Tiger harriers compete at Atlantic

The Red Oak boys and girls cross country team competed at the highly competitive Atlantic Invitational Thursday at Atlantic High School.
The Red Oak boys finished 13th in the team standings. The Tiger girls, with just three runners, did not post a team score.
Lincoln, Neb. Pius X swept the boys and girls team titles. The girls placed five runners in the top 10 and tallied 31 points. The boys finished with a team score of 115 for top honors.
Glenwood’s Grace Berglund captured the girls title with a time of 18:48, edging out Winterset’s Ava Hope’s second place time of 19:38. Tri-Center’s Haven Weers was the boys champion in 16:27.
Red Oak’s boys squad was led by the runner-up finish by Emmanuel Grass. Grass ran a 16:38, 11 seconds back of Weers.
“Emmanuel had a great race tonight,” said Red Oak coach Sueann French. “Times were much slower this evening for all runners because of the heat and lots of hills. I felt like we just didn’t have our best night. Times were slow. We looked tired, I think, because we raced on Monday, so we will regroup tomorrow and get ready for the conference meet.”
Hayden Hietbrink added a 25th place finish followed by Osiel Pedersen in 38th,
Manuel DeLeon in 85th and Sidney Bell in 105th to round out the Tigers’ scoring.
The Red Oak girls were led by Leya Walker’s 92nd place time of 27:20.
Stanton’s boys team finished 21st in Atlantic with a score of 609. Cailex Williams led the Vikings with a time of 20:54 to place 99th.

Atlantic Invitational
Girls Team Results
1. Lincoln Pius X, 31. 2. Treynor, 87. 3. Winterset, 108. 4. Harlan, 110. 5. Creston, 134. 6. Atlantic, 188. 7. Glenwood, 190. 8. Denison, 210. 9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton, 227. 10. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, 229. 11. Council Bluffs St. Albert, 232. 12. Tri-Center, 293. 13. Kuemper Catholic, 327.

Red Oak Girls Place Winners
92. Leya Walker, 27:20. 97. Cate Horn, 28:34. 103. Gillian Heim, 29:48.

Boys Team Results
1. Lincoln Pius X, 115. 2. Riverside, 135. 3. Nodaway Valley, 150. 4. Denison, 199. 5. Council Bluffs St. Albert, 199. 6. Winterset, 203. 7. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, 205. 8. Creston, 213. 9. Earlham, 225. 10. Harlan, 247. 11. Kuemper Catholic, 249. 12. Glenwood, 249. 13. Red Oak, 254. 14. Sergeant Bluff-Luton, 272. 15. Atlantic, 278. 16. Clarinda, 437. 18. Treynor, 554. 19. Fremont-Mills, 558. 20. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 574. 21. Stanton, 609.

Red Oak Boys Place Winners
2. Emmanuel Grass, 16:38. 25. Hayden Hietbrink, 18:06. 38. Osiel Pedersen, 18:31. 85. Manuel DeLeon, 19:57. 105. Sidney Bell, 21:18. 114. Pace Chaillie, 21:42.

Stanton Boys Place Winners
99. Cailex Williams, 20:54. 116. Jayden Snow, 21:46. 124. Ty Roberts, 22:31. 137. Logan Hopf, 24:42. 140. Grant Spencer, 26:54.

Tigers fourth at Chariton
Emmanuel Grass and Hayden Hietbrink both finished among the top 10 and the Red Oak boys placed fourth as a team at the Chariton Invitational Cross Country meet last Monday.
The Tigers’ compiled 131 points for fourth place, behind three higher ranked teams in  Pella Christian, Chariton and  PCM.
Pella Christian won the boys team title with a score of 44.
“These are three of the top teams in the state for 2A so I felt like we landed exactly where we should have,” said Red Oak coach Sueann French. “The times were nothing to look at because of the muddy hilly conditions but the boys all ran well and we are super proud of them.”
Chariton’s Lucas Anderson and Cy Stuart took top honors in the boys race. Anderson ran a 16:37 to edge his teammate by three seconds for first place.
Grass ran a 16:57 to finish third. Hietbrink was seventh with a time of 17:27.
Osiel Pedersen was 15th in 18:08, Manuel DeLeon 47th in 19:57 and Sidney Bell 73rd in 21:21 to round out the Tigers’ scoring.

Chariton Invite
Boys Team Results
1. Pella Christian, 44. 2. Chariton, 70. 3. PCM Monroe, 116. 4. Red Oak, 131. 5. Oskaloosa, 133. 6. Lynnville-Sully, 146. 7. Albia, 170. 8. Knoxville, 216. 9. Central Decatur, 235. 10. Davis County Bloomfield, 254.

Red Oak Boys Place Winners
3. Emmanuel Grass, 16:57. 7. Hayden Heitbrink, 17:27. 15. Osiel Pedersen, 18:08. 47. Manuel DeLeon, 19:57. 73. Sidney Bell, 21:21. 94. Pace Chaillie, 22:24. 97. AJ Beeson, 22:33. 130. Sawyer Perdue, 25:07.