35.30. Eli Larson of Center-Point Urbana won the individual title in a time of 16:22.3.
The Trojans with four runners in the top twenty scored 91-points. Besides Becker’s runner-up finish, Drew Engler finished 18th, 18:10.40, Zane Berg, 19th, 18:13.60, and Ethan Williams crossed the finish line in 20th place with a time of 18:22.80. Tyrell Williams, rounded out the Trojan scoring with a fifth place finish in 19:26.50. Isaac Altman was 46th, and Alex Sampson finished 47th.
Atlantic Head Coach Dan Vargason’s post meet comments….
Carlisle won the meet with 53 points, and Center-Point-Urbana, second with 54.
Team Results:
1 Carlisle, 53
2 Center Point-Urbana, 54
3 Atlantic, 91
4 Davis County, 95
5 Ottumwa, 127
6 Marshalltown, 140
7 Ballard, 156
8 Chariton, 238
Individual Results:
1 1 Eli Larson, 11 16:22.3 Center Point-Urbana
2 2 Craig Alan Becker, 12 16:35.3 Atlantic
3 Garrett Dumke, 12 16:38.1 Maryville (Mo)
4 3 Kenny Cronin, 12 16:45.7 Davis County
5 4 Carson Shively, 11 16:51.4 Davis County
6 5 Conner Smith, 11 17:06.7 Marshalltown
7 6 Luke Post, 12 17:09.6 Center Point-Urbana
8 7 Brandon Kesner, 12 17:22.8 Carlisle
9 8 Mason Bach, 12 17:28.3 Center Point-Urbana
10 9 Asa Canny, 11 17:30.1 Ottumwa
11 Jag Galapin, 11 17:40.0 Maryville (Mo)
12 10 Mason Ramsey, 11 17:46.6 Carlisle
13 Cale Sterling, 11 17:47.7 Maryville (Mo)
14 11 Ethan Schlichte, 12 17:49.5 Carlisle
15 12 Brady Birkenholtz, 10 17:49.7 Carlisle
16 13 Kaden Sadler, 12 17:53.8 Carlisle
17 14 Max Thomason, 12 17:58.1 Ottumwa
18 15 Raymond Birech, 10 18:00.3 Carlisle
19 16 Carter Kirtz, 11 18:01.4 Center Point-Urbana
20 17 Brayden Kessler, 11 18:08.7 Carlisle
21 18 Drew Engler, 11 18:10.4 Atlantic
22 19 Zane Berg, 11 18:13.6 Atlantic
23 Lincoln Eighmy, 10 18:17.4 Carlisle
24 20 Ethan Williams, 12 18:22.8 Atlantic
25 21 Jack Chism, 12 18:26.9 Ballard
26 Brody Roth, 9 18:27.6 Carlisle
27 22 Gage Long, 12 18:31.8 Ballard
28 Keith Christenson, 11 18:37.8 Carlisle
29 23 Robbie Dillon, 11 18:40.2 Center Point-Urbana
30 24 Cole Whitehead, 12 18:51.7 Center Point-Urbana
31 25 Weston Shively, 12 18:56.3 Davis County
32 26 Austin Shoen, 10 18:59.0 Ballard
33 27 Quintin Hull, 11 18:59.5 Ottumwa
34 28 Casey Kirtz, 9 19:01.3 Center Point-Urbana
35 29 Antonieh Kopsa, 10 19:09.8 Marshalltown
36 30 Brody Humphrey, 11 19:13.5 Davis County
37 31 Jason Strand, 10 19:19.7 Marshalltown
38 32 Tyrell Williams, 9 19:26.5 Atlantic
39 33 Taylor Huggins, 11 19:29.4 Davis County
40 34 David Nash, 12 19:32.1 Davis County
41 35 Anthony Reyman, 11 19:35.9 Ottumwa
42 36 Alex Hopkins, 12 19:43.3 Davis County
43 37 Noah Hermenson, 12 19:48.8 Marshalltown
44 38 Marco Herrera, 11 19:55.7 Marshalltown
45 39 Seth Pencook, 10 19:58.2 Ballard
46 40 Blane Wallace, 10 19:58.3 Chariton
47 Mark Shirley, 9 19:58.7 Davis County
48 41 Ethan Benscooter, 12 20:02.6 Marshalltown
49 42 Mason Young, 11 20:04.7 Ottumwa
50 43 Gatlin Meninga, 12 20:09.9 Ottumwa
51 44 Nicholas Price, 12 20:22.6 Marshalltown
52 Jake Walker, 12 20:22.7 Maryville (Mo)
53 Drake Hamm, 10 20:25.3 Davis County
54 45 Bradley Hobbs, 9 20:26.0 Chariton
55 46 Isaac Altman, 11 20:35.0 Atlantic
56 47 Alex Sampson, 11 20:39.6 Atlantic
57 48 Chase Brekke, 11 20:44.5 Ballard
58 Lee Houser, 11 20:50.7 Atlantic
59 Braden Spurr, 9 20:51.0 Atlantic
60 49 Zander Proctor, 9 21:02.4 Ottumwa
61 50 David Crabb, 9 21:02.6 Chariton
62 Devin Wood, 12 21:04.5 Atlantic
63 Micah Carroll, 10 21:06.4 Davis County
64 51 Connor Dixson, 9 21:18.2 Chariton
65 52 Dreavin Shenefield, 9 21:21.4 Chariton
66 Alex Leon, 12 21:30.0 Ottumwa
67 Carter Elluiott, 11 21:35.0 Ottumwa
68 53 Ethan Ferher, 11 21:41.3 Chariton
69 Chris Luedtke, 11 21:49.6 Ottumwa
70 54 Jesus Murillo, 9 22:26.7 Chariton
71 55 Alex Wiech, 12 22:40.0 Ballard
72 Max Aulwes, 11 23:15.7