Riverside Boys Win the Class 1A Cross Country Title; Haven Weers of Tri-Center Wins Individual Championship

(Fort Dodge) The Riverside boys edged Earlham for the Class 1A state cross country title Friday in Fort Dodge. Both teams finished with 127 Points.

Haven Weers of Tri-Center won the Class 1A individual title in 15:57.40. Logan-Magnolia had two runners finish in the top ten. Jacob Sporrer finished fifth in 16:29.20, and Landon Thayer finished seventh in 16:35.10. Riverside’s Cruz Jacquez finished 9th in 16:38.30.

Other top finishes: Gabe Winkleman of Nodaway Valley placed 13^th in 16.40.80. Preston Kent of ACGC finished 14^th in 16:40.80. Aiden Summerfield of Woodbine finished 15th in 16:43.50.

The overall finishes for Riverside included, Jacquez, 16:38.30, Eli Hudnall, 17^th, 16:45.40, Owen Fenner, 22^nd, 16:57.30, Trig Drahota, 40^th, 17:25.70, Nolan Burbridge, 94^th, 18:24.00, James McCready, 105th, 18:41.20, and Aiden Calhoun, 124^th, in 19:26.20.

Logan-Magnolia finished fifth in the team standings, behind Sporrer and Thayer; Brodie Davis finished 34th in 17.20.70; Hunter Prier finished 99th in 18:31.50; Levi Charles-Kersten finished 102nd in 18:35.50; Isaac Mackey finished 147th in 21:27.10; and Jake Vana finished 149th in 23.14.90.

Nodaway Valley finished in sixth place with 167 points. Winkleman led the team with a 13^th place overall finish in 16.40.80, Luke Kading, 39^th, 17.25.60, Haden Colton, 61^st, 17:48.00, Josh Nelson, 64^th, 17:50.10, Paul Kading, 66^th, 17^th, 17:51.20, Everett Ehler, 80^th, 18:05.50, and Jack Berg, 93^rd, 18:23.70.

St. Albert finished seventh overall with a team score of 180. Gaul led the way with a 16^th place finish in a time of 16:45.00, Jackson Walter finished in 20^th in 16:54.60, Ben Thompson, 51^st, 17:39.00, Konstantine Paulos-Schweer, 60^th, 17:47.50, Max Johnson, 136^th, 20:09.40, and Leo Buyske, 142, in a time of 20:29.40.

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