RO’s Alexa McCunn wins first XC meet of year

Red Oak sophomore Alexa McCunn won the Shenandoah Early Bird cross country meet last Tuesday in a time of 20:55.69.
“Alexa was blazing,” Coach Curt Adams said. “The girls got off to a good start. Now we work on getting our team pack closer to our number one.”
Red Oak results: 1- Alexa McCunn 20:55.69; 17- Haley Plambeck 24:46.63; 25- Maci Graber 26:11.69; 26- Aedynn Graham 26:16.03; 28- Eva Sherman, 26:23.56; 37- Cami Porter 27:52.55; 44- Kaylee Philby 28:46.63; 46- Rhenn Rolenc 30:19.66; 47- Madison Bruce 30:41.76; 50- Erica Walker 32:58.73; 55- Alissa Rice 35:46.24; 56- Mya Southwell 35:15.41; 57- Lindsey Porter 36:38.91; 60- Kadee Gass 37:56.96; 62- Jenna Klynn 40:57.55.
East Mills results: 22- Ann Barrett 25:59.17; 33- Emma Seipold 27:17.48;  Cheynne Schmit 33:18.97; 53- Pinsuda Yosrungroch 33:35.21.
Boys
The Red Oak boys placed five runners in the top ten, earning a team score total of 38 unofficially. (This meet did not figure team scores.)
Freshman runner Baylor Bergren placed highest for Red Oak in fourth, behind three previous state-qualifiers.
“Good job to the boys running as a team,” Coach Sueann French said. “Coach Adams and myself are thrilled, and the kids are excited.”
Red Oak results: 4- Baylor Bergren 18:08.08; 7- Samuel Opsomer 18:47.72; 8- Connor Koppa 18:50.83; 9- Avery Graham 18:52.57; 10- Bruce Lukehart 19:02.15; 27- Caden Hall 20:31.63; 30- Ethan Horn 20:41.79; 43- Sebastian Vasquez 22:08.92; 47- Chase Sandholm 22:26.64; 48- Nolan Blackman 22:31.25; 61- Owen Turnbull 24:39.08; 68- Aidan Eubank 27:33.56; 69- Xavier Ross 27:45.24; 73- Mason Perkins 33:19.58; 74- Nate Ernst 33:27.83.
East Mills results: 23- Justin Wells 19:59.09; 49- Jesse Oyster 22:32.75; 53- Hunter Wray 23:12.17; 66- Markus Pfister 25:44.53.
The top seven finishers for Red Oak girls and boys earned varsity spots for the Glenwood meet Saturday.

Glenwood
The Red Oak and East Mills cross country teams competed in the Glenwood meet Saturday. Red Oak boys finished fourth of eight teams and the Red Oak girls placed eighth of nine teams.
East Mills girls placed ninth and the boys did not have enough runners to compete for team scoring.
The Tiger boys were led by Baylor Bergren, who placed fifth in a time of 17:56.
Team scoring: 1- Thomas Jefferson 35; 2- Lewis Central 65; 3- Glenwood 73; 4- Red Oak 111; 5- Atlantic 114; 6- Shenandoah 168; 7- Harlan 175; 8- Clarinda 192.
Red Oak results: 5- Bergren 17:56; 24- Bruce Lukehart 19:26; 27- Kaden Johnson 19:36; 29- Avery Graham 19:48.50; 30- Connor Koppa 19:48.87; 35- Samuel Opsomer 20:25; 52- Caden Hall 22:36.
“The last boys team to take fourth at this meet was the 2014 team, and they went to state,” head coach Curt Adams said. “We brought our average team time down to 19:19. Good job, boys. We want to get that into the 18s. Coach French and I are proud of how this team has worked and it shows in the results.”
JV Red Oak results: 12- Ethan Horn 21:47; 26- Sebastian Vasquez 23:15; 30- Nolan Blackman 23:30; 42- Chase Sandholm 24:36; 49- Owen Turnbull 25:03; 75- Aidan Eubank 27:37; 83- Xavier Ross 28:30; 93- Mason Perkins 40:14.
East Mills  Varsity results: 49- Justin Wells 22:03; 56- Jesse Oyster 23:57; 60- Marcus Pfister 28:53.

Girls
“The girls lowered our spread and will continue to focus on improving that,” Adams said. “Both teams will continue running with purpose, working to get better, and running as a team.”
Team scoring: 1- Glenwood 40; 2- Harlan 41; 3- Atlantic 58; 4- Abraham Lincoln 129; 5- Lewis Central 149; 6- Thomas Jefferson 150; 7- Shenandoah 167; 8- Red Oak 214; 9- East Mills 268.
Red Oak results: 17-  Alexa McCunn 22:32; 47- Haley Plambeck 26:18; 51- Aedynn Graham 26:49; 53- Maci Graber 27:00; 54- Eva Sherman 27:19; 55- Cami Porter 28:45; 57- Rhenn Rolenc 29:53.
JV Red Oak results: 34- Arainna Brummett 30:52; 39- Erica Walker 31:36; 46- Madison Bruce 32:52; 51- Mya Southwell 37:46; 52- Kadee Gass 37:47; 55- Alissa Rice 38:42; 56- Lindsey Porter 39:00; 58- Jenna Klynn 40:51.
East Mills Varsity results: 48- Jami Oyster 26:32; 50- Ann Barrett 26:48; 58- Emma Seipold 30:24.28; 60- Cheyenne Schmid 31:59; 62- Pinsuda Yosrungroch 36:25.

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