Red Oak fourth, eighth at WIC cross country meet

The Red Oak boys finished fourth and the girls eighth at the Western Iowa Conference Cross Country Meet last Monday at the Avoca Country View Golf Course.
Treynor swept the girls titles with Lily Miller winning the girls race in 20:38 and the Cardinals topping Logan-Magnolia in the team standings 32 to 64.
Tri-Center’s Haven Weers ran a 16:49 to win the boys race. Riverside won the boys team title with a a score of 59.
The Tiger boys tallied 69 points for third place. The girls were eighth with a score of 176.
“What a great night for our Tigers,” said Red Oak coach Sueann French. “We said to the kids before we raced tonight how we have to turn the corner this evening at the conference meet and start running in a pack as a team. The varsity boys did just that! Being only four points from Shenandoah made our team feel so much better about going into state qualifying.”
Emmanuel Grass had a great night for the Tigers, placing second in 16:58. Hayden Hietbrink added a fifth place finish in 17:24.
 On the girls side, Malory Jenkins was ninth. The freshman ran a 23:05.
“All of the kids ran so well tonight, super proud of everyone, and we just now need to peak in two weeks at state qualifying,” French said. “Still waiting to hear where we will race, but I feel like we are so much more ready after tonight. Coach (Weston) Rolenc and I are super proud of the kids.”
Western Iowa Conference Meet
Girls Team Results
1. Treynor, 32. 2. Logan-Magnolia, 64. 3. Shenandoah, 83. 4. Tri-Center, 112. 5. AHSTW, 139. 6. Riverside, 140. 7. Missouri Valley, 153. 8. Red Oak, 176.

Red Oak Girls Place Winners
9. Malory Jenkins, 23:05. 38. Leya Walker, 28:14. 41. Anna Chaillie, 28:54. 43. Gillian Heim, 30:22. 45. Cate Horn, 31:12.
Boys Team Results
1. Riverside, 59. 2. Logan-Magnolia, 62. 3. Shenandoah, 65. 4. Red Oak, 69. 5. Tri-Center, 126. 6. Underwood, 164. 7. Treynor, 168. 8. Missouri Valley, 195.

Red Oak Boys Place Winners
2. Emmanuel Grass, 16:58. 5. Hayden Hietbrink, 17:24. 14. Osiel Pedersen, 18:42. 18. Manuel DeLeon, 19:42. 30. Pace Chaillie, 21:18. 33. A.J. Beeson, 22:00.