(Avoca, IA) — The Western Iowa Conference cross country meet is today with AHSTW as the host.
The boys race features the number one ranked team in the state in Riverside and the number one ranked runner in Class 1A in the state with Tri Center’s Haven Weers. Four of the top 10 boys runners in 1A are in the WIC with Jacob Sporrer of Logan Magnolia ranked 6th; Owen Fenner of Riverside 7th; and Landon Thayer of Lo-Ma 10th. Plus Emmanuel Grass of Red Oak is ranked 5th in Class 2A. In the team rankings, Logan Magnolia Boys are 8th in Class 1A
The Riverside boys finished 2nd in the Atlantic Invitational behind Lincoln Pius X but Bulldogs Head Coach Alex Oliver blames himself for working the boys hard in practice
Colton Hering has been injured for Riverside so Nolan Burbridge has filled in at the #5 spot but Oliver says that Hering could be back tonight
Overall, Oliver expects a tough competitive race
After winning the Atlantic race, Weers says he has not run his best race yet; his best time this year is 15:56.60 which was at Glenwood on September 28
Grass is currently at 16:08.00; Fenner at 16:16.71; and Hayden Heitbrink of Red Oak ranks 4th in the Western Iowa at 16:27.00.
On the girls side, Lily Miller of Treynor ranks 3rd in the state in Class 2A — she finished 3rd in Atlantic behind Grace Berglund of Glenwood and Ava Hope of Winterset. Miller has the fastest time in the Western Iowa Conference at 19:34.28. Miller’s teammate Anne Miller ranks 24th in 2A and 2nd in the conference at 20:29.40.
Lily Miller said after the Atlantic meet that rest was important before going against the rest of the conference
Nobody else besides the Miller girls from Treynor are ranked in the WIC. The Logan Magnolia girls are ranked #5 in Class 1A and they will try to push the Cardinals who rank #2 in Class 2A are the favorites in the conference meet tonight. Miller attributes their work before the season to their success now
The Varsity girls race starts at 4:00 this afternoon; the Varsity boys will be at 4:30 in Avoca. Complete results with interviews after the meet on westerniowatoday.com.
Complete Interview with Riverside Head Coach Alex Oliver
